Recent content by zachateseverything

Not to completely discount the possibility of doping allegations by JV, but why would you throw a bunch of money at Chris Horner to be on your cycling team? It's a similar situation to Levi earlier this year. He's nearly 42. He has a hard time staying healthy and completing a full season the...

Super low body fat percentage + bad weather at many races this year = sickness sweeping across the peloton.

or the risk of a CAT5 taking them out on a flat, straight, section of smooth pavement.

It doesn't matter much if the favorites attack outside the kite or not, if someone is at the front of the peloton drilling the pace on a climb it'll fatigue everyone. Keep the pace high and no one can attack. Total race times have varied between 4:35 and 4:52 for the past 6 years. Not...

It doesn't matter that the course is the same every year. The dynamics of the race itself will have a big impact on how fast guys are on the last climb. Are a bunch of guys hitting the last climb fresh after hiding from the wind all day? Is a rider on a long solo attack? has the lead group been...

I don't think you can just take two data points like this and say that the peloton was almost as doped in 2009 as in 2000. Doing so ignores the influence of wind and race tactics. In 2000 the climb up Mont Ventoux was windy enough that Armstrong made a comment about it in his post-race...

Do you understand how lactate tests work? They *** your fingertip with a needle or razor and use a handheld device to measure the lactate levels. No blood is drawn and this isn't an injection site. It isn't any different from the cholesterol test many people are given by their doctors as part...

The women's cycling field really isn't that well developed at all. It really isn't surprising that there could be a women with supreme natural gifts dominating most of the calender when participation is as low as it is. A lot of her top competitors (Pooley, Stevens, etc.) were into their 20's...

Going off of a google translation makes it tough, but despite my poor Norwegian I don't think your conclusions match up with Hushovd's statements at all. Thor likely hasn't always been a choir boy, but he hasn't given us anything to indicate that his performance in 2011 was the result of some...

I've used the Alpha 340's for two seasons of cross now. This includes riding a fair amount of singletrack and doing Iron Cross. The rims are plenty stiff enough (I can't feel them flex at all when running them at cross pressures) and I haven't had any issues keeping them true. I would use this...

Pretty much. it is doubtful that Lemond doped in his career, mostly because of the time frame in which he raced and how he exited the sport. The guy went from winning the tour one year, to having one more solid effort the next, and then ultimately being pack-fodder to terrible for a couple more...