Just cause its Astana, a dodgy team, with Italians, a dodgy nation... no basis beyond that
Plus, well, someone had to bring doping up, or is that only when a Sky rider wins?
TheManxMissile wrote:
Just cause its Astana, a dodgy team, with Italians, a dodgy nation... no basis beyond that
Plus, well, someone had to bring doping up, or is that only when a Sky rider wins?
But we know that Astana are very dodgy ( however those performances here are nothing exceptional like, you'd expect Nibs winning this as best climber with Wiggo, and Aru is exceptional climbing talent that will be awesome in a year or two ( he already is showing that )
Sky are brought up because they maintain they don't dope at all etc. It gets tiring though I agree..
Edited by Alakagom on 19-04-2013 15:45
TheManxMissile wrote:
Just cause its Astana, a dodgy team, with Italians, a dodgy nation... no basis beyond that
Plus, well, someone had to bring doping up, or is that only when a Sky rider wins?
My personal take would be it should never be about just when someone wins with very little/no hard evidence besides that, whether it's a team I support (Sky in case you didn't know) or anyone else Edited by ianrussell on 19-04-2013 15:49
That bike really stays standing no matter what.
They should give it to Thomas.
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
Giro del Trentino, St. 4, Sega di Ala (11.15km, 9.71%, 1083m). Vincenzo Nibali: 37 min 46 sec, 17.71 Kph, VAM 1721 m/h, 5.79 W/kg
Alot more than numbers to anything but I'd say good but nothing too untoward imo.
He's producing 405 odd Watts (if he'd weigh 70 kg), again, during approximately 40 minutes.
Given he's done it the previous days, it's definitely a performance worth of a G.C. podium in a Grand Tour these days.
baseballlover312 wrote:
Aquarius wrote:
[quote]baseballlover312 wrote:
What benefits does electronic gearing have? Seems pretty stupid to me.
More reactive, more accurate.
Is it usual for it too also be more easily broken?
I have no idea, but I'd say no, they wouldn't use it if the difference was significant on that aspect.
Edited by Aquarius on 19-04-2013 18:26
Van Baarle, Eeckhout, Zabel etc. participating and in the mix.
Looks like some riders in front of a pack of 30, hard echelon racing was on since the very first k's.
Edited by cio93 on 20-04-2013 16:55
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