Tour de France 2013
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Jul 2013
6:53pm, 6 Jul 2013
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The Teaboy
And an extraordinary performance by Froome - no insinuations intended.
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Jul 2013
6:53pm, 6 Jul 2013
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Pestomum
Surely we can discount an LA "record"?
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Jul 2013
7:09pm, 6 Jul 2013
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The Teaboy
We can. But whenever the analysis of climb times/power outputs is done, the comparisons with the dark days of cycling are inevitable. The performances of that era are greatly above what should be possible by (our current understanding of) clean human physiology and so if people approach those performances it raises questions. There is no absolute limit that we know of and as others have suggested there are a number of variables to take into account.
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Jul 2013
7:33pm, 6 Jul 2013
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Chrisull
Which leaves Roberto Laiseka as the fastest, a genuine climber, Basque rider for Euskatel and I don't remember him being linked to doping scandals, indeed he features in the top 10 clean tours, if you remove names tainted by doping as this guy has done here: cypresstrees.blogspot.it although this link hints his name should be removed also - not sure why: weightweenies.starbike.com
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Jul 2013
7:53pm, 6 Jul 2013
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The Teaboy
Those lists contain a number of utterly filthy riders. I'm pretty convinced Boardman won the '96 tour for starters. Anyone on a Spanish or Italian team in the 90s can be written out of the results. Chiapucci is on those lists and he was on the Carrera team and was a known Conconi test subject. JF Bernard was riding for Banesto and they were systematically charging. |
Jul 2013
8:34pm, 6 Jul 2013
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island991
Shame we have to talk about drugs immediately after the first mountain stage.
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Jul 2013
8:36pm, 6 Jul 2013
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The Teaboy
I was just thinking that. I shall desist. And not post anymore links to power analysis.
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Jul 2013
9:07pm, 6 Jul 2013
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SPR
More like shame they doped for so long. Ignoring it doesn't mean it didn't or doesn't happen, and ignoring it was probably what led to it going on for so long. Anyway, I need to catch the highlights as I've been busy all day but kept up with the action via the CN tour tracker. Froome is a monster. And from those stats posted, was Froome better or the others worse than before. Will be interesting to see Contador outputs over the three weeks vs previous years. |
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Jul 2013
9:36pm, 6 Jul 2013
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Tonybv9
Teaboy, I hope you can provide similar analysis for Bolt, Mo Farah et al. (Well, maybe not Al). Cycling was (some argue still is) riddled with doping, and continues to be the "go to" sport for a juicy story. It's a bit unfair, seeing as Murray's quarter-final opponent lost two sets in a row, took a "toilet break", then came back and started knocking Murray all over the court. I wish having a pee had that effect on my performance. |
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Jul 2013
9:37pm, 6 Jul 2013
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Tonybv9
Also, I think Contador is riding at his normal level, i.e; not beefed up.
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