Recent content by André B

Well, yes, he went downhill from there. That said, he came 2nd in the 2001 Giro and 4th in the Olympic time trial in 2000 (he also won Tirreno-Adriatico and Criterium International that year, and so forth). He also ran a marathon in 2:39 two years after his retirement, beating Lance´s best...

The figure is from a test conducted in 2002, just after Olano retired. I read about it in an article (I can´t recall which article or the title but it´s out there - google Olano+vo2max) and some cycling forums. It is said he never went above 70. He must have been super efficient or very very...

Wasn´t Olano´s amazin considering his ridiculously low VO2Max? Re: Olano´s career. Belonging to the minority of old Olano fans I just have to ask you. Olano had a Vo2Max below 70. With that in mind his palmares is quite amazing. He showed that you can be a champion despite having limited...

Who´d win the TdF?