2020 Pro thread
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- Dan Gerous
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I have a problem with Bjarne Riis managing again, not because he doped when he was a rider but because as a team manager, he was pressuring his riders to dope, almost forcing them. IMO, he's no better than Johan Bruyneel who is now banned for life.
There were a lot of whispers in the women's peloton this past year about Marta Bastianelli's success. She's an ex-doper herself but in 2019 she starts riding for Bjarne's team and she suddenly starts winning a lot of big races. It doesn' mean she started doping again, I think Bjarne wasn't involved closely with the team management but a lot of pros were understandably quite skeptical about her sudden rise of success rate because of her past and because of Bjarne's shadow.
There were a lot of whispers in the women's peloton this past year about Marta Bastianelli's success. She's an ex-doper herself but in 2019 she starts riding for Bjarne's team and she suddenly starts winning a lot of big races. It doesn' mean she started doping again, I think Bjarne wasn't involved closely with the team management but a lot of pros were understandably quite skeptical about her sudden rise of success rate because of her past and because of Bjarne's shadow.
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I wasn’t implying that. Anyone who makes the WT has natural physical/genetic talents. The important thing is he’s a personable human being right now. Riis might not be comparable if he’s really been pressuring his athletes/trainees to use PEDs.
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That. Again, all you need to do now to get the morphological exemption is ask for one. It's there to be used for any rider that wants to.TobinHatesYou wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 3:56 amHe does race with the saddle slammed forward like that. Doing some pixel peeping/measuring, it looks like the nose-BB distance is ~47mm. 3mm short of the UCI rule. It's possible they've deemed this close enough or he has one of those "morphological exceptions."Dan Gerous wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:00 pm
The UCI never show up to check bikes setup for off-season team launches and marketing photo shoots.
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So... Rohan Dennis finished 2nd behind Turbo Durbo once again this year and the Australian National TT Championship. Just last year, it was this same situation that first showed us his feelings toward not being on the BMC. I wonder how he's feeling about the Pinarello.
It's an Olympic year, people priorities shift.
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No shame in losing to Durbidge’s 430W.
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Except when you're doing 435w and wondering why you're 2nd.
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Yea... he said that. But when you're wearing the rainbow stripes and then you get beat for your national stripes, a 2nd time, I still think it stings.Dan Gerous wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 11:18 pmI doubt Rohan was trying to peak in January, especially in an Olympic year.
Agreed, plus he'd never get a chance to wear the Aussie colours as national champ, and Durbridge is his brother in law. Not saying he gifted it to him, but he probably rode it more to see where his fitness is before getting to his peak later in the seasonDan Gerous wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 11:18 pmI doubt Rohan was trying to peak in January, especially in an Olympic year.
He's definitely not, you're thinking of another Aussie rider who was last year's Nat Champ.gwilson wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 12:32 amAgreed, plus he'd never get a chance to wear the Aussie colours as national champ, and Durbridge is his brother in law. Not saying he gifted it to him, but he probably rode it more to see where his fitness is before getting to his peak later in the seasonDan Gerous wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 11:18 pmI doubt Rohan was trying to peak in January, especially in an Olympic year.
They're both doing more than thatCrankAddictsRich wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 11:12 pmExcept when you're doing 435w and wondering why you're 2nd.
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As far as I know, Delgado never tested positive in that tour. Probenecid was not in UCI's prohibited substance list, it was in COI's though. That changed few moths later.
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Yes ....
He did test positive for Probenecid & they released that statement....But......
It was only on the IOC ban list not the UCI ban list so they could do nothing about it.
Never the less as I said it was my first real loss of rose colored glasses