Flying_Monkey
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Yeah, it did sound decidedly odd.
Spoiler : Paris - Nice. 3-10 March
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Yeah, it did sound decidedly odd.
Strathlubnaig
Guru
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Porte had his Wheaties this morning for sure.
Strathlubnaig
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Porte wins the overall, Talansky a good first loser, and nice to see a Frenchman on the podium with Peraud.
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thom
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Well down Porte - winning the stage as well as the GC.
Interesting also to note how well Talansky did - given BMC had greater numbers supporting TJ towards the end of stages and that Talansky outperformed TJ on this TT by a good margin, it appears Talansky has the edge out of the 2 young US riders.
Interesting also to note how well Talansky did - given BMC had greater numbers supporting TJ towards the end of stages and that Talansky outperformed TJ on this TT by a good margin, it appears Talansky has the edge out of the 2 young US riders.
WannabeCyclist
Regular
Man, I hope Sky are clean. Porte blew away the field just then, nearly beat wiggos time from last year!
jdtate101
Ex-Fatman
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Their watts per kg are far from suspicious, not like the silly strongman acts of old. For example Chris Froome did 5.93W/kg at the end of yesterday's stage, whereas the old doped riders did 7+ W/kg easily. I think looking at W/kg is the surest measure of doping or not. I think there was talk about a power passport similar to the blood passport, so minor changes could be tracked but large spikes would trigger investigations. Problems is that power is a riders "crown jewels" and that too much info would assist other teams etc...
jdtate101
Ex-Fatman
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They are talking about exactly this in todays T-A stage...as I type.
Another rider who appears to be a lot slower these days, must be his age then ??
PpPete
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smutchin
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Horner could probably afford AICAR if he wanted it, and probably knows people who could get it for him.
If he wanted it.
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If he wanted it.
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thom
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Horner is a bit of an outlier, I guess like Jens. In the realm of long distance running, people in their late thirties can perform very well, if not right at the pinnacle. Horner doesn't jump around with bag fulls of energy like Talansky tried, or Porte at the finish. Perhaps he just knows his limitations - we don't see his name on the list of stupid times going up Apl d'Huez do we ? But he was certainly around through the dodgy era, if not really racing in Europe's biggest races.
smutchin
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Not Alpe d'Huez but...
View: http://youtu.be/k7kZt2JCrsE
I've seen stats claiming 6.8W/kg for this climb. No idea if that's accurate but even if not, it's a pretty impressive ride for a 39yo.
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I remember that and being 'surprised' at the time. I was waiting to see what he did at the Tour but he abandoned after crashing and since then he hasn't done much. Every dog has it's day, as they say.
Strathlubnaig
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Be interesting to take away the power metres and see how things go for a hilly stage.
