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guys with that physiology don't work as domestiques...they are winning races...look at Fignon heping Hinaul in Vuelta and Giro...that was before winning le tour at 22...or Ullrich in '96
Joelsim said:Rouleur said:Joelsim said:His 75.6 Kg weight was as tested in Switzerland in 2007, not his racing weight at Barloworld (as per PK discussion).
In which case, and as Alex alluded too, why was he being dropped on climbs in the 2008-2011 period despite his race weight and threshold power apparently not being much different to what it is now. Even at 71kg he would be at 5.9 W/kg on climbs so why wasn't he up there in summit finishes and TT's.
A lot doesn't add up.
Well he beat Wiggo in the 2009 Worlds ITT.
And then there's the minor point of him working as a dom and hence being in the wind all day.
And maybe even take into account the Bilharzia. Either the 2009 'unpolished diamond' comments from Sky were one massive 'future planning' shenanigan, just Froome rather than G or others, or he really had bags of potential on Sky's internal testing...and it wasn't happening...so they sent him for full medical testing to find out why not.
It's perfectly credible if you are not scratching around looking for justification of your own views.
guys with that physiology don't work as domestiques...they are winning races...look at Fignon heping Hinaul in Vuelta and Giro...that was before winning le tour at 22...or Ullrich in '96