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Or, G is a lazy bones and Froome's not over his injury.Conspiracy Theories:
- The usual super-controlled micro-dosing for G & Dawg has been inoperative during Covid ...
- The short space between recent races has meant contant in competition controls - not allowing time for OCC tricks to kick in.
Yes, and I was wondering whether Covid might have disrupted certain supply chains for special prep. Not sure how any of that would work, or not work. Pure imagineering, here.Conspiracy Theories:
- The usual super-controlled micro-dosing for G & Dawg has been inoperative during Covid ...
- The short space between recent races has meant contant in competition controls - not allowing time for OCC tricks to kick in.
Supply chains disrupted to Nice & Cardiff only? Seems unlikely!Yes, and I was wondering whether Covid might have disrupted certain supply chains for special prep. Not sure how any of that would work, or not work. Pure imagineering, here.
countrylinesSupply chains disrupted to Nice & Cardiff only? Seems unlikely!
View: https://twitter.com/maximus_hoggus/status/1299668054792695808Dr. Bermon was on lock down as well as his clinic. He couldn’t order drugs in as you weren’t allowed to practice medicine at this time except under emergency. I sense the Froome and Sky had no “legitimate” way to order drugs without tripping the tripwire.
Or, G is a lazy bones and Froome's not over his injury.
Carmichael wasn't a smokescreen. Good ol' Chris was doping Armstrong as a teenager! Carmichael's program was very low tech and pre-EPO, making some riders sick. No way it could compete with Conconi/Ferarri/Fuentes.I still cant understand that you guys keep going with the Dr Bermon meme, he is a smokescreen, Kashechkin was total ASS after he started working with him.
No way he is Froomes suplier, or anything other then a smokescreen, just like Carmichael was for Lance
Start here: https://playthegame.org/news/news-a...ns-share-the-revenues-from-the-olympic-games/can you back that claim up please
So it’s all made up in your mind?Start here: https://playthegame.org/news/news-a...ns-share-the-revenues-from-the-olympic-games/
What if it was a UCI project to make cycling so popular for the British games that it became a "Group A" sport?
Start here: https://playthegame.org/news/news-a...ns-share-the-revenues-from-the-olympic-games/
What if it was a UCI project to make cycling so popular for the British games that it became a "Group A" sport?
I don't even know what you mean by this. This is the opposite of what I said, which is that G doesn't like to train. Wouldn't be the first rider. See Ullrich, Cav, Betancur etcPlease, don't use the "Trains harder" excuse.
He was doping many young riders and a smokescreen. Both things are true.Carmichael wasn't a smokescreen. Good ol' Chris was doping Armstrong as a teenager! Carmichael's program was very low tech and pre-EPO, making some riders sick. No way it could compete with Conconi/Ferarri/Fuentes.
Carmichael was smart to ride the wave of doping and corruption at both USA Cycling, then the UCI.
“It’s a strange strategy,” L’Equipe reports Yates as saying. “I think they’re so used to imposing their way of racing on others that they struggle to do anything different. When you’ve won so much, it’s hard to adapt. If your team has three leaders, as should have been the case last year, for example, making the race hard to weaken your rivals is a logical tactic. But Ineos came to this Tour with one sole leader, who clearly isn’t at the level. They’d be better off staying in the wheels rather than uselessly expending their energy."
“Ineos came to the Tour thinking Bernal was the best rider in the peloton. Setting the tempo is useful when you have the best rider – the higher the pace you set, the bigger the gaps he can create in the finale. But that the moment, the best rider is Primoz Roglic. He’s flying. The general level has increased. With each stage, climbing records are beaten, but it’s clear Bernal hasn’t followed that trend. I ask myself about the impact that the lockdown in Colombia has had on him, and on the quality of his training. I know he did several rides close to 300km, without a solid base. Was that well-calculated? I think all that wasn’t beneficial to him. Questions have to be asked of his preparation.”
“I don’t know if it’s enough to explain their current tactical problems but Nico embodied the success of Ineos, and with success comes confidence. His death was a shock for the riders – it affected them profoundly. He was pulling the strings for years. Now, there are four directors and we don’t really know who calls the shots. It’s quite a fluid situation. In the race, everything must be handled in an automatic way. Once a stage is underway, you don’t have time to hold a videoconference to decide on tactics. Before, when the boat had a hole in it Nico was there to repair it. But in cycling, as in life, nothing lasts forever.”
Bullcrap. The tramadol ban was in place last year, as was the DBS testing for it.There train has been less dominant after the Tramadol ban, the usual train wagons have underperformed and I think that was a crucial component for their domestiques.
Of course that's just me speculating.