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Frank Schleck, the doped excluded, is right: the Tour is "poisoned" . He has long, but always makes the poison effect. To be convincing , it is sufficient to observe the comparisons of power runners in watts. We have identified four particularly striking this year. The first kills more than it hurts. It is about the pet, Thomas Voeckler who, like his clone, Virenque of Festina great years, turns the polka dot jersey of best climber and the heart of the French. St. Thomas, voluntarily, without the knowledge of her calves almost emaciated to the point where they merge with his shins, is capable, like Richard once, to make raids on four mountain passes maintaining an engine speed " 375-390 " watts, without fail , accelerating when he wants. He crossed the top Aubisque, Tourmalet, Aspin, Peyresoudre in 5 h 32 min 2 s, concluding triumphantly, fresh as a roach, the 197 km to 35.59 km / h average.
This step Pau - Luchon Bagneres-de-is a classic of the Tour (1980, 1983, 1998). In 1998 - still the Festina affair - Marco Pantani had left win Massi in 5 h 49 min 40 s to 196.5 km to 33.72 km / h: almost two km / h slower! Another reference to Thomas fought the next day: the Col de Mente, 9.3 km to 9.1%. In 28 min 20 s, with a power of 442 watts mutant, he engraved his name on the shelves, the large plateau in the last 300 meters, on a slope to 8%. There he is more like Contador, Rasmussen duo of great years. This is the second significant comparison: it knocks out more than it is scary.
With 430 watts of average, the favorites have swallowed, as in the heyday, the Peyresourde Pass in 26 min 45 s. Since St. Aventine, they conceded only 34 s in unreal time directed by Contador and Rasmussen in 2007 (23 min 26 s) who tried to release with great bursts of sprints as many injections.
The momentum, Froome and Wiggins were then accelerated in the last climb of Peyragudes. They developed 470 watts for 7 min 3 sec (2.95 km to 7.93%). Froome waited Wiggins, he had the means of s' approach of 500 watts. If there's more engine flange to expect its leader, he can go into the caste of the world record holder of the best "performers" of all time: Pantani, Armstrong, Contador.
The third comparison, which is more smile than it surprises, is to put the assets of a suspended "stronger than before" , title of a book by Virenque. AlejandroValverde Peyragudes won by achieving aperfidentical to that of Vinokourov in 2007. Both riders, five years apart, have climbed the Port de Bales and Peyresourde the same power level, with 385 watts and 405 watts for two passes. Vinokourov, party in the early break, as Valverde, had won the solo in Loudenvielle. The Kazakh was then excluded on the grounds of a blood transfusion.
The final comparison that excites us more than it is bluffing us. In 2011, after sixteen years of heavy quarry products, we rejoiced at last, in these columns, the lack of runners to over 410 watts of average over the last passes of the mountain stages: the detection threshold of the poison . Las! They are four again this year to have crossed the bar: Wiggins, Froome, Nibali and Van den Broecke, with 415 watts for the three top finishers and 410 watts for the fourth. Strongly in 2013 and the comeback of Contador and contaminated meat! By then, not sure we will have found the antidote.
Former Festina team coach, Antoine Vayer is expert performance.
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