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JackRabbitSlims said:i've read that dennis had a mechanical, tom was poked after that insane effort in the vuelta and tony fell into a "mental hole" in the 2nd half of the course which he couldn't get out of....
"From the start and in the first eight kilometres I felt okay and that I had the power but when I entered the tailwind section I quickly lost my rhythm. It was too fast for me and I couldn’t handle the RPM and I didn’t expect this. Then on the uphill sections I couldn’t find my rhythm and I lost morale. I couldn’t get it back and it wasn’t my day. For the second half of the race it was more of a mental problem than a physical one."
It doesn't help that Martin has never been a spinner.doperhopper said:JackRabbitSlims said:i've read that dennis had a mechanical, tom was poked after that insane effort in the vuelta and tony fell into a "mental hole" in the 2nd half of the course which he couldn't get out of....
"From the start and in the first eight kilometres I felt okay and that I had the power but when I entered the tailwind section I quickly lost my rhythm. It was too fast for me and I couldn’t handle the RPM and I didn’t expect this. Then on the uphill sections I couldn’t find my rhythm and I lost morale. I couldn’t get it back and it wasn’t my day. For the second half of the race it was more of a mental problem than a physical one."
wow, can't handle RPM, 58 not enough... what's the biggest normally available ring? Guy needs at least 62.
When you start from the assumption that a rider is doping and work backwards to try and rationalise it, virtually any turn of events can be construed as "proof" of doping.Cannibal72 said:Dumoulin's gone too. Prima facie this seems rather less suspicious than Landa's 2002 tribute act, but the fact he lost 13 minutes the day after a rest day and indeed his bizarrely plummeting form seems to me to imply that he overcooked his program in the first week, probably to compete with Cancellara, and then paid the price for that later.
CheckMyPecs said:When you start from the assumption that a rider is doping and work backwards to try and rationalise it, virtually any turn of events can be construed as "proof" of doping.Cannibal72 said:Dumoulin's gone too. Prima facie this seems rather less suspicious than Landa's 2002 tribute act, but the fact he lost 13 minutes the day after a rest day and indeed his bizarrely plummeting form seems to me to imply that he overcooked his program in the first week, probably to compete with Cancellara, and then paid the price for that later.
If he could get on the same program as Froome, LRP, Wiggo and all, then he could TT even faster than previously.ontheroad said:As cyclist's go, I do like Dumoulin as he has plenty of charisma. He does look to have lost a lot of weight in that photo, his lower body appears to have shrunk. Providing the photo is not deceptive, then logically you would expect him to lose some power for the TT's in an attempt to see out the climb's better. I expect he will go close in the giro given that he has made it his season's goal.
pastronef said:here is our Tom, thin and ready for the Giro
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rick james said:pastronef said:here is our Tom, thin and ready for the Giro
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Well he wouldn't be fat and ready for the Giro would he?
classicomano said:Yeah Tom is definitely on Kenacort, Aicar, GW1516, HGH and EPO at the moment. Also 3 bloodbags.
Netserk said:Given how he couldn't crack the top-10 in the T-A ITT and was beaten by Thomas, while obviously still being in good form, it seems like he indeed has lost some absolute power.
Benotti69 said:rick james said:pastronef said:here is our Tom, thin and ready for the Giro
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Well he wouldn't be fat and ready for the Giro would he?
No, but that level of skinny is suspicious.
These riders are already at low body fat levels. To get to that extra level takes extra special methods.
Looks like Wiggins. Kenacort, Aicar, Gw150, HGH, EPO etc etc etc.......or he just lost the' inner fat' :lol:
Brullnux said:We'll see on Tuesday if he's done a wiggo or not.