Great posts Escarabajo! Great work there.
I'm thinking all you said was true. Still impressive, indicative, that we're seeing a group of riders put out over 400w on such a long, tough day. More amazing is that number that Jan may have hit 500w!!! And the stage was even tougher back in 1997! Five-hundred watts!!!
I'm starting to think the lack of superior doping is also the reason for the lack of attacking. I mean, yesterday's stage was just ridiculous the way no one even tried to attack until 3km to go. I'm speculating that because they are less doped, no one is sure just how long they can last, or who might have a little extra boost, so they're riding as risk-averse as possible. We may see this kind of racing all to Stage 17 to Le Grand-Bornand, maybe even the Ventoux, unless someone is able to go on the non-radio stage of 13 or gets in a miracle break. Having no real mountain top finishes is going to compound this. Sure makes for some dull racing.
I'm thinking all you said was true. Still impressive, indicative, that we're seeing a group of riders put out over 400w on such a long, tough day. More amazing is that number that Jan may have hit 500w!!! And the stage was even tougher back in 1997! Five-hundred watts!!!
I'm starting to think the lack of superior doping is also the reason for the lack of attacking. I mean, yesterday's stage was just ridiculous the way no one even tried to attack until 3km to go. I'm speculating that because they are less doped, no one is sure just how long they can last, or who might have a little extra boost, so they're riding as risk-averse as possible. We may see this kind of racing all to Stage 17 to Le Grand-Bornand, maybe even the Ventoux, unless someone is able to go on the non-radio stage of 13 or gets in a miracle break. Having no real mountain top finishes is going to compound this. Sure makes for some dull racing.