Recent content by kottila

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    Team sizes finalised for World Championship

    There's seven names on the list and they only have six places for the RR and two for the ITT, so I gudss the reserve is on there. German readers should translate this http://www.rad-net.de/nachrichten/bdr-faehrt-mit-greipel-und-kittel-zur-wm;n_40231.html
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    Team sizes finalised for World Championship

    Das BDR-Aufgebot: John Degenkolb (Frankfurt/Giant-Alpecin) André Greipel (Hürth/Lotto-Soudal) Marcel Kittel (Erfurt/Etixx-Quick Step) Tony Martin (Kreuzlingen/Etixx-Quick Step)* Nils Politt (Hürth/Katusha)* Marcel Sieberg (Bocholt/Lotto-Soudal) Jasha Sütterlin (Freiburg/Movistar)* Starred...
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    Kristoff

    Given that he specifies high dosage EPO in the article, it's fair to say that he's heard of microdosing. Just because he might be wrong about a subject dosen't necessarily mean he's doping minors.
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    Kristoff

    He dosen't say that doping dosen't work at all, his point is that (with regards to steroids) that: "through long term systematic - and correct- training, you can develop a natural hormone response that is far more effective" He thinks that the extra muscles in itself is not useful if the...
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    2014 Tour de France Stage 4: Le Touquet-Paris-Plage / Lille Métropole: 163km, flat

    Izagirres handlebars(?) broke just as Froome crashed: http://imgur.com/a8w2dqO How does this happen on a modern race bike on a flat stretch and why did it happen just as Froome went down when Izagirre was nowhere near him
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    2014 Tour de France Stage 4: Le Touquet-Paris-Plage / Lille Métropole: 163km, flat

    The crash http://gfycat.com/InnocentBewitchedKiwi
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    2014 Tour de Suisse: Stage 4, Heiden→Ossingen (160 Km)

    Kristoff is struggling with an achilles tendonitis
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    WC Ponferrada 2014 climbs profiles (in situ measurement)

    2017 will also feature cobbles (if Norway gets it)
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    Doping in XC skiing

    According to the text, the Salt Lake list of skiers with high values included skiers from Finland, Russia, Belarus, Estonia, Switzerland, Norway, Germany and Austria
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    Doping in XC skiing

    The Norwegian cross country team was situated in Sun Valley, Idaho (2000m) for two weeks (alsgaard had three weeks) before travelling to Salt Lake city (1800m) where they spent almost three weeks (?). Could these changes to the values be caused by returning to lower altitude? edit: It's hard to...
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    2014 Speculation (and confirmation) thread - rider schedules and parcours

    They're going through this 1.8km cycling tunnel in the ITT
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    Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2014, 1 March, 198km, 1.HC

    didn't he have a team-car behind them that could've told him he was on his own?
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    Has a tie ever occurred in a race?

    The clocks may still count 1/100ths even if it's not shown on the television graphics.
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    Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2014, 1 March, 198km, 1.HC

    ****, that's really sad. One and a half season ruined by a mysterious virus and just when he's getting back into shape he goes down in the first real race of the season.
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    2014 Tour of Oman, Feb. 18-22 (2.HC)

    Highlights from stage 2: http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/11073 trivia: Kristoff averaged over 1000 watts the last 20 secs according to his father