Did anyone ever post the link to Swart's published study on Froome? Here it is:
https://sci-hub.tw/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27508883/
The TDF in 2015 ended on July 26. Three weeks later would be August 16. The Vuelta, which Froome entered (though did not finish because of a crash) began on August 22. Why would he gain weight such that he would be 3-4 kg over his normal racing weight less than a week before the beginning of a GT? How would he lose that weight in six days?
The reference is to a study (published in 2000) of a rider who was 30 years old at the time (so born in the late 60s), and was preparing for an hour record attempt. Any idea who this would be? I'd think Boardman, but supposedly this rider was a TDF winner.
Edit: Based on his height and weight, and the record distance, it's Indurain. I guess this paper was published about five years after the study.
Interesting to note that Oskar Svendsen, thought to have the highest V02max ever recorded, of 96.7 (Froome's in this study was 84), had a far lower PPO, about 690.