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The run in along the river will be very fast and there seems to be a headwind for the last kilometres - so I would say Cancellara or the likes have their work cut out for them unless they can somehow escape 5-10km before the line. and I agree with the last corner(s) being very technical. The...

I didn't see it that way but maybe it depends on the nationality of the viewer or the colour of the glasses he or she uses. You ask what the athletes could do... maybe allow FIS to release all their test values and allow/request retesting of old samples. The accusations are so dire that it is...

Could someone who saw the document (and understands Swedish better than I do..) please clarify if the blood profiles in the document were only from cross-country skiers or from all nordic ski sports? Or was this information given? What puzzles me a bit is that three Finnish skiers would've...

Hahaha :) I don't think there's anything I can say that will make you believe the norwegians were (and are) doped and there's probably nothing you can say that will make me believe they were/are clean :) I was just wondering if having such high Hb values posed healt problems later on in life...

Thanks. The comment from the (norwegian coach?) in the documentary was interesting. He was very suprised by such high values and said that those values were very dangerous (this we of course know from cycling). I wonder if top norwegian athletes from the 90's start having health problems when...

I don't find this odd at all. Why would they be pushing the limits at a single world cup event when you have the World Championships coming up in a month? If I've understood correctly there's a limited amount of blood that can be withdrawn and used so why would they waste in a world cup event...

Hats off to SVT for doing such a documentary! I especially loved the advice the Finnish doctor gave Di Centa: 'Go and drink a liter of water and come back in an hour'. What would be a sufficient amount of HEMOHES for diluting such high values? 500ml? One liter? :) It seems that FIS was not...

Perhaps his lawyers have determined that USADA's evidence for those years is not solid enough. I didn't read everything in the dossier but if I understood correctly the most damning testimonies were for USPS/Disco. Maybe they think fuzzy blood values aren't enough and the guys on the 09-10 team...

Just got the same feeling I got back then :) probably something to do with A rider with a build like that doing an exceptional TT.

I don't think Wiggins so much but IMO Froome way overdid it

Froome's time trial today reminds me of a certain Michael Rasmussen in the 2007(?) Tour

Actually he was one of the worst Finnish skiers in the WC last spring :) But honestly I don't know if that's a good thing or not regarding the doping use of the other Finns :D The problem with this positive in my opinion is that Lallukka was pretty much an outsider to the Finnish national...

In 2010 with a single long ITT the battle was very tight, though. Unfortunately with two ITTs the battle is over before it's even started - unless A.Schleck & Bruyneel pull out something magical regarding his TTing. However this route brings Wiggins and Evans into the battle (for second...

Hah :D Truly a match made in heaven :)

I'm not contending the fact that times are slower than in the first years of 2000. I just find it funny that people bring it up now when the times have been slower for nearly five years :) I agree: cycling is probably cleaner now than ten years ago. I define cleaner as: doping having less affect...