Some day clean 42 year olds will climb at the human limit and better than dopers in the past. He also had a tailwind of course, so I believe he is clean too. Time to close the thread.
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drfunk000 said:You guys in the clinic must be really shattered that Horner just turned in a normal TT for a climber:
Horner loses 1:29 to Nibali, 1:17 to Nicolas Roche and 1:13 to Alejandro Valverde, who all leapfrog him in the general classification.
The bigger news is that Cancellara smoked Tony Martin to the tune of a 37s deficit.
Result:
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack Leopard 0:51:00
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:00:37
3 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:24
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:25
5 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:01:41
6 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:01:48
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:52
8 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:52
9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:01:53
10 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:13
BroDeal said:This is what clean cycling looks like. A rider goes off the burgers and fries, loses weight so he climbs better, but his time trial suffers from loss of absolute power. It is too bad so many other riders continue to take the fans for fools. It has fallen to Horner to show us the way.
mikkemus23 said:His body couldn`t take the rest day. He aged a lot the last two days.
BroDeal said:This is what clean cycling looks like. A rider goes off the burgers and fries, loses weight so he climbs better, but his time trial suffers from loss of absolute power. It is too bad so many other riders continue to take the fans for fools. It has fallen to Horner to show us the way.
maltiv said:shocking revelation of the day: Constantly standing in a tt on a slight incline when there's a strong headwind is not a good idea
del1962 said:Levi said "The 2011 cycling season was very difficult as I exprienced a great deal of animosity from teammates and staff on the radioshack team"
"For instance [other-3] was very aggresive towards me. When I would walk by him he would make comments like 'I never forget, one day I will pay bck'"
Is other-3 still on the staff?
I am sure Levi will know whether Horner is doping or not.
TheGame said:Horner was one of the redacted names in the USADA stuff. He took EPO in 2005 before the Tour of Switzerland.
Scott SoCal said:So the knee injury earlier this year was just a cover-story for his 6-month suspension. Ok.
Scott SoCal said:So the knee injury earlier this year was just a cover-story for his 6-month suspension. Ok.
Hugh Januss said:If he had received a suspension it would be on USA Cycling website along with the others, I'm pretty sure that keeping that a secret is not one of the options USADA offers.
Dr. Maserati said:No - I would assume that since the name of *Rider 15* was redacted, he has yet to get their day in front of USADA.
To be fair, they will need more than just the testimony but if I was Horner I would quickly cash any cheques he is getting from RS or the prize money he will get for the Vuelta.
Scott SoCal said:lol. So that's why he's stated he wants to ride for two more years instead of pulling a Hincapie and retiring just before everything blows up. Oh and he was also named to the Olympic team last year. Probably another oversight on USADA's part.
Beech Mtn said:And he's just been named to the US team for World's this year
TheGame said:Horner was one of the redacted names in the USADA stuff. He took EPO in 2005 before the Tour of Switzerland.
Scott SoCal said:I don't think Travis would just keep his mouth shut if there were something to say re: Horner.
Could be wrong tho...
Levi's testimony:Ryo Hazuki said:any evidence of that?
74. In 2008 Rider 15 [Chris Horner, red.] told me that he was using EPO during his recovery from an injury in 2005 before the Tour of Switzerland.