Grappe wants Contador to release physiological data

[acoggan]

your ethics seem to be selective. it's unethical to share the data w/o permission, a point on which i agree. however, if you're going to discredit grappe in a public forum such as this you would need said data to do so otherwise it would be unethical. to go a step further, if you don't have permission to speak freely about the data then you shouldn't really be speaking publicly about having access to the data at all. in this case we're supposed to just believe one of two oracles, grappe who won't talk specifics or andy coggan who won't discuss specifics. both of your contributions to this discussion are, well....worthless.

You seem to be reading far more into my post than you should. My point was simply that objective data support the conclusion that Contador performed quite credibly at the Dauphine, even if he did not win. I do not see how this "discredits" Grappe - all it does is place his 10% estimate in better context (i.e., if Contador really did improve significantly between the two races, it was not up from some markedly sub-par level).

 

[Aguirre]

this thread sucks

who is this Grappe? why so much attention to this story?

boring, boring

 

[Le breton]

this thread sucks

who is this Grappe? why so much attention to this story?

boring, boring

C'est vrai ça quoi, lâchez-nous la grappe avec ce Grappe.
(sorry, it will lose its flavo(u)r if I try to translate that)

 

[shouldawouldacoulda]

C'est vrai ça quoi, lâchez-nous la grappe avec ce Grappe.
(sorry, it will lose its flavo(u)r if I try to translate that)

oh frig that was a good one!

 

[King Of Molehill]

Can't one just give 10% less effort so as to not peak a bit too early?

Or better yet, give 110% at the Le Tour because you know... 110% is totally achievable.

 

[rata de sentina]

this thread sucks

who is this Grappe? why so much attention to this story?

I agree, this Grappe bloke is talking a load of bollox. ACs Daupine form wasn't exactly crappy. As has been explained already that sort of improvement could easily be explained by him tapering for the TdF and not for the Dauphine. Other equally plausible explanations are out there too. The mind boggles at why one would focus on ACs "form fluctuations" there are a few riders who seem to ride at a pretty high level through the season and he is one. There are so many other candidates.