Recent content by Cobblestones

Remember that conversation on Snowden from last summer? I guess I was wrong about Barth Eide and the UN, it was all about Stoltenberg becoming the next NATO poodle. Now, what do you think about Carl Bildt? He's been yapping on and on about Ukraine, even more so than clueless Foghorn...

This makes much more sense than anything else I've read about Froome. With Froome, there was never a question of 'marginal gains', this Fred needed 'real gains'.

Yesterday they happily sacrificed Kreuziger's podium and today they're riding for Roger's 8th place or the 'all important' team classification? Hm.

He would have stayed with the larger group for longer.

He's going for the polka dots.

German newspaper calling it PR stunt For Grappe there's a 'physiological limit' while acoggan maintains that no physiological parameter can be construed to indicate doping. In fact Grappe's analysis is useful since it 'predicts' that Froome has to have a VO2max at the physiological limit. Now...

Let's get over what Grappe said: 1) His weight is stable within 900g. Ok, fine. Neutral statement wrt. doping I guess. Main point seems to be to use W and W/kg interchangeably. 2) Must possess extraordinary aerobic potential. Qualified by the statement that he does not have the...

IOW: Beyond full ***.

Nice find. Plus ca change...

So the power files are entirely consistent with the performance we are seeing. That's reassuring...for Sir Isaac Newton, I guess.

So, while Froome's statements are inconsistent with actual medical knowledge, they are consistent with Wikipedia. Seems to me the whole badzilla thing is a smokescreen hastily cobbled together from half-read Wiki pages to cover up something else entirely.

Hey rhub, here's a thought. Get out the popcorn, kick up your feet, and enjoy the interns doing a clown show.

I think pro-cycling should merge with pro-wrestling. It could be a combined effort of mountain stages and a wrestling match upon arrival. Think of baby Schleck against the Hulk or similar. Fantastic spectacle. The two sports are becoming so similar in many respects anyway.

Right. Up to 'the couch' the Clinic was totally in love with Armstrong. We had hundreds of threads with thousands of posts each proclaiming our undying love to Cancer-Jesus. There was a point when the whole front page of the Clinic was filled with 'Lance devotion' and 'support Livestrong...

Totally agree. Some people never seem to get it. When you quote power in W, they moan about the need to take the weight of the rider into account, when you quote specific power in W/kg then they still complain about the same thing. :rolleyes: There should be a prereq for posting in these threads...