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Quintana shaves?

Just did. Never was the best at maths, but came out to (depending on when you consider it to start/end) between 1.5 and 1.8%. A clear false flat.

I haven't done an exact calculation, but isn't it around over 10km at less than 2%? How is that not a false flat?

Kane scored another hat-trick today, making it his second hat-trick in a row. Also, he has now scored the most goals in a PL calendar year and the most goals in 2017 amongst all players, 2 more than Messi! He may not be a particularly skillful or nice footballer to watch but the stats do not lie.

Re: Chris Froome Discussion Thread. Kane has scored the joint 2nd most club goals in 2017 out of anyone in the whole world out of the top 5 leagues, only behind Messi. That is 36 goals in 35 games or one every 83 minutes!!! It also equals the record for most goals in the PL in a calendar year...

Re: Actually, it is not that simple. Joshua holds the WBA, IBF and IBO belts. The truth is that there are several different definitions of what is called a unified world champion. One definition is holding any two of the four big belts (WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF; the IBO is considered much less...

Re: Re: I find it very hard to believe that someone who follow Football a lot does not know who Harry Kane is. I mean, he has won the Golden Boot (for scoring the most goals) in the Premier League the last two years in a row. It is not logical that he is quite unknown to anyone outside of...

I find that British people usually have a general interest in many sports. I mean, consider the fact that between 2008-2012, 3 of the winners were cyclists. And cycling has long been considered a minor sport in Britain (though it has had a massive increase recently) Over the last 13 years, the...

Re: All of this is true if we take Dumoulin at his word. And we all know the dangers of taking GT winners at their word.

Re: Re: I know one poster who does not demonstrate any intelligence (or ability to utilize syntax correctly). Asides from that, I do not think that it is almost certain Froome used a motor on Ventoux. It goes to show how sad this day has been for me, that I am responding to your cathartic...

Re: Re: Yes. But 2000 ng/ml!? Double the limit?! I don't know if there is any viable explanation for that. Especially considering SKY have known for three months, yet did not come up with any excuse in their statement. Even if Froome was not outright doping, he certainly has been cheating...

Re: I did not mention him as I thought that perhaps spalco defined 'modern era' as riders who raced post LA. Bettini's last good season was 2006 and he stopped in 2008 if I remember correctly. The other riders all raced until just a few years ago.

As a cycling fan, I am excited. As a British fan, not so much.

Re: The logic is quite simple: I want Froome to win a 5th Tour de France; if he rides the Giro-Tour I believe he won't. (Then, you could also get into the smaller details, such as this would mean Froome riding 4 consecutive GT's, his hatred of the extreme cold weather, his bad experiences...

Re: Re: Your first point about not putting an asterisk next to Strade Bianche, I accept - I should have. However, about counting it from 2013/14, that I do not agree with. Either I count it from it's inauguration, when it became WT, or not at all. I did not want to subjectively decide when to...