Recent content by sprenten

I am not saying Horner is not doping, but his SRM profiles are legit. That is they don't show anything out of the ordinary. Still waiting on the Angrilu SRM. 1. Horner's racing days are very limited leading up the Vuelta. 2. As you age it is harder to recover from maximal efforts. 3...

You can't compare 45 minute climbs to 15 minute climbs. Contador's 20 minute Verbier climb works out to the same values as Horner. This climbing performance definitely makes Horner suspect in the 3rd week of racing. It puts him on par with Froome, Contador, along with all the caught dopers...

The first part of this is a myth that he has no reason to push, if he did not push today, that will show up in the data the next two days, because Quintana and Rodriguez still present a danger in the way they are climbing. Podium places and mountain jersey very much in the mix and Contador's...

6.3, 6.0, and 5.85 are Alien??? I will not put him in the yes he is clean category, but his regression from Ventoux to l'Alpe is entirely plausible. His peak is a little long, but still acceptable, but he can't be above 6.1 at Annecy.

I'll take my $200.

Yes, improving fitness during a grand tour and holding it without getting shelled early in the tour is almost impossible without artificial enhancements.

Yes, it is assuming blood bag days, but also something like GAS6 or even micro-dosed EPO or HGH. Granted not enough on GAS6 to know for sure its effect on fitness-fatigue curves. Quintana and Rodriquez look like blood baggers. Contador and Krueziger look normal for riders who gained...

6.3, 6.0, 5.85 is far less suspicious than Quintana's 5.8, 5.9, 6.3 performances. Froome is riding like I thought was possible, but his performance regression is still a little beyond what I thought was possible for a perfectly peaked athlete. I had regressions from Froome's Bonascre...

I agree with this, the only difference is Riis probably didn't believe you had to be in top shape coming into the tour climbing or time trialing and Sky probably believed you did. I bet Riis worked his guys harder into the third week of June than Sky hoping for a late TdF Peak and by the looks...

We have disagreed, I won't go as far as saying Froome is an outright doper. I thought he'd be at 5.8 on this stage. However, we are at the end of week 2 and I see two guys I can flag with high suspicion of doping. Froome is one and Quintana is the other, but Quintana's red flags are looking...

both are suspicious as is contador.

nothing like going from suspicious to giant red flags.

He's been riding 8 years with no Juniors experience so we can't draw anything from his past except for his progression which in his 3rd year of competitive cycling he rode and finished the tour with two top 20 stage finishes. You have to start comparing results with training age in mind.

Right now from the data I have seen it is entirely possible for Froome to win this Tour if he is indeed clean. Clean riders can produce peak performance efforts in the 6.3 W/kg range for 25 minute efforts with outliers in the 6.4 to 6.5 range. To get to the 7.0 W/kg range it has be at sea...

Just the facts, that is all I want. A couple of 10-15s digs of 600-800 watts by Valverde and Quintana were not going to make a difference. Quintana's effort the previous day is the one that should have raised the most suspicion with near record Pailheres effort and then top 80 all time...