Recent content by sonofjive

Yeah fair call, but I got caught out thinking pretty much the same thing in the first few stages of the giro. Even though the tour contenders are on a much more level playing field in terms of form, as you say, stages like this can mean real time bonuses regardless. In the Giro, even if...

Stage 7 of the Giro on the Strade Bianche was the best flat stage of a GT I have ever seen. And at the end it was the strongest riders (Evans, Vinokourov, Cunego, etc) who prevailed, not some fluke (apart from the Liquigas crash, but the final result suggests that their time losses weren't...

I thought about this a while ago, and I think that pros get enough "legal" injections that a few needle marks wouldn't be enough to raise suspicion. They get IV vitamin supplements after every stage, they get blood tested by their team to measure hematocrit and stuff, they get saline drips, etc...

+1 I think this makes for a potential great race. LG will have to decide who their leader is and attack in the mountains to be sure of the win. Vino will attack because he's Vino. Sastre and Evans have to attack to have any chance.