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They are all doping must be it's the only way how else did porte ride past that Columbian fella that is nearly as fast as Froome who is drugged to the point of being bionic!
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They are all doping must be it's the only way how else did porte ride past that Columbian fella that is nearly as fast as Froome who is drugged to the point of being bionic!
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oh and god knows what nibali took overnight he was dead and buried yesterday but suddenly is a man possessed did he pop to Contador's favourite steak place and have a really bloody one?
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If you read up on Migs physical attributes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Indurain), I was always under the impression that he did well because he was a mutant, something that was always talked about when the tour was on TV in those days.
The 4th place stage rider yesterday is on Strava : Robert Gesink (1m 33sec behind Froome)
Looking at the final mountain climb data on Strava he averaged about 5.8 watts per kilo up the climb, putting CF at about 6.2 watts per kilo. That's not a big jump in average power.
Check out the segment: https://www.strava.com/segments/1624487?filter=overall
Looking at the final mountain climb data on Strava he averaged about 5.8 watts per kilo up the climb, putting CF at about 6.2 watts per kilo. That's not a big jump in average power.
Check out the segment: https://www.strava.com/segments/1624487?filter=overall
Yeah I seen that and about to do some Internet digging on the "actual-ness" of what Froome has proposed.
The thing is, Froome wants to do this. Publish publically all his race/training power data from the complete past and for the future. He is also wanting to publically publish his bio passport details. It's basically Froome saying "**** you" to the people accusing him and that really is 100% transparency if he was to do so.... However, how legally he can do that under contract to Sky is another question, I don't think Sky will be happy and/or want him to do this so until the TEAM say what is on the cards, I don't think it means very much. But it clearly shows how confident, proud and clear to Chris Froome it really is that he is riding and winning as a clean athlete.
I watched the Life Story profile show thing on ITV4 last night after the highlights about Froome and it truly is an amazing story. I strongly recommend people get on ITV4 on demand channel and give it a watch, really cool. It was on at 8pm ITV4 last night
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Not sure if anyone posted this, or read it yet?
http://sportsscientists.com/2015/07/day-1-in-the-mountains-one-more-pixel-context-mistrust/
http://sportsscientists.com/2015/07/day-1-in-the-mountains-one-more-pixel-context-mistrust/
I like that article. It's well written and I agree with it all.
>90 V02 max though, that is simply outrageous
The Gesink benchmark is crucial for me. Interesting piece.
I missed that link but did the calculations myself from Gesinks Strava data (posted further up). Nice pace
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Yeah one of the better things I've read. I particularly liked:
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The often repeated VO2max of 88 for indurain doesn't make any sense given he was extensively studied as part of his hour record attempt:
http://m.jap.physiology.org/content/89/4/1522.full
Quoted there at 6.4l/min, at 80kg that gives a vo2max of.. 80
I cannot see how indurain possibly won the tour clean given his physiology
Nothing to see here anymore, Brailsford is going to release "some" average power and cadence data. Well, that will clear everything up. I'm not sure if he's playing stupid or actually stupid.
Although he did finish 14 (?) places above Chris Froome at the 2006 Commonwealth Games which I believe is when Dave Brailsford claims to have spotted Froome.
I think Hutch was being very modest, I think the top amateur time triallists would be a match for a lot of pros, although mainly because they focus on their aero positions a good deal more than all but the TT specialists.
Why is nobody chucking their poo at Sagan? In this day and age where someone doing well is obviously a cheater (if we go by recent nonsense), then Sagan surely is cheating, no?
Part of me is wondering why these foreign journalists are so butt hurt about Froome. I am starting to think nationality really is a big part of all this carry on.
Part of me is wondering why these foreign journalists are so butt hurt about Froome. I am starting to think nationality really is a big part of all this carry on.
until relatively recently we've been fairly poor at (and therefore dismissive of, it's the british way) cycling, so it's not that surprising our winners aren't necessarily that popular
Mo Farah gets the same ****.
I can totally understand why everyone hates the British though
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It is all about the but hurt, oh and well, general xenophobia...
And, not Latin enough. lol. Really, just really. If this is one of the reasons why they hate him soo much, then it is just pathetic and really shows that the french are just arrogant xenophobic idiots.
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Because he is a loveable rouge...
https://s2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/....com/en-GB/blogs/blazin-saddles/165121476.jpg