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It does because he wasn't very competitive very often for GT podiums like Thomas in the end of his career and never in Le Tour where his best result was 9th in his last decade of racing it. Valverde reached 2 GT podiums in the last 15 years of his career so just not the same level of GT rider...

To be clear when I say 'no other' I was referring to no other GC riders,. ie riders who are routinely competitive in GC for a podium like Thomas has been and still reach it at 37 or the end of their career.

Depends how you're looking at it. To still be extremely competitive as shown by still finishing on GT podium last year at 37 is unavoidable to be taken seriously. Only other obvious GC rider that springs to mind having a comparable end to a career would be Contador, although he was 3-4 years...

The evidence didn't get as far as supporting 'no intent' as none of the conditions for eliminating or reducing the period of ineligibility as provided by Contador were applicable – in particular because the exact contaminated supplement is unknown and the circumstances surrounding its ingestion...

Quite a bit different. Clenbutorol isn't licenced or prescribed for human use in Europe whereas Clostebol can be bought without prescription over the counter in various skin products and it's known contamination happens when used topically. The issue Contadors lawyer had was there was no...

For PM (synchronous) type motor, the hub (rotor) would have permanent magnets around its circumference inside, and the axle (stator) would have copper windings. Since the hub (rotor) is directly connected to the wheel, the wheel rotates instead of the stator (axle). A Motor controller regulates...

When French police investigated Stafan Varjas over his motor doping claims, they released him concluding he had a penchant for telling tales and that he had limited engineering knowledge. This is why not a single working example from him has ever been shown that didn't simply resemble what he...

Pretty simple really. Any mobile communication device such as a phone or tablet operates within the electromagnetic spectrum and so is designed to pickup very fine EMF from telecom masts and so a permanent magnet or electro magnet emission, however small is easily detectable with one. This is...

Sport and Exercise Physiology Phd guys at that level are not just experts in one tiny discipline like sprinting lol! He did work at Dutch National Cycling Union as Head sprint coach then head endurance coach and finally overseeing all National Dutch coaching. A big loss for Dutch cycling, he was...

Dr Kordi isn't being hired as a sprint coach anyway. Essentially Dan Bigham's role is replaced by Dr Kordi on the Performance Support & Innovation side and Dr Oggiano on the Aerodynamics Research and Development side.

Primarily the big global brands like Ineos, T-Mobile, Mapei etc, the sponsorship has very little to do with selling products. T-Mobile were in the sport purely because it raised communication between global offices having a team to support. They noticed productivity of the workers increased and...

I'd say it's about the current ballpark. Similar to Carapaz, Yates & Alaphilippe and I'd argue better value for money at least the last two years. But, clearly Ineos have paid him what the market value is, but you also have to speculate when signing a 5 year deal with a 19 year old. You also...

What makes you think ineos were determined to allow anything? I would probably side with Thomas who summed it up in todays podcast that Pidcock comes with his own internal team around him from CX/MTB/Trinity, but Ineos is not 'Team Pidcock', there's 30 others riders. It would seem the beef is...

He's not on €4M. €2.7M seems to be the common figure published. He might have a big bonus salary boost built in if he wins a GT or something to get to €4M though. I heard he is on the same as they were going to pay Adam Yates to stay at Ineos, who was on €2M and UAE offered him €2.7M which...

Clashes are happening in all teams from time-to-time, some public, some just glimpsed on social media, some purely internal. Doesn't usually mean a team will end just because some people are not getting on, this is real life with real emotions flying.