Recent content by patterson_hood

He wasn't juicing, was playing terribly and so needed an excuse?

So you think a positive test should have been announced, about a week before Contador signed, before his B sample had been tested (I think) and possibly ruin his career before it's even been confirmed?

I know he's short but I'm not sure he's small enough to fit into quantum mechanics...

What does the first sentence say?

Anyone ever read the story about Lightsquared and their attempt to use satellite bandwidth for over land broadcasting? This is basically the same...

I think it's more likely they were all doped, although this is an explanation that has been put forward.

Didn't look like much effort.

That's not what I meant. Argos, Lotto and GE are here for sprints. If they don't work they will have to explain to their sponsors why they took teams to win sprints and then didn't bother to chase breaks. Like I said, they'll (other teams) work, even if Cav wins everything (which I don't...

I doubt it. They'll work, even if Cav wins everything. Otherwise they have to explain to their sponsors why they took a team for the sprints and then didn't bother trying to bring the breaks back.

I'm not expecting Cav to fight for points here, but we'll see...

I'm involved in a study into EPO use, most of which I can't talk about, but I can say there have been some very large gains in performance seen. However, not much can be drawn from this as participants are from a wide range of sports and the tests are limited. The problem is getting participants...

I think the points are the same. There are enough teams looking for sprint wins to mean Sky won't have to chase breaks unless a GC contender tries to slip off the front. Even if Cav is winning other teams will chase the break, otherwise there is no point in them taking sprinters.

If Gesink can get a good break with him on box hill then why not? He might not be a favourite from a small group but it's the Olympic games and is worth a shot. I just hope some nations really put the hammer down on box hill and make it hard, even if I do want Cav to win.

for some reason I think this might be the year of the gorilla...

Damn, may have to drop him from my Halfords team. I was hoping he'd finish top 5 in all the mountain stage and maybe take one.