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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 16-10-2014 19:03
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Westra and Nibali on Roubaix TdF stage is the only one that could be brought into question imo
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 16-10-2014 19:17
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the_hoyle wrote:
Westra and Nibali on Roubaix TdF stage is the only one that could be brought into question imo
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 16-10-2014 19:22
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Astana 
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 16-10-2014 19:49
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Fuglsang and Nibali became pro cobblers. That was a funny way to show it. 
I mean Aru was always a huge talent. But if you recall, he was dropped by Dombrowski in the Giro Bo. He has made a very large increase in performance this year. And while his talent is unquestionable, he isn't exempt from suspicion either.
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 16-10-2014 19:54
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the_hoyle wrote:
Westra and Nibali on Roubaix TdF stage is the only one that could be brought into question imo
agree when they rode away from Cancellara ,Sagan and who ever else was left in that group was just ridiculous |
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| matt17br |
Posted on 16-10-2014 19:59
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Fuglsang and Nibali became pro cobblers. That was a funny way to show it.
I mean Aru was always a huge talent. But if you recall, he was dropped by Dombrowski in the Giro Bo. He has made a very large increase in performance this year. And while his talent is unquestionable, he isn't exempt from suspicion either.
He wasn't bad in the 2013 
And, really, if we'd suspect of all the riders who had a huge performance increase, we'd therefore have about 150 suspicious riders. Ofc, you can suspect of Aru because he is an Astana rider, but not all that glitters is gold. And saying that he was dropped by Dombrowski isn't really a point. Dombrowski is now injured, we cant know how good he would have been in the last 2 years 
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 16-10-2014 20:03
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matt17br wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
Fuglsang and Nibali became pro cobblers. That was a funny way to show it.
I mean Aru was always a huge talent. But if you recall, he was dropped by Dombrowski in the Giro Bo. He has made a very large increase in performance this year. And while his talent is unquestionable, he isn't exempt from suspicion either.
He wasn't bad in the 2013
And, really, if we'd suspect of all the riders who had a huge performance increase, we'd therefore have about 150 suspicious riders. Ofc, you can suspect of Aru because he is an Astana rider, but not all that glitters is gold. And saying that he was dropped by Dombrowski isn't really a point. Dombrowski is now injured, we cant know how good he would have been in the last 2 years
I know. I don't think he's doped. But with the amount of Astana riders going down and others being very suspicious, I wouldn't exactly be surprised.
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 17-10-2014 09:59
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Aru was good in the Giro and Vuelta at age 22 or 23, that's almost impossible. Also in other races he was strong aswell. I think it's highly questionable, but not guilty until proven otherwise. |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 17-10-2014 13:28
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TimoCycling wrote:
jsh312mufc wrote:
TimoCycling wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
the_hoyle wrote :
Dare we question Nibali's?
Yes we should
He had no competition in Le Tour so I don't really doubt him tbh.
How does that make a difference as to whether he's doped?
Well he didn't do any crazy performances imo. We'll never know cause he never rode against FroomeTador.
You can actually obtain an accurate comparison between their performances if you care to analyse their power outputs. It's not a case of "we'll never know".
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 17-10-2014 13:45
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Ofcourse, but I mean he wasn't pushed to the full limit. His power outlets in the Tour were not extreme if I recall right. |
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 17-10-2014 13:48
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TimoCycling wrote:
Ofcourse, but I mean he wasn't pushed to the full limit. His power outlets in the Tour were not extreme if I recall right.
That was you post #1500 and in this thread number #150
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 17-10-2014 13:55
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Paul23 wrote:
TimoCycling wrote:
Ofcourse, but I mean he wasn't pushed to the full limit. His power outlets in the Tour were not extreme if I recall right.
That was you post #1500 and in this thread number #150
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 17-10-2014 16:16
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Bernaudeau has a year to find the main sponsor, Europcar will pull out after 2015 season.
( considering AG2R released their figures recently, making close to 100million income from the cycling team at only 10million involvement surely some French company will want to give it a try )
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 17-10-2014 18:16
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TimoCycling wrote:
Aru was good in the Giro and Vuelta at age 22 or 23, that's almost impossible. Also in other races he was strong aswell. I think it's highly questionable, but not guilty until proven otherwise.
I dont think its highly questionable just because he is 23 or whatever. Some of the best talents in cycling over the years like Andy, Ullrich, Contador etc. performed very, very well at that stage of their careers in the big GTs.
Whether he is doping or not, well, I dont have any clue. I would hope he was not. |
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 17-10-2014 18:29
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Riis123 wrote:
TimoCycling wrote:
Aru was good in the Giro and Vuelta at age 22 or 23, that's almost impossible. Also in other races he was strong aswell. I think it's highly questionable, but not guilty until proven otherwise.
I dont think its highly questionable just because he is 23 or whatever. Some of the best talents in cycling over the years like Andy, Ullrich, Contador etc. performed very, very well at that stage of their careers in the big GTs.
Whether he is doping or not, well, I dont have any clue. I would hope he was not.
Yes but two of those have been caught for doping, and Andy, well....
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| matt17br |
Posted on 17-10-2014 18:34
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TimoCycling wrote:
Aru was good in the Giro and Vuelta at age 22 or 23, that's almost impossible. Also in other races he was strong aswell. I think it's highly questionable, but not guilty until proven otherwise.
Yes, yes, you're right. And Quintana? He is as old as Aru...
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| dark_x2012 |
Posted on 17-10-2014 18:38
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Pointless post spamming
Seriously, why? But honestly tell me, do you really think there has been a squeaky clean rider for the last 25 years?  Tell me only a single name |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 17-10-2014 18:45
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dark_x2012 wrote:
Pointless post spamming
Seriously, why? But honestly tell me, do you really think there has been a squeaky clean rider for the last 25 years? Tell me only a single name
I can give you several, you have never heard of them however since they didn't make it far into cycling
edit: well I give you one. myself
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 17-10-2014 18:45
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dark_x2012 wrote:
Pointless post spamming
Seriously, why? But honestly tell me, do you really think there has been a squeaky clean rider for the last 25 years? Tell me only a single name
Paul Kimmage, for an instance.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 17-10-2014 18:48
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''In May 1990, Kimmage published Rough Ride, detailing his experiences as a domestique which included references to drug use, including his own''
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