"After 16 races, my thighs look tired like this," Pawel Poljanski - a racer currently on the Bora-Hansgrohe team of Germany shared on his Instagram page about the sweat thighs with veins as clearly seen as tree roots.
Many people have wondered why the thighs of a crab have so many veins? The answer lies in the sport they are pursuing, which is cycling.
During exercise with a cyclist, the body's blood will accumulate more into the legs than others over a long and continuous period of time, so the veins must expand larger than normal to provide enough blood. That is why Poljanski's thighs have such a shape.
Many people may be surprised by Pawel Poljanski's thigh pair, but this is not uncommon in theight-row world, especially for those participating in famous fierce races such as Tour de France. Before Poljanski, Chris Froomer and Bartosz Huzarski also showed off similar photos on social media and at one point, these cranes were "taunted" by Tour de France organizers for suspected doping use.
The 16th round of the 2017 Tour de France was not really smooth for Poljanski, he only ranked 27th/65, 1 minute and 43 seconds behind the first finisher, Michael Matthews of the Sunweb team.
