Fuglsang on his and his opponents' watts

[Rollthedice]

All clean expect this poor fellow:

UCI statement on Matteo Spreafico

www.uci.org

 

[SafeBet]

BTW pretty amusing that Fuglsang comments on other riders watts while pushing probably his highest watts ever at the end of a GT.

 

[SafeBet]

All clean expect this poor fellow:

UCI statement on Matteo Spreafico

www.uci.org

Who???

 

[Rollthedice]

Nibali is not pushing his very best numbers, and a minor difference like 50 Mt in VAM (which is what I'd estimate between peak Nibali and today) actually translates to a lot of time in a 70 minute effort.

But this doesn't prove those performances are credible. The numbers are insane.

He is not pushing his best numbers, he's riding close to a Nibali who would land on the podium 2-3 years ago against Dumoulin, Quintana, Froome. Now he is destroyed by Hindley, Hart and Bilbao. What is this?

 

[Danskebjerge]

BTW pretty amusing that Fuglsang comments on other riders watts while pushing probably his highest watts ever at the end of a GT.

Has he published his watts?

Fuglsang has rarely reached the end of a GT without having had some kind of physiological problem or not being a captain. So it's difficult to compare. Ahead of the Giro, I would see his achievement at Stelvio as normal, compared to Bilbao, Kelderman etc. Add to that, the tough weather conditions favor a guy like him.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Who???

Is it just a coincidence that the recent doping cases in GT's have had to do with riders who are way off the Top 10, including Quintana who proved to be in mediocre shape?

 

[staubsauger]

Seriously, am I the only one who's actually angry they catched him?

No proper doping controls all season long, because of Covid-19. Everyone's got a free pass as they're forced to look away. Then, they decide to bust some nobody from the bad YelloFluo team Di Luca, Bad Santa & Rambo used to ride for.

Clownesque!

 

[Red Rick]

Seriously, am I the only one who's actually angry they catched him?

No proper doping controls all season long, because of Covid-19. Everyone's got a free pass as they're forced to look away. Then, they decide to bust some nobody from the bad YelloFluo team Di Luca, Bad Santa & Rambo used to ride for.

Clownesque!

I hate it too

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Is it just a coincidence that the recent doping cases in GT's have had to do with riders who are way off the Top 10, including Quintana who proved to be in mediocre shape?

It’s not a coincidence, it also isn’t recent. Two types of riders have always been more likely to be caught, guys who can’t afford competent assistance and guys who take risks because they are desperate or under more pressure. This is often assumed to be the assembled authorities picking some scapegoat or throwing some nobody to the wolves, but they don’t have to do anything conspiratorial to get the same result. It’s structural that small fry or guys in form trouble are more likely to walk into a control and pee hot. While riders who have competent and expensive doctors are paying them primarily to make sure that doesn’t happen.

 

[skippo12]

It´s certainly questionable that we are seeing all time records being broken left and right in a season with limited testing. I think Rick already mentioned it. Feels like half the peleton is on a whole new level compared to last year. It´s not like one or two riders are doing it. Entire teams look like they are leagues above the rest.
Sunweb for example wasn´t doing anything special last season or prior to the corona break. After the restart they looked like a Quickstep/Ineos hybrid. Dominating the hilly classics and dropping guys like Fuglsang and Nibali with a mountain train that is doing record breaking numbers.

 

[Parker]

It´s certainly questionable that we are seeing all time records being broken left and right in a season with limited testing.

I keep seeing this 'records being broken' but what are actual stats on this? And where is the discussion on context?

 

[Red Rick]

I keep seeing this 'records being broken' but what are actual stats on this? And where is the discussion on context?

It's in all those posts you're ignoring

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ta...as-one-of-ineos-best-ever-performances-video/

 

[topcat]

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ta...as-one-of-ineos-best-ever-performances-video/

Special sauce for the leader

 

[Sciatic]

He must have started getting the “special” lunch bags (see Tyler Hamilton) when he took over as team leader in the Giro

 

[saganftw]

it must make the guys from 90s chuckle hearing such stories

 

[motty89]

So according to Hart he did 6.55W/Kg for 30mins for his first stage win. Wonder what wattage Hindley was holding on the front?

 

[42x16ss]

So according to Hart he did 6.55W/Kg for 30mins for his first stage win. Wonder what wattage Hindley was holding on the front?

Huge numbers. And he did it while looking the most comfortable for most of it

 

[King Boonen]

link

Link with context: https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ta...as-one-of-ineos-best-ever-performances-video/

Mod hat on:

Please don't just post a link, especially this way with no indication as to what it is. It'll likely just be deleted as spam and may result in your account being suspended.

Cheers,

KB.

 

[SafeBet]

So according to Hart he did 6.55W/Kg for 30mins for his first stage win. Wonder what wattage Hindley was holding on the front?

Yeah I was wondering about that.
Drafting matters on a climb like Piancavallo, especially in the final 7 km. TGH didn't put his nose in the wind until 200mt to go...