Sentence examples for ride himself from inspiring English sources

The phrase I'd use for him is pit bull – when he wants something he's prepared to ride himself into the ground for it.

LeMond seemed to ride himself into better condition during the first week's flat stages, and he was coming into peak form by the time the Tour reached the mountains.

Riding himself wanders off his Parisian track with lengthy discursions.

Thomas rode himself into the ground, though, to preserve his yellow jersey while being helped throughout by Henao.

The stage when the Irishman rode himself into and beyond the red, necessitating oxygen after he crossed the finish line.

The pain was incredible... .. Merckx rode himself to the very limit of his endurance, his face darkening with effort.

After riding himself into top condition in the first two weeks of the Tour, Ullrich looked svelte today in the jersey of the world time trial champion.

Also missing from the line-up are both Edvald Boasson Hagen, who crashed out injured on Wednesday and Kiryienka, who rode himself into the ground supporting Froome and Porte in Sky's difficult day in the Pyrenees.

The Spaniard has expected very little from himself on this Tour, after injuring himself in a crash in the Giro in May, yet rode himself into the King of the Mountains jersey.

For now, Ullrich is not thinking about success in the Tour de France but season's end -- the Vuelta, the world championships -- after he has ridden himself back into top form.

Attacking as he did seven kilometres from the line of the Tour's hardest climb, catching and dropping Nairo Quintana and riding himself into a state of total exhaustion to the point where he needed oxygen was suggestive of a rider as driven to win as "The Cannibal".