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Re: Re: That must've been Olano, WC in Colombia. He was ahead in the race, but only by a matter of seconds. The Spanish tactics were spot on that race, since everyone had expected Indurain to go for the win, but he allowed Olano to escape. Olano had to continue racing even with the flat tyre...

Re: I can understand why other posters doubt this short clip. All doubt would be removed if a version of the clip with the Belgian commentary would be available. The way they reacted really tells us everything. If memory serves, "Even those slopes aren't steep enough for Wout Poels." and...

Even though the full article is behind a pay wall, a summarized version (still in dutch) can be found here. I agree with GuyIncognito that it fits in neatly with what we already know about PDM in 1988 and that it's a shame he doesn't seem to say more about the beginning of the EPO era. Another...

If I recall correctly, people born in the Himalayas use a lot more myoglobin for oxygen transport and less haemoglobin. Since haemoglobin is inside red blood cells, whereas myoglobin isn't, the result of the study isn't that surprising. Using myoglobin as a more structural means of oxygen...

That's not within the last 20 years anymore, is it?

Re: Or for the duo Kashechkin/Vino?

This link does not really tell us anything new, but it contains some interesting quotes. Annemiek van Vleuten comments to the Dutch news on winning the national ITT championship for the second time in a row. "That I won the ITT is a good sign. I lost some weight, so I can be faster uphill, even...

Re: That's surprising news. I wonder how long it would usually take to recover, if a kidney laceration is bad enough to cause one to pee blood. The only facts we seem to have, are that Gilbert peed blood (somewhere upthread), that we're told it's a result of a kidney tear and that apparently...

Re: Re: This is a good question. I think one of the important reasons why Nibali's tour got so much leniency is because the other top contenders that year dropped out of the tour. If you expect a big fight between riders beforehand, as almost everyone did, and two of those three drop out, one...

Re: Re: If you make a crude comparison like this, shouldn't you at least take the number of riders of each country into account? If a group of 10 riders takes the same amount of wins as another group of 60 riders (to exaggerate), the group of 10 would be far more impressive. Also, I don't...

A couple of hours ago, this link appeared on one of the main dutch news sites. It seems Isinbayeva is really fed up by the hypocrisy of only punishing Russia for a nationwide doping programme. She's protested before and is willing to take the case to a court, but apparently she's given an...

I keep wondering about this stage what the rules are when a stage is neutralised. Are you allowed to get lapped on that final circuit and if so, do the rules allow you to suddenly go full throttle again? Does anyone know? (If this has been discussed before or someplace else, could you please...

Since there are quite a few quotes above by commentators, I'll add one from Dutch tv. If possible I watch cycling on Belgian tv since their commentaries are a whole lot better, but occasionally this is not possible. Somewhere in the Armstrong era, pretty early on (my guess would be 2001, but it...

The Fuglsang comment definitely is interesting. The flak at Nibali for his 'strange recovery' is somewhat surprising as well, though, since this doesn't seem that far off his performances so far. Is it really that much of a recovery? Jens gives Nibali's climbing time of Risoul almost two minutes...

Re: The situations can't really be compared. Ullrich waited, when Armstrong fell due to a spectator at a time, while in a very small group that basically consisted of only GC contenders, if I recall correctly. Kruiswijk fell due to his own fault at a different situation. And even then, I...