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Recent content by ColonelKidneyBeans

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    Paris-Nice 2024, March 3-10

    The problem for Evenepoel is that his team does not have the luxury to jeopardise a good result for a potential win right now, he's more or less the only rider of theirs that performs in the big races since 2022.
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    Paris-Nice 2024, March 3-10

    Yeah, that too obviously
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    Paris-Nice 2024, March 3-10

    Roglic's palmarès speaks for itself in weeklong stage races indeed, but i can't shake the feeling that being too calculated cost him dearly when it mattered the most, i think he wins the tour 2020 if he risks a bit more for instance, Pogacar was on the ropes at the end of the Foron stage. He's...
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    Volta ao Algarve 2024 - 2.Pro (February 14-18)

    Van aer trained only once with his TT bike during the winter according to him, this result isn't that surprising if it's true.
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    Volta ao Algarve 2024 - 2.Pro (February 14-18)

    Almost sounds like he didn't take any risks on the twistier last part after having the GC and stage win all but in his pocket, but there's got to be another explanation, right?
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    Re: Re: Most probably almost all of them, yep, but you never made clear that you were thinking that about Froome, quite the opposite, actually. Also the "level playing field" excuse was already lame during Armstrong time. I don't have much of a problem with you, you are fan of a different...
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    Re: Re: You realise that silvergrenade fully acknowledges that Froome is doping, right?
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    Aaaaaaaand i'm done with this, it's WWE on wheels and nothing more, gonna go for a ride instead.
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    It's almost as tough Froome has no results in his WT career before that Vuelta, apart from his second place at the 2010 ITT NC (against such a stellar field) . And yeah they were different races, but Froome sure as hell was a different rider between those. Nothing screams future GT contender...
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    Froome learned everything between the tour of Poland and the Vuelta ofc. Now that makes sense.
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    The Yates (AKA the TUE Brothers)

    Re: Panic doping can happen yes, but that's only one side of the coin, some already very good riders up their program during a contract year to negotiate a bigger salary for the future, see Gilbert 2011 as the most obvious and borderline hilarious instance, and Yates would fit into that...
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    Re: Re: Yep, and there can be a mix of reasons why he took significantly too much that day (the threshold is rather generous), maybe he is both legitimately asthmatic and on oral salbutamol for weight loss/anabolic effects, had an asthma crisis, took too much on the puffer and the combined dose...
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    Re: Re: The BB theory doesn't hold up, reread some of Merckx Index post to understand why (sorry i'm a bit too busy RN to search and link them), that's not to say that the most likely explanation isn't that they *** up somewhere tough, saying i find it hard to believe that Froome has taken...
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    Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

    Re: He has incredible stamina when in top shape, that's his most amazing quality for sure. I still wonder what happened to him during week two at that tour, he looked like death at pierre saint-martin, not just not quite peak shape Nibali that can't be bothered, but like he was gonna DNF that...
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    Teams & Riders Vincenzo Nibali discussion thread

    Re: Re: Yep, riding the Vuelta like Bettini did would be the best preparation for the world with the racing schedule he has, but timing the DNS/DNF well might be tricky, i don't remember clearly but Bettini would DNS just before the last couple of mountain stages no? Hope he gets the WC and a...
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