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Ripper said:Albeefo Dopador was cranking out 800 watt attacks on the Col de Peyresourde - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5wigXX0YEE
And a tip of the hat to you, ripper.
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Ripper said:Albeefo Dopador was cranking out 800 watt attacks on the Col de Peyresourde - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5wigXX0YEE
airstream said:In general if people, who say 'we don't have the evidence' about whether Contador used doping during the 2007 Tour or not, have little choice but saying the same about today's Froome. But coming it down to the talent and wishing Contador to win, because he is a doper-in-law while Froome is a doper newbie, are exceptionally pathetic things. If Froome gets popped, I'll be one of the first forum guy to say that it's fair. However such huge double standarts in attitude to the riders is foolishness.
peloton said:I was surprised to learn Froome was DQ'd for hanging onto a motorbike at the -10 Giro. (thanks for the link whoever it was).
That is called cheating too.
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/471148/froome-disqualified-from-giro-d-italia.html
çThe Hitch said:No not vice versa. You have proven that someone who is good young can become worse as their career progresses.
You have NOT proven that the reverse is true. The fact that losing form midcareer is natural does not mean that gaining it midcareer is natural.
Not all rules work in reverse e.g.. if someone does alpe d huez in 35.minutes that means they are doping. But if they do it in 45 minutes that doesn't mean they are clean.
JimmyFingers said:... What I don't believe is that you can chart an athlete's career progression and arrive at a constant that can be held up as a 'clean' progression, and that deviation from it is indicative of nefarious practice.
JimmyFingers said:.Undoubtedly spikes in performance are massively suspicious and rightly worthy of investigation, but it not conclusive in isolation.
So, doping's hero to zero doesn't exist? You are working really hard to pretend.JimmyFingers said:And as far as form goes, it can easily come and go, and so reasons why too.
JimmyFingers said:On paper one rider should be superior to another, but no matter how strong the legs are if the head isn't with them then it won't count for much
big doopie said:stunningly lucid.
A tip of the hat to you too, sir/madam.
Zam_Olyas said:JV should publish the test results.long shot i know.
martinvickers said:You need to wise up to reality, then.
This year alone, a female Russian swimmer has been busted for a cocktail of drugs.
At 14.
Oh, come on Galic, surely you believe in the Colombians? hell, they don't even speak English...
What is his VO2 max. you appear to know the info, so I'm interested in finding out....
Tell me about Picasso's palmares again....
Thanks, Galic. Been needing a good laugh. Cycling as performance art...great stuff....
DirtyWorks said:Haha. Whatever you do, don't examine Lemond's amateur results because that's exactly what you'll discover.
In isolation of.... What? Looking for a positive. Revisit the phrase "never tested positive" and the glorious career of Marion Jones. Really? You need to wait for the Statute of Limitations to expire?
So, doping's hero to zero doesn't exist? You are working really hard to pretend.
Ohh dear.... You weren't following cycling pre-EPO were you?
Quintana would whip el gardinero left right and center, that says enough.galic ho said:I believe Uran needs to learn how to race on wide roads during the Olympics. I'm not Ryo. They're not ALL world beaters. But they sure act well above the norm as of late. Only Quintana really impresses me. Maybe in a clean world he'd be a Luis Herrera...maybe.
Fearless Greg Lemond said:So, to sum up, the new Sky 'defence' is you cant compare Froome's progression with others because all the others are dopers ergo their data is corrupted?
So, we see a zero like Santa grow to be a hero overnight, gets popped, guiltied by performance, but not the wonder from Kenya.
Okay.
I just recognized a pattern Jimmy, dont shoot the messenger.JimmyFingers said:It's not a Sky 'defence', why does everything get so twisted around in here, I don't like being misrepresented. People constantly put words and motives in my mouth to suit their agenda.
Fearless Greg Lemond said:I just recognized a pattern Jimmy, dont shoot the messenger.
And yes, even doped riders have natural [not natural of course given the fact they are doped] progression.
When riders have a sudden ludicrous progression my alarmbells go of. Lets say Piepoli 2008, a rider who I have followed from the start of his carreer. Like Santambroggio he started at the team of Orlando Maini. Both guilty by performance.
Good thing Froome didnt have to start out with a directeur sportif with a dirty past, like working with Ferrari and Conconi as a rider in the back of the eighties
http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=7313
http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=7557
Great names. The institute of Ferrara approves.
Barloworld 2008:
Claudio Corti
Valerio Tebaldi
Alberto Volpi
Flavio Miozzo
All linked with the Institute of Clean Cycling at Ferrara. I bet they can spot raw talent for what it is.
my posts on froome are pretty transparent.Fearless Greg Lemond said:Ah, so Froome was the one clean rider on Barloworld. Glad to have that cleared.
JimmyFingers said:It's not a Sky 'defence', why does everything get so twisted around in here, I don't like being misrepresented. People constantly put words and motives in my mouth to suit their agenda.
Galic Ho said:BC is also the only person on the forum who has ever said Ullrich couldn't climb before EPO, based on some things he'd heard.
blackcat said:it was Race Radio you fool. RR is the only person who they have referenced in places like NYTimes and WSJournal. and twitter replies from armstrong.
anecdote goes Udo Bolts has said, that before they got him on epo he was off the back on climbs at Telekom training camps in about 94.
and in a thread on who would win the Tour if no one was on anything, RR never mentions Ullrich. He does mention LANDIS tho.
airstream said:Galic Ho, I think you one season theory won't find confirmation. It continues for 2 seasons and limits are invisible so far. If Froomester comes back to mediocrity as you express it was an even more impressive phantom than his rising.
ask Race Radio. I got the info off him you goose.95% of what i post in second hand info. chinese whispers if you will. for that, i will plead guilty. but i dont make sh!t up.Galic Ho said:No it wasn't, it was you. Why? Because the written tone was your vernacular, nor RR's. Your posting style is very unique.
It was just some off key remark you've made two or three times. Nothing serious dude. You mentioned his old DS...Udo Bolts. You may have been paraphrasing RR, but I have never seen RR ever talk about that. It's not even important, I only mentioned it to illustrate a point; which was if one person mentions something, unless like you demonstrated it was RR, it's just opinion.
Don't you find this odd? I mean you were saying last year that you thought Cadel only did minor stuff to get where he was. The minimal required. Has that changed? Do you think that type of PED usage is 'fair' next to Froome? Or how about Santambrogio? It certainly would explain Cadel not being happy with his old climbing buddy. Just some food for thought.
And if I knew RR has said something, I most definitely would have said RR and not you.
well, the unfo on Schleck the jnr from his time at VC Roubaix under cyrille guimard was he was a bigtime charger. And Frank had zero results as a jnr and espoir, and when he was at De Nardi in Italy. There was an australian brother from tasmania who rode on that team. someone should ask him about Schleck circa 2000. Frank was ordinary. until under Riis tutelage. and only got the gig cos Jan went from Team Coast to new iteration of Bianchi when Riis had left open a spot for him and johnny schleck the old man, got in touch with Barney to get a spot for Frank.Galic Ho said:I agree. Time will tell, with both Froome and Wiggins. I for one hope Andy Schleck comes back and smokes both of them. If I have to watch someone win the Tour, I want them to look good doing it.