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I don't think a hair test is necessary because he has several previous negative doping control tests; this shows the positive comes suddenly, and in a very small amount (certainly not consistent with taking clen at the tour?)g. A hair test would be needed if they had only one test, since then he...

Indurain doubled up twice, 1992/93. I never saw the Giro back then, so I don't know what the course was like. However, a cautious rider like Indurain probably won the Giro with a lot to spare. It will be interesting to see if Contador recovers well. It is one thing to look fresh compared with...

It's sort of fun posting on RBR, but about 90% of the discussions there are about pro team kits or whatever Radioshack rider velonews has highlighted in the last week. In the doping forum the worst thing is the irrational hatred of Contador. However, there is a poster over there called Dr...

Ok, you win the dollar. I made a mistake in my reasoning: when I said the smaller guy's P:W is worse, what I was actually thinking was that for the same power to weight he would go slower up the hill, and then I wrote down the wrong thing. Basically, being big with a given P:W is always...

If they were going at the same speed up the same hill, and not drafting each other, then you'll lose that dollar. Smaller guys having higher power to weight is the explanation as to why they climb faster. If they are climbing at the same speed, they are developing the same power to weight, or...

To a good approximation, for two riders going at the same speed on a steep climb, W/kg will be about the same. In this case, Pantani has lower Watts and lower mass, Ullrich has higher watts and higher mass, but W/kg are the same for both - no normalisation is needed. If you were to be more...

Your hypothetical rider has increased the power he can sustain for 60 minutes. You would also find he can sustain a higher power for 20 minutes, and so on. EPO has therefore increased his power - but this will be limited to how much O2 the muscles use. To get to 560 W will take (probably) a...

Well, what you say is interesting, but in the data I quoted, which was Lemond '89, he was trying to hold the yellow jersey (he failed) so he presumably rode up there as fast as he could. He did that in 43 minutes (1:19 behind Fignon). in 1989, it was a 161 km stage, over the Galibier and the...

Blutto, the numbers from the graphs in other threads totally contradict what you are saying. They are already normalised for weight, and show that Lemond was consistently well behind Indurain when comparing Lemond's 89 tour win and Indurain's 94. They give: Lemond: 395, 385, 385, 395 W...

I think the stage Coppi rode ended lower down the mountain than the normal tour finish. On the other hand, I don't think it was tarmac all the way back on the 50's. But yeah, the times were much quicker after 1991.

Well, I started my stopwatch when the front group reached about 10.1km to go (you could see where they turned onto the mountain so I think it was acurate enough) and Basso crossed 43 or so minutes later, so the time of 40:45 seems right to me. That gives just about 400W on the online...

To be fair, he had won a Fleche Wallone and was second at LBL, which are the sort of classics GT contenders like Andy Schleck or Cadel Evans are also good at.

Thanks for the responses everyone, very helpful So I reported it to the police, then today I phoned her to ask for money for a new fork, trousers and so on. I am gonna send a written demand for the cash. She admits nothing and says she won't pay. This could get ugly. For those of you who...

Hey guys, Hoping any fellow Brits can help... this morning I got hit by a car and although I am ok, my front fork is a write off (can't say what else - I'm at work now so I can't give it a proper inspection). I got her details, but don't know what to do now. I don't drive either, so I haven't...

What you want to do is take 450 W and divide by 70 kg because the calculation is performed for a 70 kg guy plus an 8 kg bike+equipment (6.4 W/kg). If you then multiply by 6.4 W/kg 62 kg you find that Contador is supposed to be riding at 398 W on the climb. ACoggan was very clear that he was...