Recent content by BrentonOfTheNorth

2/10 with 2 points thanks to Betancur attack. Seeing him attack reminds me of his crazy attack on the mur de huy years ago, which gives good memories while watching a boring race.

Re: Re: Can he do that? And would it even make sense? Cancelling a transfer just because the manager has the opinion that there were 'suspicious' blood values? That explains your suspicion, then. Tribalism strikes again...

I have wondered if steroid use could be helpful for some people with chronic conditions who would benefit a lot from improved physical conditioning. Are anabolics really that bad in side effects when compared to many other common medications like beta blockers, corticosteroids, anti-depressants...

IMO Quantana pushed himself as hard as possible. He wasn't able to attack at points in the race where I hoped he would, where I felt he needed to attack. Sky was pushing the pace too hard though. He tried some moves that he gave up on once he realized they wouldn't stick. Why would he have...

Re: I don't doubt that the vast majority of the peloton is doping to some extent. But I find it hard to believe that there are insane levels of doping going on right now if a rider nearly won the Vuelta with these numbers as their best performances. Even a simple and un-optimized blood...

Re: I have no idea what you're talking about. He was great today, far better than most of his rivals, and now has a very good chance at winning the Vuelta.

Re: 2015 Vuelta Stage 11: Andorra la Vella>Cortals d'Encamp Why would Astana kick out a rider who is winning them stages? Like Landa said, it would have been fairly pointless to go back to help Aru. What would have happened? He paces Aru for a km but then drops off because obviously Aru is...

Re: Re: Thank you!

Biggest question for me tomorrow is if or how badly Froome will drop Dumoulin.

Re: Hmm that's an interesting prediction. Good points... does make sense that the main fireworks might come from someone moderately behind on GC but threatening on a long breakway. Otherwise I doubt there will be much action... not seeing any signs that anybody high on GC will 'race to win'...

If Stage 11 was today, I think he would do very well. But things may change significantly after the rest day and especially in the third week. One or two riders who looked mediocre so far (by GC standards) might explode later on.

There are plenty of real reasons to dislike him, mostly having to do with lies and inconsistencies in many of the stories he tells about badzilla and his preparation. I'm not saying I agree with them, but just saying that people have their reasons. To me it's funny to read someone say here "I...

6w/kg for an hour is equivalent to [??] for 10 minutes? There was a lot of marking and slowing down... could have been climbed significantly faster.

Rode so smart... kept it steady while the rest burned themselves up with their stop-go-stop-go zig-zag behavior.

Re: Why can't he win? I don't understand why everyone is saying he won't win. He's the strongest at the TTs and climbs so far. Today was a very serious climb. He has a minute lead and a future time trial to counteract stages 15 and 16 which are his biggest tests IMO... It's not like his...