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mrlobber
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by mrlobber

Nothing personal, Liggero, but you obviously completely missed the point of the last sentence in stella's post.
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irongatsby
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by irongatsby

stella-azzurra wrote:Maybe if Contador hangs in second place he might actually win 2013's tour next year. :lol: :lol:


:lol:

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cazone
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by cazone

I read somewhere a comment on a blog saying: "do they actually ever watched the tour on TV?", talking about the skyboys.

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by Tugboat

All I could think was Riccardo Ricco, Col d'Aspin, stage 9 2008. :(
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by ultyguy

Quintana is like a 5'2" dude weighing max 52kg, not surprising he can climb. And outside of a very hilly TT in the Basque country on a technical course he knew well, isn't blowing Der Panserwagen in a flat TT. I'm not saying he's deffo clean, but it's in the realm of possibility.

Edit- if you've ever worked out how w/kg differs in speeds depending on gradient and absolute weight, it's no surprise that Nairo would and should excel over 10% gradient
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by majklnajt

Pantani/Lance 2000: 48 min 59 sec

Lance 2002: 48 min 33 sec

TDF, Stage 15. Mont Ventoux (last 15.65 km, 8.74 %, 1368 m)
Chris Froome: 48 min 35 sec (±5s), 19.33 Kph, VAM 1689 m/h, 5.88 W/kg [DrF]

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MattSoutherden
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by MattSoutherden

Only 5.9 W/Kg?

Froome-dog was really good at bluffing that grimmace when he dropped Bertie and Quintana. He must've been sorely tempted to unclip and ride one-legged at some point.
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by majklnajt

MONT VENTOUX (last 15.65 km [from St. Esteve], 8.74 %, 1368 m)

----TOP 50 LIST

-1. Lance Armstrong ______ USA | 48:33 | 2002
-2. Chris Froome _________ GBR | 48:35 | 2013
-3. Andy Schleck _________ LUX | 48.57 | 2009
-4. Alberto Contador _____ ESP | 48:57 | 2009
-5. Lance Armstrong ______ USA | 49:00 | 2009
-6. Marco Pantani ________ ITA | 49:01 | 2000
-7. Lance Armstrong ______ USA | 49:01 | 2000
-8. Frank Schleck ________ LUX | 49:02 | 2009
-9. Nairo Quintana _______ COL | 49:04 | 2013
10. Roman Kreuziger ______ CZE | 49:05 | 2009

11. Franco Pellizotti ____ ITA | 49:15 | 2009
12. Vincenzo Nibali ______ ITA | 49:17 | 2009
13. Bradley Wiggins ______ GBR | 49:22 | 2009
14. Joseba Beloki ________ ESP | 49:26 | 2000
15. Jan Ullrich __________ GER | 49:30 | 2000
16. Raimondas Rumsas _____ LTU | 49:49 | 2002
17. Roberto Heras ________ ESP | 49:49 | 2000
18. Ivan Basso ___________ ITA | 49:52 | 2002
19. Mikel Nieve __________ ESP | 49:58 | 2013
20. Joaquim Rodriguez ____ ESP | 49:58 | 2013
21. Jurgen van den Broeck_ BEL | 49:58 | 2009
22. Andreaas Klöden ______ GER | 50:01 | 2009
23. Francisco Mancebo ____ ESP | 50:04 | 2002
24. Roman Kreuziger ______ CZE | 50:15 | 2013
25. Alberto Contador _____ ESP | 50:15 | 2013
26. Jakob Fuglsang _______ DEN | 50:18 | 2013
27. Joseba Beloki ________ ESP | 50:18 | 2002
28. Richard Virenque _____ FRA | 50:18 | 2000
29. Nauke Mollema ________ NED | 50:21 | 2013
30. Francisco Mancebo ____ ESP | 50:24 | 2000

31. Laurens Ten Dam ______ NED | 50:28 | 2013
32. Manuel Beltran _______ ESP | 50:30 | 2000
33. Christophe Moreau ____ FRA | 50:32 | 2000
34. Santiago Botero ______ COL | 50:34 | 2000
35. Kurt van de Wouwer ___ BEL | 50:37 | 2000
36. Levi Leipheimer ______ USA | 50:38 | 2002
37. Jean-Christophe Peraud FRA | 50:43 | 2013
38. Christophe Le Mevel __ FRA | 50:45 | 2009
39. Bart de Clercq _______ BEL | 50:47 | 2013
40. Christian Vandevelde__ USA | 50:53 | 2009

41. Jose Azevedo _________ POR | 50:58 | 2002
42. Michael Rogers _______ AUS | 51:01 | 2013
43. Laurent Jalabert _____ FRA | 51:02 | 2000
44. Mikel Astarloza ______ ESP | 51:03 | 2009
45. Alejandro Valverde ___ ESP | 51:07 | 2013
46. Dan Martin ___________ IRL | 51:11 | 2013
47. Daniele Nardello _____ ITA | 51:17 | 2000
48. Richie Porte _________ AUS | 51:24 | 2013
49. Daniel Atienza _______ ESP | 51:27 | 2000
50. Sylvain Calzati ______ FRA | 51:34 | 2009
50. Luis Leon Sanchez ____ ESP | 51:34 | 2009

___ The record (Dauphine Libere)
___ Iban Mayo ___________ ESP | 45:47 | 2004

___ The record (Tour de France)
___ Marco Pantani _______ ITA | 46:00 | 1994


Note: The list is not complete. Some riders may be missing from the list. | Possible error: +/- 5 sec.


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by spartan

sky needs to reveal froome's vo2max/threshold power. only way to alleviate all this doping accusations.

memo to UCI ban all power meters/real time data during races.
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Ahillock
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by Ahillock

LeePaton wrote:So Froome lost 3 minutes to the Armstrong era but is still doping yeah? Must be really rubbish at it.



You realize this was the longest stage ever to get to Mount Ventoux, right?

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53x12
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stella-azzurra wrote:Froome accelerated and dropped Contador like Armstrong dropped Ullrich in 2001 Alpe D'huez stage except he didn't look back he didn't have to. :mrgreen:

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Rather demoralizing.

But Contador used to do the same thing to the opposition. We'll never see that pistol salute again or will we?

Maybe if Contador hangs in second place he might actually win 2013's tour next year. :lol: :lol:




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"Marginal gains are the only gains when all that's left to gain is in the margins."

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by Wingnut

After Froome's attack I turned the TV off...I was left with a sick feeling inside...who can tell but the difference between him and the rest appeared unnatural...something just seemed so wrong...

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by Ahillock

Any news on the illegal feed by Team Sky? What was their fine? So is that the new version of Motoman?

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