I watched this yesterday and found the 34 year old's blast away from the others on the mountain with incredulity. Admittedly he wasn't up against Schleck or Dirty Bertie, but his awesome engine-fuelled-Cancellara like acceleration was a sight to behold in a journeyman cyclist. He was a minute up in no time and increased it over the next 7 km at ramps of 10%.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gabrovski-makes-a-surprise-come-back-in-turkey
Possibly a couple of telling phrases in the cyclingnews report.
While on Oktos in 2003 he was prevented from racing the Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen when he came in over the hematocrit limit. His manager defended him, saying he had a naturally high hematocrit. However, in 2005, he was prevented from riding the world championship in Madrid after failing another blood test conducted by the UCI.
His allies during the last five stages might well be the teams of the sprinters. They form the majority of the peloton at the 48th Presidential Tour of Turkey and they'll work for bunch sprint finishes, but ProTeams and Pro Continental teams might as well combine forces to dethrone the leader of a Continental team not submitted to the biological passport.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gabrovski-makes-a-surprise-come-back-in-turkey
Possibly a couple of telling phrases in the cyclingnews report.
While on Oktos in 2003 he was prevented from racing the Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen when he came in over the hematocrit limit. His manager defended him, saying he had a naturally high hematocrit. However, in 2005, he was prevented from riding the world championship in Madrid after failing another blood test conducted by the UCI.
His allies during the last five stages might well be the teams of the sprinters. They form the majority of the peloton at the 48th Presidential Tour of Turkey and they'll work for bunch sprint finishes, but ProTeams and Pro Continental teams might as well combine forces to dethrone the leader of a Continental team not submitted to the biological passport.
