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There was also the same accusations of coverup during the Contador positive, the news only became public shortly after the press, I think German, discovered the story and were preparing to publish.Xabi posted:Chris "I have never failed a test" Froome has come out in full force to explain why his body is chock-full of drugs: Ross Tucker from sportsscientists.com quote:Chris Froome and disease sure are good for one another. The story is that his asthma flared up at the Vuelta, hence the change in dosage. There was also the chest infection for which he took prednisone a few years back – most people don’t dominate the most challenging endurance events in the world when they are in optimal health, but Froome does it when at his worst. Wiggins, recall, was so stricken that he needed emergency meds flown in via Jiffy Bag, and he went on to win the Tour de France?
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He and the team were informed back in September weren't they? Plenty of time to either find the supporting excuse they need or concoct a cover up. Looks like two riders have been banned for high doses of this but at least one was able to explain it sufficiently to get off?
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Chris Froome is a loving piece of poo poo, Sky should lose their license and UK cycling should be banned from the next Olympics
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Tsaedje posted:He and the team were informed back in September weren't they? Plenty of time to either find the supporting excuse they need or concoct a cover up. One did because he was able to replicate the reading due to dehydration I believe. It was nowhere near as high as this though.
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Who is the last Tour de France winner that was never involved in any serious doping allegations? Can’t come up with anybody, must’ve been before my time (which started with Indurain)
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There's pretty much no correlation between allegations and whether or not they were doped to the gills. The only correlation is results and being a professional rider.
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BabyFur Denny posted:Who is the last Tour de France winner that was never involved in any serious doping allegations? Can’t come up with anybody, must’ve been before my time (which started with Indurain) Depends on how "serious" you want your allegations: Nibali (but Astana) Sastre (but Spanish, and riding for Riis) Schleck (but his brother, and also riding for Riis) Evans (but he met with Ferrari 11 years before he won) So I'm gonna go with LeMond in 1990
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Xabi posted:Big Tony Martin isn't impressed either:  on integrity. Though I guess he's only talking about the process, not that he's explicitly clean.
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Are there former pros that have really detailed what goes on in regard to doping? I guess most of them don't say a lot because they'd have to implicate themselves which could cause issues if they ever won anything...and there's always the proof and liability for making claims bit
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Levitate posted:Are there former pros that have really detailed what goes on in regard to doping? I guess most of them don't say a lot because they'd have to implicate themselves which could cause issues if they ever won anything...and there's always the proof and liability for making claims bit There is Tyler Hamilton's book The Secret Race is prob the most comprehensive.
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BabyFur Denny posted:Who is the last Tour de France winner that was never involved in any serious doping allegations? Can’t come up with anybody, must’ve been before my time (which started with Indurain) Indurain is not squeaky-clean, but he doesn't draw attention to himself and that's a huge contributing factor to his image. The great Merckx got caught in 1969 using an amphetamine in the Giro. Charly Gaul won before there was any testing for performance enhancing drugs, but he was a notorious tweaker and his domestiques feared he would die. He spent the better part of his live in a hut in the woods after his retirement because he went a bit loopy.
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McQuaid is said to be wanted for questioning in relation to a drive by on Friday evening http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcquaid-froomes-salbutamol-case-is-troubling-and-worrying/
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The Giro Rosa features the Zoncolan this year. Thats a bit unexpected.
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I really hope the push for more coverage means we'll get it next year. The audience for womens road racing is there but the coverage isn't, and it sucks.
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Why do breaks usually have a rotating paceline instead of single file? I can't find any information on it being more efficient.
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Probability to minimize whining and italian hand gestures
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moctopus posted:Why do breaks usually have a rotating paceline instead of single file? I can't find any information on it being more efficient. You’re trying to stick. Easier to do that and spread work over the entire group instead of massive pulls by individual people. This is assuming that they’re willing to work together and sometimes people have to do most of the work because they have stronger race incentives for it to stick.
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moctopus posted:Why do breaks usually have a rotating paceline instead of single file? I can't find any information on it being more efficient. A chain gang is the most efficient way to share workload as it prevents people taking really short turns.
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moctopus posted:Why do breaks usually have a rotating paceline instead of single file? I can't find any information on it being more efficient. Rotating paceline is a more efficient single file, the guys on the outside line are pretty much just spinning their legs. 2 lines is a sign it's well organised and people are taking short turns in order.
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Writing was on the wall at Trek World a couple months ago. “Everyone who was on a Emonda rim-brake bike in 2017 will be on a disc-brake bike in 2018 in every race. That means all of the climbing guys,” Shriver told Cyclingnews. “Before the concerns were weight, wheel-changing and safety. Now with rounded edges, bikes at 6.8kg, it’s just about having the wheel change as fast as or faster than caliper brakes.
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Passing through Adelaide after attending a wedding in the Barossa Valley, happened to drive past Peter Sagan on our way out. 
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RIP women's TDU finish line. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-11/hay-truck-crashes-tour-down-under-finish-line/9320758
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I didnt from the pictures but on the bike it looks a lot better. Same with the Moviestar but it's rather Astana like
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First botched finish of the year https://twitter.com/carlosarieloch4/status/953963456675418112
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paddyboat posted:First botched finish of the year The best part of this stage was the camera man berating the moto rider from 30-15km to go 👌
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paddyboat posted:First botched finish of the year He couldn't have asked for a better leadout either. He just spent too much time trying to measure the field and didn't go with 250m left.
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kidsafe posted:He couldn't have asked for a better leadout either. He just spent too much time trying to measure the field and didn't go with 250m left. I think he was trying to give the win to his leadout man, just really dumb
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paddyboat posted:I think he was trying to give the win to his leadout man, just really dumb Maybe, but it makes no sense to let anyone by Caleb win the sprint this early in the race. Also no mention of that in post-stage interviews. You can clearly see that he looked over his shoulder once at ~400m and again at about ~250m, and by then it was too late. TobinHatesYou fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Jan 19, 2018 |
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Is this on a UK channel, its usually on eurosport but I cant see it on the schedule tonight and I want to watch Porte sprint up Willunga Hill again.
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