size doesn't matter. Lance is bulkier than guys like bettini and he climbed away from them with ease. Robbie is not a big guy, neither are a lot of the other sprinters Freire, Bennati...Its about twitch fibres. A lot of climbers don't look like rasmussen either.sideshow_bob said:McEwan is not really a good example as he's about 5 foot nothing. How much does Thor or Boonen weight?
They might not be huge but at their particular height you'll find they have 10-20% more mass than either the climbers or the more in the middle type generalists.
--brett
In general being as lean and as skinny (ugly) as possible is a good thing as long as you can maintain your power. That means no fat, a lot of ribs poking out and very scrawny arms.