Recent content by El_ojo_del_Tigre

Procyclingstats has the list of riders who've made the top-N/top 10 most often and their best finish for each GT. Unfortunately, their lists are not complete as they only list the top 100 for each race. The lists are here: Giro Tour Vuelta

It is Chiapucci indeed, judging by procyclingstats: https://www.procyclingstats.com/statistics.php?rnk=3&active=0&filter=Filter&p=grandtours&s=top-10s. Unless I overlooked someone, there are two riders on Procyclingstats' list of GT riders with the most podium finishers with 6 or more such...

18 seconds into the video (the interview is in English): View: https://twitter.com/LeTour/status/1681342784869920768

39'46"

I think it's 5h03: the real start was at 12:15, the fastest time schedule has the first riders crossing the finish line at 17:18. This gives me a time limit of 51'30''.

37'33'' (Well, that's what procyclingstats says, the velofacts calculator has it at 37'32''.)

The co-commentator gently corrected him, yes, thankfully. Correctly calling the race > talking about random stuff > incorrectly calling the race, for me. I'm used to cycling commentators getting things roughly right (yes, I'm privilegd). Also, I find mistakes quite distracting. When...

I'm used to Sporza, so this is a huge contrast.

I'd prefer if they talked about things they actually know something about.

I'm always surprised how insanely bad the commentary can be. There are 2 AG2R riders in the break: Bouchard who is 2nd in the mountains classification, and Gallopin who has 0 KOM point. One of the 2 leads the other one out, who takes the mountain points at the top. Commentary: "I thinks it's...

Re: I've looked it up, and the commercial blood bank in Velp went bust in July '88. They had fewer than 40 customers. I can't find any other references to a blood bank in Velp around that time, so I assume that must've been the one. Here's an article announcing the opening of the blood bank in...

The full article is available for free here (in dutch, doesn't require registration).

Re: Re: :lol: What a *** indeed. There's actually more about L'hotellerie in the interview. The doctor brings him up as an example of a rider the UCI decided to let go when they could've caught him taking EPO. Janssen's story goes as follows: Janssen was the team doctor at Skill...

The whole interview can be read here (requires registration): https://blendle.com/i/de-volkskrant/bekentenis-van-een-dopingdokter/bnl-vkn-20170909-8621629. EDIT: This link doesn't require registration. A few things: *Dr Janssen claims to have introduced blood transfusions at PDM after hearing...

Re: Re: It would've been 14% if the average speed was below 37km/h, but iirc the graphic at the end of the race showed an average that was a little higher than that. Not that it matters, 14% of 4hr 57 is still more than 40 minutes ((4*60+57)*0.14=41.58). Cav is safe for now, though it's not...