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Recent content by cnort

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    State of the forum 2024

    Using Ferrari logic, EPO and orange juice are on a par. At any rate, I believe the chocolate test is quite flawed and you can get off by arguing it occurred naturally in your body. If all else fails, get a back dated TUE from the local sweet shop owner.
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    Tadej Pogačar Giro 2024 performance compared to the next WADA clean cyclist? Asking for a friend

    That timespan covers 1990 - LeMond was clean, no? Probably a contentious assumption around here... I guess it would help to define doping as chemical and or motor-assisted performance against the stated rules. I think more narrowly doping would not include Gruber assist.
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    State of the Peloton 2024

    The question of average speed in the Paris-Roubaix is interesting, not least because the route is similar each year and it's pancake flat - so wind should matter. I'm a little late to the conversation because I wanted to find the relevant data, which was not simple. I took the trouble of...
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    Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

    And you kids thought it was all about zone 2 and a dash of hot sauce. "Smiling can be a valuable tool in cycling at any distance, whenever there is fatigue or discomfort," says Taylor, adding that anyone can benefit. "Whenever it gets hard, smiling can really help."...
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    > Chris Froome: It would be massive to As an opening gambit for negotiating the price to buy a race, he comes across a little desperate. If he came across a Kolobnev he'd be taken to the cleaners.
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    If COVID turns out to be the new bilharzia, then the fishmonger and the coal miner better be ready for some high cadence capers next year.
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    State of the peloton 2022

    Perhaps you are forgetting a third possibility, which we might call the "Virenque effect", whereby he willingly but not knowingly doped. He has the combined mental and physical benefits of doping without the downsides of feeling guilty about it. Must be the maximum effect possible.
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    Cadel Evans: Yay or Nay on EPO

    In fairness, the weather info is probably based on a regional forecast and the wind in the hills can run counter depending on the geography. I couldn't find much else to back up Evans' statement, though.
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    Cadel Evans: Yay or Nay on EPO

    I think it may come from a finish line quote from Evans - it's in the Cyclingnews report for the stage (https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2008/stage-17/results/): Evans lost 2'15 minutes on Sastre in L'Alpe d'Huez, finishing seventh. But the Australian played it cool, hoping to...
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    Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

    I presume there are daily COVID tests and the standard mechanical doping test, so perhaps he is including them in his figure. Hell, let's not forget the weight doping of bikes that has to be tested for too.
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