Wigans goes there. Cadence!

[Dear Wiggo]

http://valloire.livecam360.com/setaz

Webcam near the Galibier. Click on the "overview Map" button at the bottom then jump to the blue pin. You need to click the yellw popup text box for the location to jump.

Awesome. Looks a bit chilly?

 

[DirtyWorks]

I had not considered that possibility - Lance visiting Switzerland to confirm his acceptance in the super-charged brigade via the greasing of palms.

We also know Hein had a stock trading account with the owner of USA Cycling, Thom Wiesel. So, palms can be greased without tripping too many international money transfer warnings, trips and such. Don't be surprised to discover Hein has banking/financial activity in Britain. IMHO, the deal was most likely Thom and Hein as the brains behind the myth.

I was more kinda thinking (hoping?) it was something more ground-breaking and focused via special chemistry. Although why he needed to go to Switzerland to get it, and how it lasted the duration of the Tour clearly doesn't fit with any drug duration I am aware of.

Although now that I think about it, maybe it was Tyler's small jab at the UCI?

What we know is peptide doping has advanced the state of the art. They don't get the ridiculous feats of strength, speed, and recovery of EPO/HGH, but much better than a rider on 'pan y agua.'

We also know the UCI just didn't act on 2009/10 Armstrong red-hot positives.

How they got 3+ weeks of ridiculous power at any given time is an open question. If there's a test for whatever it is that gifted Sky that power, I'm sure the test was either not run, or simply not acted upon.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

Peaking for an event used to be 4 parts magic, 1 part science. These days it seems some riders can guarantee performances. This troubles me. They should write a book on how to guarantee form, or someone needs to explain to me how it's done.

eg:

https://twitter.com/millarmind/status/334699013469253632
David Millar ‏@millarmind 15 May

Who'd a thunk it? All we had to do was ask @ramunas88 to win. @ryder_hesjedal was legendary, first to get bottles and help cover attacks.

 

[iZnoGouD]

Wiggins showed decent shape before Giro he got sik during it and he suffered a lot with it, it's not normal to see him losing a wheel on the flat even if he was in bad bad shape which he clearly wasn't, anyone who thinks this is all made up is a big ***

 

[thehog]

Wiggins showed decent shape before Giro he got sik during it and he suffered a lot with it, it's not normal to see him losing a wheel on the flat even if he was in bad bad shape which he clearly wasn't, anyone who thinks this is all made up is a big ***

Big ***?

 

[DirtyWorks]

Wiggins showed decent shape before Giro

Haha! Decent isn't the half of it. 2013 has been good for Sir Brad. Not quite as good as the historic 2012, but still frankly amazing for someone that discovered grand tour podiums mid-career.

 

[BroDeal]

Wiggins showed decent shape before Giro he got sik during it and he suffered a lot with it, it's not normal to see him losing a wheel on the flat even if he was in bad bad shape which he clearly wasn't, anyone who thinks this is all made up is a big ***

It is normal when someone mentally loses it and decides he would rather be somewhere else where the weather is better.

Wiggums may have come down with the dreaded paneagua syndrome after riders started testing positive for GW01516

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Digger not here yet? According to him Wiggins numbers for the TT was insane after 8 days of racing.

 

[Cyivel]

This is it for those that haven't seen it, was in Walsh's article in ST I believe.

Wiggins: last 15km average output 477 watts. 20mins. On top of a tough previous 50mins. 69kg weight.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

95% x 477 / 69 = ~6.57W/kg FTP

Seems legit.

 

[del1962]

Digger not here yet? According to him Wiggins numbers for the TT was insane after 8 days of racing.

Evans at 68kg faster than wiggo on last sector, seems the guy with a legbreaker as a twitter avatar has lost the plot (assuming he ever had the plot in the first case)

 

[BroDeal]

95% x 477 / 69 = ~6.57W/kg FTP

Seems legit.

Oops. There goes Jimmy Del Vickers fantasies of power levels being down.

Back to Armstrong levels.

 

[Ferminal]

Well, he softpedalled the first 30mins because he was too scared to deliver the power.

 

[the sceptic]

makes sense since he was doing 480 watts for 1 hour last year

 

[OnTheDrops]

Where can I read the Walsh article for free?

 

[Don't be late Pedro]

Wiggums may have come down with the dreaded paneagua syndrome after riders started testing positive for GW01516

Back to Armstrong levels.

Nice and consistent there.

 

[BroDeal]

Nice and consistent there.

The numbers don't lie. Wiggums is partying like it is 1999. He is let down by his weak mind. It is like dropping a 7 liter engine in a Yugo chasis.

 

[Don't be late Pedro]

The numbers don't lie.

And what are the numbers? Do you have a link?

 

[BroDeal]

And what are the numbers? Do you have a link?

See message #1403

 

[Mr. McQ]

See message #1403

Booooooooooooo

There is nothing to see

You are all smoke and loud noise Mr Deal

SBW is the best of the best at TTs Of course his numbers are high

Olympic medals anyone?

 

[Don't be late Pedro]

See message #1403

So that was for last 20 minutes? What was the gradient/elevation gain in that period?

 

[the sceptic]

Sky are smart. They softpedal in the mountains to avoid beating times of obvious dopers.

Then they go full *** with Armstrong esque power in the ITTs.

 

[BroDeal]

So that was for last 20 minutes? What was the gradient/elevation gain in that period?

The numbers come from Wiggums himself.

The gradient is irrelevant.

Given a twenty minute figure, a one hour figure can be calculated using standard tables, i.e. 20 minute effort can be ridden at X% of FTP.

Someone should give Prince a call. It's 1999 again.

 

[Don't be late Pedro]

The numbers come from Wiggums himself.

The gradient is irrelevant.

Given a twenty minute figure, a one hour figure can be calculated using standard tables, i.e. 20 minute effort can be ridden at X% of FTP.

Ok, fair enough. I did not realise they were from Wiggins' power crank.

 

[sittingbison]

...SBW is the best of the best at TTs Of course his numbers are high...

There are so many I've forgotten Mr. McQ. Can you remind me how many ITTs or prologues Sir Wiggo has won in his entire career prior to 2012?