Recent content by Marxten

After looking at LtD's posted stats, either he should've been suspended as well or both "No Result" and "Invalid" aren't about the doping/aaf but a comment on the test itself.

LtD tweeted that he too has a gap between 2013 and 2017, but did get tested. He also had an invalid for BP on March 9th, thinks it may have been stored too long and unusable. https://twitter.com/laurenstendam/status/1037673617935486976/photo/1

In the same vein, small doses of cafeine can be good for your heart as well.

Hartthijs de Vries, on Rabo continental for 2015-2016 and SEG 2017, signed with Roompot in 2018 retires immediately because of his heart. I do remember that Peter Winnen wrote in one of his books about a heart testing, where there was only 1 rider on the team confirmed to not have any cardiac...

I think San Remo has changed since '85. Back then, a winner like Hennie Kuiper or Laurent Fignon was possible. Later we see more and more sprinters winning, without dropping the average speed. That in itself is problematic, because if sprinters could increase that way, than why couldn't...

Gaimon and Cancellara rode in the same peloton in the '09 Tour of California (Cancellara won the prologue and abandoned stage 1) and the '16 Paris-Roubaix (Gaimon DNF, Cancellara ended in P40)

In his book, Tyler often pointed out that while he and Lance were mostly on the same level during build up, at the Tour Lance would jump up another level. He likened it to another circle within the inner circle of Postal. After pointing out that he didn't know how, he can hardly claim that...

At my job, we also have to pay for testing of products. Industrial spec, so nowhere near the accuracy required for doping controls, around 1 sample a week still runs deep into the thousands each year.

Froome's only deviation from sponsor equipment are usually his O.Symmetric chainrings, he's not like Dennis or Contador who bring their own rear disc to time trials. As far as I can find this is his first time doing that. (Although I don't know if Dennis was riding his Lightweight disc back in...

Dumoulin at least used his sponsor's disc. Froome rode an unbranded wheel, which seems... odd.

As I understand, Poels was 'promised' a free role. That seems to have gone right out of the window again...

Mountainbikes don't have a radially laced front wheel. That opens up the front hub for a possible motor, and with the boost standard taking over there is more space than before. Also: There is no neutral service in a MTB race, so no chances that your wheel passes into someone's hands without...

I didn't think someone could produce a hub motor yet, in my opinion a bb-motor was more likely (still a low risk, high reward). I stand corrected. Still think Roglic in Strade Bianche is unlikely but suspect (it's much more likely to be in time trials I think, also because of the risk that if...

OK, then they're not made anymore and people forgot about it, and discussion was centering back to the same lines. Except this time no one was giving these arguments against you. As you said back then, it's still a long shot (although you quickly made up your mind). Back then, it was mostly...

I think it was somewhere in this thread, but who know how much I'd have to read back... Also not sure if there where pictures present. I did however find the article where LottoNL demands an apology and claims that Roglic had flatted early, got a spare rear wheel and just as he made it back to...