Most Suspicious Performance Of The Last 5 Years

[Norks74]

Re: Re:

Steve Cummings winning British Nationals in both events - ridiculous !!

I wondered in which thread this topic would end up...Cummings is kind of like a poor man's Chris Horner, down to the dome...except unlike Horner, he had no results to speak of until age 35. Then last year...boom! Winning GT stages, animating breaks...

Think this is a little unfair bolder. Cummings' results go back a bit further than that, though I do agree he seems to be coming on very strong late in his career. How strong would you have said the line up was for both the British Nationals this year? (RR + TT)

 

[ciranda]

Not that strong maybe but the competition in his stage wins in TDF, Pais Vasco, Dauphine and Tirreno-Adriatico were the best in the world and he has been able to win in many different and crazy spectacular ways.

 

[DFA123]

Not sure Cummings belongs in this thread. Sure, some of his performances have been more than a little suspicious in the last couple of years. But still, any half-decent WT pro given a free role on a team, and allowed to just sit and ride at the back of the peloton, while targetting just one stage a week, would surely pick up a few decent results.

To me, he's not even close to the suspiciousness of most top GC riders (obviously with Froome in a league of his own) or the top classics guys.

 

[Irondan]

Re:

Not that strong maybe but the competition in his stage wins in TDF, Pais Vasco, Dauphine and Tirreno-Adriatico were the best in the world and he has been able to win in many different and crazy spectacular ways.

Yes, but what he did on stage 14 at the 2015 Tour to those French guys was absolutely EPIC!

 

[Cycle Chic]

and he has lost a load of weight...a la Geraint Thomas and Wiggins.

 

[MightyWheelSucker]

Can't decide about 5 years, but during last year it was Cardoso's performance which was the most suspicious, clearly (or should I write dirty?)