ChewbaccaD said:
Good. Glad someone did. Tip of the hat.
This thread is about power estimates for climbing, the issues with estimating such and the plausibility of certain performance levels. This thread is not about whether any individual rider is doping.
Do I think that Froome's performance is suspicious? Absolutely. In fact, in the appropriate thread, I make the point that I not only believe that Sky employs certain "grey area" substances and methods, I speculated on what they might be -- one of which was confirmed by
visual evidence -- read what I said in bold.
However, in the context of this thread, I merely maintain that 6.5 w/kg is a plausible upper-limit for aerobic performance and not that Froome is capable of such without resorting to methods that some might consider doping.
For the record, I thought that Armstrong was doping from moment he put on his first Yellow Jersey. I am no Fanboy.
Regarding Landis, of course I wanted him to be clean. I was in France for the 2006 Tour. I have great picture of Landis in Yellow, that I took on the Col de Galibier.
I was with friends at bistro in Briancon to the watch the Alpe d'Huez stage. When Landis timed in under 39 minutes, I turned to one of my friends and said "doping."
You and I are much closer in thought than you realize. Do us and yourself a favor. Act like an adult, sick to the topic, read what people say and back off on the personal attacks.