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Siutsou was an 8 on that index but Sky hired him. Thomas a 6 and Wiggins a 5, and anyone 5 or above was though to have significant irregularities. But of course the only mainstream story here is going to be about Menchov.
If there's anything in this, it's that short athletes are more likely to be inferior physically to taller ones, and thus have to find illegal means to make up the deficit.
But big guys dope and small guys dope- I reckon there's a good few inches between Emanuele Sell and Michael Rasmussen...
If Froome gets popped his career is over- for physical reasons firstly, because he will be relegated to the back of the pack again- but also because the lie is too big. No-one will touch him again, not even Walsh.
Do you think Froome's transformation can be explained just by massive cortisone abuse? i think that's only part of it. Most of Europcar are on the same roids and yet they aren't performing like madmen.
Well, yes. It's the old 'arms race' again. Like in 1999, cycling had a chance to be clean. Sky seem to have destroyed that possibility- now everyone's racing to catch up.