TrueSo as we still wait to hear about Hessman, today's Milan San Remo should give us some idea of how this year's vintage of "rocket fuel" is measuring up.
Last year was a record fast (by no less then 4 guys) climb of the Poggio, so let's see what a peloton full of 120g carbs/hour plus ketones guys can achieve.
Pee in a cup then it's off to the boffins in white coats tout suite, I guess.
I meant how much or how often are they utilizing the more advanced testing in pro cycling?
When was the last time that travelling with EPO and blood bags were found?
Normally you would think Vingegaard crossed a few lines in that Tour ITT last year
Im sure there are other goodies in their grab bag, but French police aren’t in Teide or other isolated training locations or in Spain for that matter. Microdosing EPO is detectable for 24-48 hrs (I was wrong about that before) but the increase in HCT will wane but still last several weeks. Bio passport could pick that up but the loopholes of coming back from altitude and the natural drop in HCT during course of a GT provide accepted explanations.
There was an interview with coach & cyclist Richard Stern who at 55 is putting out better numbers now then when he was 25. Thanks mainly to access to data, nutrition and gym work.
Why does this data make you want to ask about doping specifically? We all know the 90s were rife with doping, and other decades as well, but we don't see the same speed trend in the 90s.
I think we could start looking at the last 5 editions as interesting. Yes, average speed is crude and dependent on many conditions and tactics, but when they start adding up like that over the trend line, it does make one raise the eyebrows a bit. Obviously not conclusive in any way, but...interesting. You don't see 4 races clumped together like that since the late 50's.
It's the kind of data which makes you want to ask more questions, not draw a conclusion.
Article: https://www.cyclistshub.com/milan-san-remo-statistics/
I agree, nothing in the 90's in that data, and overall speed data stinks for this kind of analysis for all the reasons we all understand. The trend line is the last 4 stars, which are starting to look like an outlier. That's interesting, it's data that makes me ask "why". Could be nothing, and the answer could certainly be any answer which explains it. Wind, route, whatever. Just questions, not conclusions.
No.
Indeed. I could see this being an offseason weight loss/maintenance experiment for some. But the potential downsides during a major race could be fairly catastrophic for one's top end performance.
But their body weight is measured in grams (if we ignore the pedantic distinction between mass and weight), so "four times their body weight in grams" is 4 times their weight. I'm going to go out on a limb here and challenge the assertion that Pascal Ackermann* eats 78000 (weight in grams, according to PCS) x 4 /0.28 (280 g or carb in 1kg of rice according to US Dept of Agriculture) =1.15 metric tonnes of rice for breakfast.
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