Rodriguez's time trial of his career!

[Netserk]

Didn't he crash in the first week?

 

[Alpechraxler]

I had a feeling the Spaniards were gonna go all out on the 2nd restday, seems like I was right.

Purito wad already better on Ventoux.

 

[lemoogle]

Purito wad already better on Ventoux.

Yeah that is was my thought as well.

I don't really think Purito contador quintana or valverde are performing better this week , I mean all we really can judge is the TT and while performances like Purito's are suspicious I don't think they necessarily reflect on a refill ( not saying he's clean ). Adding to that the fact that froome said himself that he took it "easy"... well...

I think all this tells us really is how OUT OF THIS WORLD Ax3's performance was.

 

[Viking]

Yeah that is was my thought as well.

I don't really think Purito contador quintana or valverde are performing better this week , I mean all we really can judge is the TT and while performances like Purito's are suspicious I don't think they necessarily reflect on a refill ( not saying he's clean ). Adding to that the fact that froome said himself that he took it "easy"... well...

I think all this tells us really is how OUT OF THIS WORLD Ax3's performance was.

The more I look at things (I hadn't really seen the TT course when I brought this thread out of hibernation - just saw results that didn't fit my expectations at all) and reading about how various guys rode, the less it looks like an obvious PED performance. I knew it was a course favorable to Purito, but I thought there was more flat. Much like you, I'm not going to say he's clean (because I'm not sure any pro athlete is truly clean), but I am stepping back from my "unbelievable" comment.

I think past experiences and pessimism has skewed my judgement on what is normal, especially in a GT. I suspect I'm not the only one.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Hardcore doping will not get more obvious than in J-Rod's case this tour.

Clean-ish in the first two weeks, then comes out flying in the 3rd week. Precision peaking at work.

Piepoli working in the background and with Ekimov at the helm we have an explosive cocktail.

J-Rod will only get stronger over the next two stages.

 

[meat puppet]

^gotta agree, sadly. game be the game.

 

[Lanark]

Rodriguez is so ridiculous that even the Belkin DS's are accusing him. Either they are terrific hypocrites, or we're seeing the difference between a third week blood bag and not.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

^gotta agree, sadly. game be the game.

The alternatives are Santa Clause and fairy tales.

 

[meat puppet]

The alternatives are Santa Clause and fairy tales.

OFC, but IMHO the game is also being upped at the moment. "sadly" referred to that.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Rodriguez is so ridiculous that even the Belkin DS's are accusing him. Either they are terrific hypocrites, or we're seeing the difference between a third week blood bag and not.

Can't change the past, so I will support their vocal concerns.

I like to see more of that from other teams.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

OFC, but IMHO the game is also being upped at the moment. "sadly" referred to that.

if you want to pretend cleanness, its time to watch the power meter closely and simulate a crisis when we hit the red zone.

 

[Shardi]

There's a picture of rodriguez with a pretty bruised hip/leg. Was that before Ax-3? He said that he had Prepared very well for this tour and that he had not hit top form yet at Ax-3. Compare him to quintana, he lost:

Ax-3: 26s (Quintana out in long range attack and trying to follow froome)
Ventoux: 54s (Quintana attacking from early on the climb)
Alpe d'Huez: 3s (Rodriguez doing more of the attacking than quintana)

If you take into account Quintanas huge effort esp on phailieres/Ax-3, rodriguez has gradually improved against him. Especially on Alpe. Lets speculate that quintana didnt attack from far out and only followed porte/froome, he would almost have been able to stay with froome. If so, then rodriguez curve is definitely on a good rise compared to the others.

Blood-bag or a late peak... Well,, katusha..

 

[B_Ugli]

There's a picture of rodriguez with a pretty bruised hip/leg. Was that before Ax-3? He said that he had Prepared very well for this tour and that he had not hit top form yet at Ax-3. Compare him to quintana, he lost:

Ax-3: 26s (Quintana out in long range attack and trying to follow froome)
Ventoux: 54s (Quintana attacking from early on the climb)
Alpe d'Huez: 3s (Rodriguez doing more of the attacking than quintana)

If you take into account Quintanas huge effort esp on phailieres/Ax-3, rodriguez has gradually improved against him. Especially on Alpe. Lets speculate that quintana didnt attack from far out and only followed porte/froome, he would almost have been able to stay with froome. If so, then rodriguez curve is definitely on a good rise compared to the others.

Blood-bag or a late peak... Well,, katusha..

Blood-bag definitely:

All the information on doping suggests that in the natural course of events your body gets progressively more tired over a three week race

All the information on doping suggests that riders do a bag on the 2nd rest day.

All the information on doping says that unbelievable performances come the day or two after taking that blood bag

Sooner or later Purito is going to get target tested and popped in fact he should have already. Going up that final climb with his mouth closed when everyone else is into the red smacks of the Tour of Spain last year.

 

[afpm90]

Rodriguez is so ridiculous that even the Belkin DS's are accusing him. Either they are terrific hypocrites, or we're seeing the difference between a third week blood bag and not.

What did they say? Could you provide a link?