Recent content by beer_thirty

RIP Wouter. Prayers to his family, friends, and his yet to be born child. So very sad.

I am not entirely sure why anyone is worried about what 'Thor' thinks right now... you're the World 'F**ing' Champion. Outside of being able to cover a couple of FC's moves in PR, he has been utterly ineffectual this season. Someone demanding support has to demonstrate they deserve that...

The Italian commentators could be discussing a chess match here and it would still give me goosebumps; one of my favorite clips. :)

He needs some fancy sideburns like Vaughters has... :p

I do as well in terms of his talent, but do his durability/injury issues ever worry me. We may be seeing one of the great talents in many a year never really get to show what he can do. As Hitch said, possibly Sagan if he stays on a good trajectory, stays healthy, and cares enough about the...

If someone put a gun to my head and MADE choose either PR or MSR for Phil, I would actually go with PR. Seeing how supple he was pedaling yesterday, maybe he'd be one of those guys that just went very smoothly over the big stones, and you are right, he's about the same size as some former...

It does look tailor made for him. Hope he gets it!

As unlikely as Phil is to win PR, after watching LBL again, and some of GDL yesterday (recorded, yes ;) ), no way can I see FC winning either of those. He'd need to be skeletal. And Phil had what might be his best ever shot at MSR this year and it didn't happen. I think Phil will end up at 3-4...

Well said; definitely a split between the actual morality of it, which is more universal, and the 'technology', which is for sure more period specific. Yeah, it's definitely veered away from the OP intent I would guess...

this. Yes, doping has always been around. No, the 'products' taken in different eras did not/do not affect folks in the same way. The problem with EPO is, if a guy w/ a 70% Vo2 max can take it and get a 15-20% boost, and the guy with the naturally occurring 87% Vo2 max takes it and gets 2%...

No reason to be sorry here IMHO; you're not making unmerited accusations, just pointing out the cold hard facts. It is indeed depressing. Definitely a hell of a ride by Horner that year; top 10 in one of the harder ever editions. I always thought he was really well suited to that race...

Oh yeah, when I was watching the actual race, no way did it seem like a forgone conclusion. Bettini looked great and when he tried to jump across to Boogerd I thought 'if he gets to them, watch out..'. Watching it over again, when they come around the final corner, man does Valverde ever look...

Since we're on the topic of LBL, anyone recall the great final of 2006?? A COMPLETE free for all on the long drag up to Ans, all the major players firing... Even though in hindsight ValPiti's win was a bit of a foregone conclusion, it was really something else. I've watched it many a time and...

Well, they had a 'numerical' advantage, but not a 'statistical' advantage. Any theoretical mathematicians out there?? This ratio might get pretty big. :p

That's what makes the aftermath of these races so much fun... lots of different scenarios to imagine! I could completely see them stepping on the gas if say GVA had managed to get up to them; it would be a lot more surprising if he was there and worth seeing if he'd pop. With Gilbert, I just...