Recent content by proffate

MVdp wants the cx worlds record and then to chill in Spain all winter, not Paris Nice.

Is he being held at gunpoint

Kinda mean to call pro conti an amateur

Here are the rating thread pairs I was able to find and compile. All scores are medians. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2023 2024 route rating 8 7 7 6 7 8 6 race rating 9 8 7 9 5 3 6

I wish someone would plot the average cn forum rating of a route against the post-race rating of the action that played out. Is there any correlation at all?

8000 per violation is chump change (in any currency), but maybe Andorra could increase taxation of professional athletes beyond the laughably low 10% if they turn out to be cost centers? Something tells me that AGAD performs few to no tests on its athletes, with a stated annual budget of...

I have tried blood flow restriction. It's more common in weight training than endurance sport. It's perfectly safe and seems to be supported by research (but it didn't help me). The idea in weight training is that you can get the same adaptation with lower weight, and reduced fatigue/soreness...

I think one key difference is that sprinters usually still have to beat a lot of riders head to head. They are rarely the only one who sat in the wheels, so there's a "fair" test of strength against other "wheel suckers" at the very end, if only for 250m. I don't think Rui relied on his skills...

You mean it's not 1995 any more??

Funny because isn't Scott also in severe debt after being mismanaged for years by a CEO who has recently been forced out?

Cipressa is not exactly Angliru. You think Remco is less capable than Ganna?

Modern Pro Cycling believes in being unapologetically bold. Modern pro cycling doesn't care about constraints on the use of aspirational vocabulary or your rules for thread titles.

huh? The guy referenced in the post is not ranked on CyclingRanking.com.

Are you referring to Jan Raas?

Very specific statement, thanks! I would compel riders to provide documentation of their time at altitude (or in a tent). The whereabouts system is already in place for real altitude. Heck I don't think any fan would complain if you just banned tents, so while that may not theoretically stop...