He must still do a few rides here and there to maintain fitness! 
78 times! Mentally abusive!
78 times! Mentally abusive!
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He must still do a few rides here and there to maintain fitness!
78 times! Mentally abusive!
Yeah that is just insane to think about. I remember back in the day running cross country and doing 8-12 400m repeats and that felt like a lot. Mentally gearing up to attack a mountain 78 times is unfathomable.
Great way to advertise the bike!
Cookster15
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Yes, riding any climb 78 times would do my head in. But congrats to a real champion putting all these other Everesting wannabees in their place. But looking at the pictures Alberto is a lot heavier than when he was riding as a pro so that makes it even more impressive.
That’s a funny reminder: The “twelve 440s (yds)” workout was like this mantra for track & field coaches.
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Yeah he is certainly heavier than when he was pro but he looks to have slimmed down a bit in recent months. Prepping for the record attempt maybe
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Speaking for prepping for record attempts, has the cookie *** already reacted to Alberto's record?Yeah he is certainly heavier than when he was pro but he looks to have slimmed down a bit in recent months. Prepping for the record attempt maybe
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Yeah, and he was surprisingly reasonable actually. Although he couldn't resist saying he wishes 'that generation' would just go away. And he is convinced he can beat the record if he ever finds the right hillSpeaking for prepping for record attempts, has the cookie *** already reacted to Alberto's record?
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Yeah, and he was surprisingly reasonable actually. Although he couldn't resist saying he wishes 'that generation' would just go away. And he is convinced he can beat the record if he ever finds the right hill
Who are you guys talking about?
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Yeah he is certainly heavier than when he was pro but he looks to have slimmed down a bit in recent months. Prepping for the record attempt maybe
Discussing Alberto's weight apparently never gets old
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Lol.Yeah, and he was surprisingly reasonable actually. Although he couldn't resist saying he wishes 'that generation' would just go away. And he is convinced he can beat the record if he ever finds the right hill
Bigger salt mine than me when we lost the WC final
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Contador's splits on the hill lol.
Pretty sure he could have paced himself better.
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Interesting because Contador is only 3 years older than Gaimon, but Gaimon doesn’t seem compelled to “go away.” I get that he was joking about Valverde, Contador, Froome, Nibali being giants crowding others out. Overall a decent video he posted. Surprised he seemed to think Contador won the tour in 2015 and was doing 7watts/kg. As far as I know, neither of those things are true. Contador winning climbing performances I believe were in line with Froome, Quintana, Nibali.
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Not sure it's possible to keep a steady pace on such a long effort
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He posted his 20 minute power for the 2014 tour some years ago. It was about 7 W/kg I believe. That must be what Gaimon was talking about.
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Yeah I think he posted the 2009 and 2014 data, which were different durations? 2009 was higher IIRC.
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I think someone ran the data like 5 years ago and found Contador was fastest, but mostly on shorter climbs, with especially Nibs leaning much more to longer climbs. Froome fell somewhere inbetween.
It's also not like they were different stratosphere.
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Disagree. Nibali was never tested that Tour. There is no guarantee Alberto could have beaten him that year had he not crashed out. That was the period of Nibali's career when he was at his absolute peak. Super strong in TT too as he showed at the 2013 Giro.
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Unfathomable is descending 78 times in a lactic fog without crashing! That's something rare.
By the way...400m repeats on the track will either break your will or make you a good pursuiter. We had coaches that leaned toward Eastern block methods: more is better.
I prefer cycling to running any distance...even two strides worth.
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