State of the Peloton 2025

[zlev11]

I believe that could be right, I considered Knees also but they mentioned the guy was not that tall (which knees is). I couldn't find any reference to Rozman being an employee at Milram though. It would certainly put this article into perspective.

Special bond seals friendship behind the scenes

You won’t have heard of David Rozman. He comes from Kranj in Slovenia. It is Slovenia’s fourth- largest city, less than 13 miles north of the capital Ljubljana. To him, Kranj is more town than city

www.thetimes.com

great find. it lines up almost too perfectly. Froome meets this guy in 2011 before turning from packfill to the best GC rider on earth. he has connections to Schmidt who we know was already running his doping ring at that time (I believe they connected Petacchi and Hondo to it as far back as 2010?). then in early 2019 the ring gets busted, Froome never does anything of note ever again. even before he broke his leg he was way off that whole season.

 

[veganrob]

I believe that could be right, I considered Knees also but they mentioned the guy was not that tall (which knees is). I couldn't find any reference to Rozman being an employee at Milram though. It would certainly put this article into perspective.

Special bond seals friendship behind the scenes

You won’t have heard of David Rozman. He comes from Kranj in Slovenia. It is Slovenia’s fourth- largest city, less than 13 miles north of the capital Ljubljana. To him, Kranj is more town than city

www.thetimes.com

What embarrassing drivel.

 

[houtdffan]

Was going to post this to the motor doping thread, but it alligns too well with the articles headline: Tour de France judges to study video for 'suspicious behaviour' in continued fight against motor doping. I think they could start with this one.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1940519597482168687

View: https://x.com/triviumcolombia/status/1940519597482168687?s=19


Maybe there's a logical explanation for that, but the momentum of the back wheel sure looks weird, when it should stop spinning on contact to the tarmac. Not sure if it was Eertvelts or the other Lotto riders bike, cause in the aftermath they where both down.
Edit. Missing word

oh dear

That is a pure motorcycle

 

[peterfin]

oh dear

That is a pure motorcycle

Or just a spinning back wheel that hits the ground? This has a physical explanation without motors involved. Inertia is moving the bike. I doubt that a 20 watt motor has such an impact.

 

[Red Rick]

Or just a spinning back wheel that hits the ground? This has a physical explanation without motors involved. Inertia is moving the bike. I doubt that a 20 watt motor has such an impact.

Should be a bigger motor indeed.

 

[Ripper]

Or just a spinning back wheel that hits the ground? This has a physical explanation without motors involved. Inertia is moving the bike. I doubt that a 20 watt motor has such an impact.

That's the thing about high speed crashes with wee little carbon fiber bikes ... sometimes crazy things happen, especially if the rider is thrown or if something jams instantly. I have seen some simply nutty crashes, during races I was participating in, where bikes just went flying (as well as riders). The physics were amazing to behold. But there were definitely no engines.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

 

[Mayomaniac]

Good riders dropping like flies on a flat stage atm, too much rocket fuel/side effects?

 

[Red Rick]

Good riders dropping like flies on a flat stage atm, too much rocket fuel/side effects?

Bad reactions to fuel is only thing that makes sense lol.

It's not like you're supposed to drop from a peloton on a flat stage no matter how hard they go

 

[Ripper]

Bad reactions to fuel is only thing that makes sense lol.

It's not like you're supposed to drop from a peloton on a flat stage no matter how hard they go

True. But, some days you also just feel like crap.

 

[Rob5091]

I guessed that the 1st week would be done at 43 km/h but I might have to revise that.

 

[Rob5091]

It seems that Bahrain are still using up the "Colbrelli 2021" juice and, going by Lenny M's performance, it aint as good as the new stuff.

 

[Extinction]

View: https://youtu.be/WkCqk1LrJTs?si=PU_B9ThYUc2Zf9gu


Watch at 38 secs and that wheel spin...🧐

 

[Red Rick]

View: https://youtu.be/WkCqk1LrJTs?si=PU_B9ThYUc2Zf9gu


Watch at 38 secs and that wheel spin...🧐

That's about as brazen as it gets. The wheel is not rotating, the back of the bike is lifted up, and it starts spinning like crazy

 

[noob]

Grisha loos kinda like in a movie he could play Rogla dad. They have similar features and mimics somehow :O

 

[Krzysztof_O]

View: https://youtu.be/WkCqk1LrJTs?si=PU_B9ThYUc2Zf9gu


Watch at 38 secs and that wheel spin...🧐

The guy was spinning the pedals though and that's how a bike works

 

[noob]

Grisha loos kinda like in a movie he could play Rogla dad. They have similar features and mimics somehow :O

Sorry this was not supposed to be in this thread! But in stage 2 tdf thread

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

View: https://youtu.be/WkCqk1LrJTs?si=PU_B9ThYUc2Zf9gu


Watch at 38 secs and that wheel spin...🧐

Watch at 35 sec and that mechanic turning the pedal.

 

[Extinction]

Watch at 35 sec and that mechanic turning the pedal.

As far as I can tell, the Mavic guy (or whoever it is) did a half turn on the crank and it started spinning like crazy. In any case, it was brought to my attention at the cafè break on the ride this morning. The Italians love to think foul play is at work, perhaps because it often has been.

 

[ppanther92]

great find. it lines up almost too perfectly. Froome meets this guy in 2011 before turning from packfill to the best GC rider on earth. he has connections to Schmidt who we know was already running his doping ring at that time (I believe they connected Petacchi and Hondo to it as far back as 2010?). then in early 2019 the ring gets busted, Froome never does anything of note ever again. even before he broke his leg he was way off that whole season.

That said, I think Schmidt was rather a poor mans version of doping - relatively amateurish. It doesn’t explain the whole Sky domination, maybe added another layer for Froome, who knows but I would speculate the base was set somewhere else.

 

[E_F_]

As far as I can tell, the Mavic guy (or whoever it is) did a half turn on the crank and it started spinning like crazy. In any case, it was brought to my attention at the cafè break on the ride this morning. The Italians love to think foul play is at work, perhaps because it often has been.

You must have fixed a bike at some point? That's how they work when they aren't on the ground! There's (practically) no resistance. Also the gearing was obviously very high, because he'd just been sprinting, so half a turn is more than enough to get the wheel spinning.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

View: https://youtu.be/WkCqk1LrJTs?si=PU_B9ThYUc2Zf9gu


Watch at 38 secs and that wheel spin...🧐

Guy pedals and the wheel spins. Crazy bro .

 

[Rackham]

Guy pedals and the wheel spins. Crazy bro .

So did Chris Froome on the Ventoux back in 2013.

It still looked weird as hell and remains weird to this day, including his flat heart rate. So I have no complaints or recriminations when people start digging on the bike side of things.

 

[AmRacer]

So did Chris Froome on the Ventoux back in 2013.

It still looked weird as hell and remains weird to this day, including his flat heart rate. So I have no complaints or recriminations when people start digging on the bike side of things.

Always look on the bright bike side of life

 

[Ripper]

Guy pedals and the wheel spins. Crazy bro .

Unrelated to doping ... that bike throw was so dumb. Just my opinion, but he should not have been given the point.