The last thing they (the UCI) want is CO dosing to come out, there’s no way the public will approve of that ***. Imagine young riders doing that and severely damaging themselves or dying. The public outcry would be insane.
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thats what they learned from festina and armstrong years, UCI - perhaps to their own shock or amusement - learnt that public actually doesnt care about doping at all, in fact catching armstrong and making cycling clean was a mistake
...so they pivoted to what other big sports do, dont bust biggest stars of the sport, keep appearances going, the value keeps growing - if im not mistaken the biggest star in past few years banned for doping might actually be Fernando Tatis, in NBA deandre ayton, i dont remember an NHL player being banned ever and NFL slaps a couple of games for mediocre players...i dont follow soccer much but i cant imagine its different there
its a clear recipe for success
pogacar identifies as a bread an butter cyclist, no chemicals, just marginal gains and the good old protein shakeMost sports police themselves, which is why no one serious ever gets caught.
Nah its because the modern gels have more carbs in them. Vaughters said so.pogacar identifies as a bread an butter cyclist, no chemicals, just marginal gains and the good old protein shake
Mother of god...39:47
almost 4 minutes... or 10%...Anyone whom believes Pog is clean is new to cycling.
Its starting to become Armstrong like levels.
Hopefully in the future there are either less or free enhancements, so that we can get a larger pool of contenders that will fight to the end.
The numbers Pog pull are insane. Pantani would have lost minuttes to him today.
Way more than 6.6 w/kg. He took 3 and half minutes on PantaniOMG, this was the ultimate thermonuclear performance, easily the best of the century!. Mou was right, Giro was far from his peak. 6.6-6.7 w/kg for 40 minutes? Hilarious. Credit to Vingo as well, both mutants contributed to this (team time trial)
yeah that's where the exhaust fumes come fromI usually do not put that much stock in the motor stuff, but I am actually starting to think that motors are being involved