Recent content by Nick2413

My question at this point is do lawyers function as that big of a deterrent to even stop all cases from being initiated? An indictment alone would be enough to make some noise.

Old Rasputin imperial stout is the greatest beverage I’ve ever consumed, and I don’t normally go for the dark stuff.

If this CO stuff is as straightforward as it seems they’re going to have to start policing HCT level alone and give up entirely on catching specific substances.

For one if Remco’s power really was 340W as he claims then it’s hard to imagine Pog being 20% higher even for the flat portion where we know it’s harder to push the same Watts for whatever physics reasons. 400W is the number everyone throws around whenever X worldbeater rider is soloing to...

400W for the last 50k of lombardia seems unrealistic even for him though, all of it doesn’t really make sense.

Did they actually publish official power data for TA 2022 or Lombardia 2024?

Yes, on Miguel Angel Lopez some random Latin American rider with a couple .pro wins.

Are we really to assume Gianetti is the mastermind behind all the doping advancements of the last handful of years? He’s just one small piece imo.

Gymnastics require more strength and muscle than swimming.

Off topic, but I bet Kipchoge et all could go around 10 hours easily with no training by basically coasting for 6 hrs on the bike in TT position at 120W and jogging for 3 hrs at 110HR, assuming he can swim or even do some breast stroke. Hardest part would be the sore butt.

I don’t think they’re doing anything fancy with changing much about execution on different parts of a course other than riding slightly harder uphill since it yields better time savings compared to going harder on the flat. Some of them avoid or prioritize certain profiles of course. You could...

I agree it doesn’t seem as bad when you look at it discipline by discipline and see most of the gains are on the bike. The other difference is you pretty much need a low 2:40 or even high 2:30 marathon to win many races these days on top of the way faster bike. So peak marathon times haven’t...

You’ll occasionally see a pro post about getting drug tested to remind us all how clean they are but I think it’s pretty minimal overall. They do have license to do pretty much whatever they want with their bikes, using fairings, geometry and gear that would be UCI illegal etc, but playing...

Top bike splits in Kona have dropped from 4:20 to under 4 hours in the last handful of years with run remaining relatively steady (Mark Allen ran 2:42 back in the 90s while the record is only 7 min better now; bike splits were in the 4:40+ range back then). Swim times are 47-48 min now vs low...

It delegitimizes the threat of doping purely by association to even mention those things in the same sentence as blood doping or other banned substances.