Recent content by Franklin

Vos is a national treasure. Generous teammate, nothing to proof, just loves racing. And.still.so.good.

Re: Re: Sorry, the whole argument is getting sillier by the minute. Again, no doubt he's doped (anyone now coming to that conclusion is asleep), but that was an effort at treshold. He had a burst of wild energy and then he slumped to the curb just as his competitors (just check the...

Re: There's a F*ING history of athletes going through the roof when finishing a sporting event. There's a MUCH longer amount of occasions where the winner does not collapse after the finish. Indeed, last week with our cat B (oghhh dang I actually am a racer... snap!)the winner of the break...

Re: LMFAO. Personal attack as my argumentation is rather solid and you fail to find a single post where I say this is a normal performance? Reflect on what you want to attain with that post. Do you want a serious disussion? Or is anyone who has a different interpretation of events someone to...

Hyperbole... after the rush he had to sit down like anyone else. Yes I am sure he dopes, but people are drawing conclusions about the adrenaline rush that are not realistic.

Re: Re: That's something utterly different than him roaring after the finish wouldn't you say? Unless you can point out where I said that I found his performance okay? All I stress that Julian having an adrenaline rush after crushing everyone else is in itself not an indicator of doping...

I'm convinced Alaphilippe is doped, but here's some serious silliness. Floyd was doped to the gills, even with steroidsm but when he crossed the line during those faithful days (His collapse and his ressurection)he went to the limit and was not hopping around after the finish. Same goes for...

Re: Re: So? I distinctly remember some very doped riders puking their guts out after the finish. Indeed, there are also shots when after the adrenaline rush Alapolak sits down at the side of the road, probably not that steady on his feet anymore. That euphoria was a huge adrenaline rush...

Of course Fignon was a thoroughbred then and there (talk about coming up fast^^), but many (most) experts thought he was a flash in the pan. Whereas Miguel Indurain was lauded from the start. Or super-doper jan Ulrich who was a star from his first season.... clearly people get it spectacularly...

Re: Re: VO2 max is probably given too much weight due to Lemond as this says nothing about the power-output. Everyone who keeps on repeating that number skips over the fact that Lemond the majority of his career got outgunned by an aging Hinault and by Fignon. If Fignon had the brains and...

Re: Re: Where do I say that oh great sage? I will publically laud your intense posting skills if you point out where I said that. Then again, it's the third strawman you erected, so I am afraid that's even beyond your masterly skills. Sarcasm off. You are a caricature. You simply refuse to...

Re: Re: Where do I say PDM pioneerd EPO? Uhm... nowhere. Read before claiming and then blasting full barrel. I said PDM pioneered a team wide program. - Evidence by statements - Evidence by notes from the staff from those days (Blood bags, not EPO) - Evidence by the Intralipid scandal. Epo...

Helpful? We can go overthink it all we want, but 1988-1990 is when EPO showed up )hit the market and the stories started in the Netherlands) and 1990-1995 is when team wide blood charging became ubiquitous. What else do you expect? There's overwhelming support for this timeline, whereas...

Re: Yeah, I mean there have never been teams dominating the run in for spriiters before. Kwantum Decosol for Van Poppel, with Lead out Jelle Nijdam? Rubbish. Fassa Bortolo, the train =for the man who won more GT stages than Cav? Chopped liver. Lampre with Alejet? Who again? Sorry, but first...

Re: Re: Although I tend to agree: Coulda-woulda-shoulda... for the GOAT question that doesn't really matter IMHO. Yep. It's really hard to choose.... TdF stages should count for more than other wins, but Cipo had so many of those other wins that you need to pick up your jaw of the ground. I...