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one factor making the tour (and all sports) harder these days is that with globalization, there is a bigger pool of talent to draw from, and even the 6th through 9th dude on each team is a highly trained pro athlete, and not some guy who goes and works on his family's farm during the off season. every stage is raced hard now, and the range of ability amongst all the riders in the race is much narrower.
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Rockybar posted:sleigh dogs have the highest vo2 max in nature at up to 300 mL/kg·min and I believe Lance Armstrong was injecting their blood when he was at his peak, which he called ‘buddying up’ (the dogs name was buddy). This is mesmerizing
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Jul 4, 2018 13:34
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Buddy up, pardner 
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Smirr posted:Buddy up, pardner New thread title please
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Jul 4, 2018 14:23
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TobinHatesYou posted:That's the funniest poo poo I've read in a while. He must have read about Operación Puerto in which some of the blood bags were tagged with the name of the athlete's dog (Valverde = Piti). That makes it slightly less ridiculous I guess.
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Smirr posted:mfw reading your post Same but for injecting dog blood.
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Do you think Landis smokes a pound of weed while he watches the Tour?
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Do you think Landis smokes a pound of weed while he watches the Tour? I hope so.
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Rockybar posted:Pro Cycling: I think sleigh dogs have the highest vo2 max in nature at up to 300 mL/kg·min and I believe Lance Armstrong was injecting their blood when he was at his peak, which he called ‘buddying up’ (the dogs name was buddy). Mods please make this the tread title tia
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Messyass posted:He must have read about Operación Puerto in which some of the blood bags were tagged with the name of the athlete's dog (Valverde = Piti). That makes it slightly less ridiculous I guess. Just living my best life with a weekly cocktail of test, EPO, corticosteroids and buddyjuice-infused blood bags
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vikingstrike posted:I hope so.  Aaaayyyyyyyyy 
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Messyass posted:He must have read about Operación Puerto in which some of the blood bags were tagged with the name of the athlete's dog (Valverde = Piti). That makes it slightly less ridiculous I guess. There was also that comic book character who developed his super speed powers after getting a transfusion of mongoose blood.
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Jul 4, 2018 17:23
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Sky are going full damage control. They've released a huge amount of stuff from Froome at the Giro. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/44694122
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That's really interesting stuff. For now, the only thing I have to say is "Could also include PP in first bottle" lmao
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I was wondering how his max heart rate on the Finistere stage could be 159, but his resting heart rate is 32. That would do it then lol. Jesus christ
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Jul 4, 2018 19:25
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That's pretty cool
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serious gaylord posted:Sky are going full damage control. They've released a huge amount of stuff from Froome at the Giro. This is awesome. Gonna eat some pizza while I read about his calorie controlled meals Did he really only consumer 2 bidons worth of fluid for the whole of stage 19? Or could that be just that which has fructose/glucose/electrolytes? I get they want to keep his body and bike weight down but ~1.5 litres of fluid seems real low. edit: looking at the wrong thing. he drank a whole lot more: 
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Jul 4, 2018 20:37
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Pretty sure thats just the plan for where the support staff were to be and with what items... e: for the whole team
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Yeah I'm not sure, under Froome's fuelling for the day it says 2 'rockets' which just seems a standard electrolyte drink but high carb. Perhaps that was just for post-breakaway.
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Smirr posted:I was wondering how his max heart rate on the Finistere stage could be 159, but his resting heart rate is 32. That would do it then lol. Jesus christ I’m 38 with a RHR of 32, LTHR of 161, MHR of 173. If only that meant anything other than a higher risk of poo poo like atrial fibrillation and dying in your sleep. Low HR is mostly genetic.
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Rockybar posted:I'm glad he got exonerated but jfc I would not want to be riding by the heat-crazed, froome-hating french fans. It will be a miracle if someone doesn't stab him on Alpe D'Huez... Let's just say he'll probably be wearing a yellow jersey by the end of each stage, even if he isn't wearing one at the start of it.
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Fanatic posted:Let's just say he'll probably be wearing a yellow jersey by the end of each stage, even if he isn't wearing one at the start of it. Trump suddenly got interested in cycling
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Trump suddenly got interested in cycling Again?
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Trump suddenly got interested in cycling looool
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Smirr posted:mfw reading your post I know, he's a beast, but I was trying to be realistic about peoples chances and I just think him and Cav are getting a bit past it and there are too many capable new guys. Doesn't mean I'd be upset if he took a stage though.
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I'll just be happy if cav doesn't crash and burn in the first few stages
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Yeah he doesn't see the end of races much, his Milan-San Remo crash was brutal.
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Tdf '17 - crash stage 4 Abu dhabi '18 - crash before stage one Tirreno-Adriatico '18 - crash during the opening TTT Milan-San Remo '18 - bollard before the poggio Every one a race ender Poor cav 
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So I haven't been following cycling as much as I used to, besides hearing some stuff about the Froome scandal and watching a bit of the Giro. Is anyone a legit threat to Froome this year, or should I expect another year of Sky domination? Also, what happened to Quintana, is he still considered a threat or has he faded away as a legit Tour contender?
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Quintana's definitely a contender. He's still the only rider who has been able to really out-climb Froome over a whole grand tour. His has two big impediments though: 1) The fact that he's the most boring, conservative rider in existence; and 2) Movistar have decided to field 3 riders who are top-tier GC contenders and it's hard to see how that will end well for them, even though it will be very funny for us. Froome's all-round riding across every type of stage is now so ridiculous that he's probably just going to dominate again, but he is trying the Giro-Tour double which has utterly tanked everyone else who has attempted it recently.
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Does anyone really think Valverde is still a GC contender? Dude is 38.
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Valverde thinks Valverde is a GC contender, and that's what matters with respect to his ability to gently caress up his teammates' race.
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Movistar is a bit of a clusterfuck atm and I feel bad for Landa as he's gone there wanting to perform as a GC rider and he must just be put back on dom duties (or the inevitable all three fighting for the team to throw their weight behind them). I don't know why he didn't go to Trek-Segafredo or Bora-Hansgrohe.
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He knew what he was getting into.
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Rockybar posted:Movistar is a bit of a clusterfuck atm and I feel bad for Landa as he's gone there wanting to perform as a GC rider and he must just be put back on dom duties (or the inevitable all three fighting for the team to throw their weight behind them). I don't know why he didn't go to Trek-Segafredo or Bora-Hansgrohe. Movistar has a team built around GC, even if it has too many egos. Trek has no chance at a GT GC and neither does Bora-Hansgrohe. Why would Landa go somewhere without enough capable doms?
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Skarsnik posted:Tdf '17 - crash stage 4 That's not even counting all the other riders he's crashed out with his unsafe racing.
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It would be fine if Movistar went in with 2.5 GC contenders, then quickly figured out who was strongest early in the race and threw all their weight behind whoever. Everyone else puts their ego aside and rides to crack the Sky train. But that’s absolutely not what’s going to happen.
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peanut- posted:Quintana's definitely a contender. He's still the only rider who has been able to really out-climb Froome over a whole grand tour. His has two big impediments though:
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I believe in big Tommy Dumoulin.
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HappyCamperGL posted:I believe in big Tommy Dumoulin.
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