Recent content by spredy

If true, wow View: https://youtu.be/lBVTinfe0iM

I genuinely saw someone suggest that previously he didn't have custom TT handlebars before, and part of the change was suddenly getting all the good equipment. As if that's enough to dethrone TT specialists who haven't spent three weeks fighting day in day out.

Guys, I just saw there's an interview where Jonas and WVA say the whole team is clean and that we should just trust them! Should probably close these threads now.

I was doing a bit of Strava stalking of some UK based racers and stumbled across what to me look like absolutely monstrous power numbers and it got me wondering whether anyone knows anything about doping in the UK domestic scene? Racing here seems quite bare bones with so many races local to me...

Mohoric did like 6 watts per kg up the Poggio for about 7 minutes, then did about 400 watts on the flat to hold them off. Given that most of the day was done at like 180 watts, maybe even less, nothing looks weird. Guys chuck out way more power after way harder 5 hour stages/races all the time.

Just saw a picture of peak Froome and forgot how skinny and lean he was. Obviously Pogacar is lean, but he almost looks doughy compared to Froome! You can see why Froome could climb so well given that every available gram of fat was off his body, yet Pogacar and Roglic are breaking his (and...

Also, regarding Bissegger, his dropping could be explained by being very aero in the TT, which won't translate to doing well here, and also a sub 10 minute effort can have a far larger anaerobic contribution than a 45 minute climb. Maybe he's very anaerobically inclined and so got dropped on...

Just looked at Ganna's Strava and almost as I predicted on the previous page... 458 watts/5.3 watts per kg for 45 minutes, according to the weight he has input. World-class watts, but definitely not world-class power to weight, he's just a watt monster and it's just a shallow climb.

Any of those riders might just not have wanted to contest the GC/the stage, they might not do well in the heat, they might just think ahh who cares this is just UAE tour or might have just had an off day. I'm not trying to say 'Oh I'm better than Tom Dumo' or whoever but I'm saying based on the...

Just because Ganna is big doesn't mean he can't climb. How about you actually look at the data? Jebel Jais is about 5% average, power to weight has less of an effect on a shallow climb like this, meaning Ganna's raw large watts can help overcome his weight disadvantage. Then, if you look at...

I don't think mechanical doping is a thing but I have wondered about this. And the uses is multi day races could be quite useful. Even being able to save 30w over a stage could add up in fatigue avoided over the course of a grand tour for example. So although a rider may not have used the motor...

An engineer on YouTube called Hambini who makes his own bottom brackets and supplies pro teams has said in a video that he gets strange requests from the teams for when fitting the bottom brackets which lead him to believe teams were equipping frames with motors. I've tried to find the video...

Yeah, that's a good point and I guess like with the biopassport ideally the current ride data could be compared to historic bests of the rider in question and other riders as well, also factoring in age, injuries etc. However given the claims people are making about him 'destroying climbers'...

Some of the posts here are hilarious. Colbrelli's power data is available to see, but most clearly haven't bothered to have a look or can't even start to understand what any of it means. He's riding hills in the 4.8 - 5.8 watt per kg range (depending on length) which you'd expect for a half...