Pozzovivo = pots-of-epo

[IndianCyclist]

Anybody have Pozzo's Power to weight ratio for stage 10 & 11.

 

[proffate]

A tiny rider like that should benefit more from drafting in road stages, i.e. have more energy for the final climb and save more energy while pacing with the contenders group, so you'd think if he were on super form he'd show it more on road stages and less on TT stages.

How does he beat nibali in the TT but lose time in MTFs? Makes no sense at all. But Pozzo is no dullard, he knows the VAM models that can raise a red flag on climbing performances are near impossible to apply to TTs.

 

[roundabout]

Pozzovivo was ahead by 13 seconds, I seem to recall.

 

[doperhopper]

Anybody have Pozzo's Power to weight ratio for stage 10 & 11.

must be around infinity as the weight approaches zero

 

[Netserk]

Pozzovivo was ahead by 13 seconds, I seem to recall.

I will check/confirm once the stage is ready on rtve.

EDIT: That just happened. Am checking in this moment.

 

[roundabout]

01:11:02 in the video for example

 

[Netserk]

I lost my internet for some time, so it took me a little longer

This time is without Nibali (and Horner):

 

[Netserk]

So after 11.5km:
Canc
Pozzo +5

18km:
Pozzo
Canc +13

26km:
Canc
Pozzo +30

38.8km:
Canc
Pozzo +1'24

So in the last 20.8km that are flat and downhill, Pozzo loses 1'37 to Canc, 22 seconds to Roche and 21 seconds to Valverde.

 

[Jux1893]

Time Trialling is the new Zumba - anyone can do it...whether you,re anorexic or built like a brick outhouse or now we have a 165cms diminutive wee chappy having a go

LOL. I hate myself for getting this reference.

In regards to the subject at hand, I don't think there was anything too strange today.

He won some time in the climb, and lost a lot more in the rest of the stage, to a bunch of other riders, including everyone in the final top10 except Sanchez.

 

[Izzy eviel]

This is faster than this?

Imagine how fast he'd have gone if he had a proper bike fit.

 

[Netserk]

Are the pictures from the first part?

EDIT: Stupid question. Judged by the gearing they are going pretty fast...

 

[proffate]

is that focus even a tt frame?

 

[Ruudz0r]

is that focus even a tt frame?

Maybe not

“I had excellent feelings on the bike,” the Italian continued. “After I passed the top of the climb, I was told that I had a good time but I didn’t know it was the best time. It’s also due to a choice of bicycle, made purposely to perform uphill. In the windy downhill section, there was no way I could ride as fast as Fabian Cancellara but this result is a huge satisfaction for me.”

 

[roundabout]

Hmm, the downhill bit is more impressive than I thought given his equipment choice.

 

[Phil13]

A tiny rider like that should benefit more from drafting in road stages, i.e. have more energy for the final climb and save more energy while pacing with the contenders group, so you'd think if he were on super form he'd show it more on road stages and less on TT stages.

How does he beat nibali in the TT but lose time in MTFs? Makes no sense at all. But Pozzo is no dullard, he knows the VAM models that can raise a red flag on climbing performances are near impossible to apply to TTs.

Why should tiny riders have more energy for the final climb? The difference in drafting should be very little between tiny oder bigger riders. But the bigger riders usually have a higher FTP than tiny riders like Pozzovivo. So at the flat parts of the stages, it should be easier for the bigger rider.

 

[Afrank]

Doesn't strike me as that surprising or amazing of a performance. Judging by the times it looks like he crushed the climb and then managed to ride the downhill well enough to limit his losses.

Of course he's probably doping like most others, but nothing too surprising about today's performance.

 

[The Hitch]

Why should tiny riders have more energy for the final climb? The difference in drafting should be very little between tiny oder bigger riders. But the bigger riders usually have a higher FTP than tiny riders like Pozzovivo. So at the flat parts of the stages, it should be easier for the bigger rider.

In Roches book he said that in the 2010 Vuelta he told Kadri to get on the front on flats because he figured his smaller opponents - Murito, Anton, would tire more from hard pace on the flat.

 

[IndianCyclist]

LOL. I hate myself for getting this reference.

In regards to the subject at hand, I don't think there was anything too strange today.

He won some time in the climb, and lost a lot more in the rest of the stage, to a bunch of other riders, including everyone in the final top10 except Sanchez.

If the correct strategy was to go super hard on the climb and then easy on the descent, then how come none of the other riders especially the much more better climbers and gc contenders with a lot to lose didn't figure this out. A lot of the riders did reconnoiter the course. Sky, the so called masters of the negative splits missed it as well.
Either Pozzo discovered a completely new revolutionary strategy or .... Had it been a mountain TT it would still be believable. There was something extraordinary just like Heras coming 2nd in the 2005 Vuelta final TT behind Plaza.
I hope they donot forget to collect his sample.

 

[Random Direction]

Are top three from each stage being tested? If so, Pozzo may have banked on being outside of top three, and be screwed. To me it is as much of a joke as Abj... sprinting on the mountain stage. One would expect Pozzo to be three minutes down at least. Wonder if pat is still controlling results management and needs a positive to be seen to be doing something about doping.

 

[proffate]

Why should tiny riders have more energy for the final climb? The difference in drafting should be very little between tiny oder bigger riders. But the bigger riders usually have a higher FTP than tiny riders like Pozzovivo. So at the flat parts of the stages, it should be easier for the bigger rider.

I disagree with the bolded part. Have you never felt the difference between drafting someone who's taller than you and one who's shorter than you? Imagine if every single rider were bigger than you.

 

[Phil13]

But i am pretty sure that there is no big difference in the bunch.

 

[masking_agent]

maybe he's on some form of "female bronzini hormones" as he shocked everyone on the TT yesterday in the Vuelta.

 

[proffate]

nice fake mechanical today

 

[Afrank]

Why do some think the mechanical was fake?

 

[Netserk]

Why do some think the mechanical was fake?

Because it was an advantage?