Everything is a little more difficult in a bike race, particularly the Olympics, where the men's peloton tackled the longest course in its history on Saturday.
Discover incredible Insider Deals that will make your life a little bit easierNils Politt, of Germany, rides along with other cyclists past Notre Dame cathedral, visible in background, during the men's road cycling event, at the 2024 Summer Olympics , Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris, France. , getting into a breakaway and giving the veteran of seven Tours de France the feeling that something magical could happen on the streets of Paris.
Everything is more difficult on a bike, from eating and drinking to, yes, bathroom breaks. That was especially true on Saturday, when the men tackled the longest race in Olympic history — 273 kilometers from the start at the Trocadero, into the French countryside, back to Paris for loops of Montmartre, to the finish at the Eiffel Tower.Bathroom Breaks
In most cases, several riders will stop en masse and releave themselves among trees or in a ditch. That way, they can work together to catch back up. If the speed of the race has elevated, and when the need to urinate arises, riders can — and do — swing to the side of the road and take care of it without stopping.
In the case of Politt, the call came at a particularly bad spot in the Olympic road race: He was near the end, where the finishing climbs of Montmartre went through steep streets packed shoulder-to-shoulder with thousands of flag-waving fans.
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