I'm just stunned that he's doing all this with avascular necrosis in his femoral head! I mean, jeez louise! The joint capsule, all those muscles, they are wrapped around a hunk of dead bone! And what that dead bone/dead synovial lining must be doing to his hip socket with every pedal stroke just makes me cringe!

Amazing!

and I love his attitude. I so badly want him to win. And I worry how he'll do with the hip replacement.