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I think Ricco takes this one for how shamelessly and compulsively he doped. Dopes, gets banned, comes back, almost kills himself with a bad bag less than a year later, gets banned again, effectively for the rest of his career, gets caught buying dope again two years into his ban. That man is a...

There's obviously a lot of people in here who don't have ADHD and haven't got the faintest clue what methylphenidate actually does for people with it. I take it daily and it absolutely doesn't improve my performance at all. The only thing I've ever noticed it do is sometimes making me feel worse...

Not sure what the fuss is about. That was another expectedly amazing ride from the biggest talent since Eddy Merckx.

There's a chance Dawg finishes ahead of Wiggins in 2012 if current Pog or Vingegaard are in the race. After all, Froome was doing all those weird little accelerations on the climbs to show the world he was the stronger climber. If Pog or JV ride off on their own, he probably follows and leaves...

Sort of on the fence about whether Wout Poels' 2016 LBL win and season in general qualifies. He was a big talent when he came onto the scene with Vacansoleil (and being a member of that team is a giant, bright red flag in its own right), but suffered a horrific injury after crashing in the 2012...

Because there's no need to overcome gravitational force and it's an event where riders maintain a constant speed except when cornering? Here's a nice calculator to show the relationship between watts and speed All other things equal, here's how much of a factor weight is: 60kg (ie. Remco) "If...

Weight famously important on a dead flat parcours.

The talent is undeniable considering he's a contender in every aspect of road racing (and such a world beater at CX and MTB that he's pretty much completed both sports already at 24) so it would be extremely interesting to see what he could do if he picked one type of race to specialise in...

Although he didn't exactly come out of nowhere with several top 10s in grand tours beforehand, nor did he disappear into obscurity immediately afterwards, with two respectable seasons after the smash and grab which was about as expected considering he was 33 when he nabbed his victory... I still...

This is some admirable optimism considering the guy rode for Gianetti at Saunier-Duval, Bruyneel at Astana and Shack and was connected to USA Cycling for two decades :tearsofjoy:

Yeah, Froome absolutely doesn't apply to this thread. Smash and grab is like robbing a jewellery store. Break the glass, grab what you can and get out of Dodge as quickly as possible to avoid the authorities. It's usually low level, but every once in a while an optimistic chancer comes along and...

That's a good one. Truly the most epic last one-legged dance of all time.

Jazilla Mwamikazi from the women's mountain bike race has a hell of a name. She does road racing as well, so she qualifies for the thread.

From Indurain to Armstrong to Team Sky to current day, cycling seems to always have a Top Dog of Doping sitting comfortably on the throne, levels above everyone else, preaching the "cleanest team", "most tested rider" or "never tested positive" mantra while crushing every other rider with...

For my own entertainment, I looked at some numbers for all the medallists at the ITT World Champs and Olympics to compare height to results. Keep in mind that I haven't gone through course profiles and removed results from races with hilly profiles like the WC in 2018 and 2017 and the Olympics...