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I reckon looking at those numbers he's taken a year off, letting his body recover from over a decade of racing then he's going to return at 60kgs for another year :-). On a serious note I bet he does think about it, although retiring after winning on the Angliru would be hard to replicate

Apart from the watts, W/kg is pure speculation, we don't know his weight (no one here has seen him stand on a set of scales), we don't know atmospheric pressure on the day (no one was there with a barometer), we don't know the wind direction on the climb (no one was there to measure that). So we...

Re: Re: As I suspected ! :-)

Having read a lot of this thread and others, what kind of performance would any rider have to produce to win a GT that wouldn't arouse suspicion ? It's a genuine question as from what I see any rider who manages to do well or win (without exception from what I've read) seems to be instantly...

HR belts can be notoriously dodgy. There is no way anyone can look at that sort of data seriously and draw factual conclusions and I'm no big fan of Froome either. As far as the HR/Power data being removed this is standard practise for a lot of pro's especially GC guys.

I think the issue for Cancellara is, like Armstrong doping....that someone or more like a group of people know about the what happened. The pedalling style, the way he drops Boonen, his hand movements on the bars etc all point to there being a motor in that seat tube. Landis, Hamilton, then...

Re: Re: Yes I remember Indurain having to train still, just gradually tapering it off

Great display today. I think what's most impressive today is his mental strength to go really deep when he obviously couldn't win the stage and almost certainly can't win the overall. Put time into a (fresh) Nibali and Aru. I know it's only one stage but it's the first time I've seen him not...

Reminds me of Indurain in '96 in the same race, end of another era. He might get a stage but doesn't look to have the legs. Maybe he's after the Angliru in a break away at the end of the race. Be a fitting stage for him to win, he has to be in a break though.

A sad day yesterday, as with all grand champions, time catches up. Contador's panache and style along with his phenomenal ability on a bike will be sorely missed. Two stages will always stand out for me, Indurain on La Plagne in '95 and Contador on Verbier in '09, different styles but both...

I'm going to give it to Contador at this time. I like Froome but the amount of GT's along with the way Contador has won them (Tour 09, Vuelta '12, Giro '15 especially) leaves Contador the clear leader at this time. Contador has won GT's not just with a poor team but in some cases no team at all...

Well I'm not going to say he should retire, it's for him and him alone. If he still enjoys racing and he can secure a contract that suits him then great. I'm not really sure what's happened lately, yes he is 34 but he seems to have dropped off a cliff compared to his performances of a few years...

Re: I think the route today wasn't great for a race winning attack, I think Froome was thinning the group out, that last 13km of flat would pretty much neutralize any gains on Mont du Chat, no real point for Froome to waste energy. Bardet proved that as he was brought back after his descent...

Re: Re: Has he ? Well I stand corrected but what I meant is when Froome has been in front of him on GC I can't think of a time when Alberto has overcome him from that kind if deficit. Like I say though I stand corrected if that's happened, as it doesn't come to mind

As I said on Wednesday, the key day was that climb at the end. Although he only lost a few seconds, somehow it seemed far worse than that. Quotes since then have reinforced this. I'm one of his biggest fans and I have trouble letting go of the era when he could just turn up and destroy everyone...