Wout van Aert

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Why do they outlaw it?
Too much visibility for other teams to dissect. He even includes HR which can be pretty telling about effort level etc.

In most other sports like track and field this would probably never even be remotely considered , but thankfully cycling is special and we get far more intimacy than almost any sport.
 
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Feb 29, 2012
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I would wait a few days to make a comparison with previous freakshows, but this was definitely a spectacular performance, straight from 1997 Festina or 1994 Gewiss.
 
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Crazy thing is he never even looks like he has to go that deep. MVPD on the other hand...went beyond his own limits to win stage 1 of the Giro - think his max HR hit 201. Interesting that MVDP is one of the very few guys willing to post all their data - including HR.
To be fair, Wout frequently does not look like he is at the limit, even when Matthieu has cracked him!