schleck93 wrote:
Actually it's funny that the watteges has improved that much since Lemond, but the UCI hour record, has only improved 231 meters since 1972 (from Merckx 49.431km to Sosenkas 49.700km).

Aquarius wrote:
shadow80 : you don't get what isso aims at with his wattages. His figures are not powers measured in laboratories, but relative powers, including an heavier bike, measured in the last mountains of long mountain stages during Grand Tours (which are supposedly climbed as fast as possible, at the threshold in other words).
Thus it becomes possible to compare LeMond/Fignon/Hinault's performances to Ullrich/Armstrong/Riis/Indurain's ones.

There's a 15% increase there, and a 10% increase to Contador. That's more or less what you would also get if you'd give EPO to a cyclist (yes, there are studies about the effects of those products).

mb2612 wrote:
well, we can't see what happened in 1991 and 1992 so there may have been a more constant rise which could be accounted for by massive equipment improvement. Also, isn't it generally acknowledged that people have been taking drugs the whole time.
The relative wattages doesn't make sense as well because someone who is lighter requires less power to lift them self up a mountain, hence wattages are lower.

drugsdontwork wrote:
Some of you guys seem to know far too much about doping........especially isso (or should I call you Dr.Fuentes?)!

drugsdontwork wrote:
I know who I'm coming to when I start my course of EPO in preperation for my comeback at the age of 37!

Astana-bound Lance eager to join Contador
Eurosport - Wed, 24 Sep 18:49:00 2008

Lance Armstrong confirmed he would join Kazakhstan's Astana team for his competitive comeback, saying that he was looking forward to teaming up with 2007 Tour de France victor Alberto Contador.

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"I will race in 2009 with Astana," the 37-year-old American told journalists in New York.

Armstrong said he would start with the Tour Down Under in Australia and would also compete in the 2009 Tour de France, which he has won seven times.

The cycling great and cancer survivor said he was returning to racing to promote his cancer prevention foundation. But he downplayed the idea he might win yet again.

"I don't know, honestly. I've been off the bike three years," he said. "I'll be nearly 38 years old.... So I honestly don't know."

"I will try to be as prepared as possible. I don't know that that equals victory.... I have a fair bit of confidence, but not that kind of confidence."

Nikolai Proskurin, the deputy president of Kazakhstan's cycling federation, said that Armstrong would share the leadership of Astana with current leader, Spain's Contador.

Responding to reports that Contador is unhappy at the idea, Armstrong said: "I look forward to racing with him."

"Alberto is the best rider on the planet right now. We have to understand that, have to respect that. I'm not sure I can ride that fast right now," he said. "I hope it works out."

Astana were banned from this year's Tour, along with Contador, because of doping controversies stemming from last year's race.

Contador, who won the Tour with Armstrong's former Discovery Channel team before signing with Astana, has said that he could quit over Armstrong's inclusion in the squad.

The reigning Giro D'Italia champion, Contador became the fifth rider in history to win all three Grand Tours when he completed victory in the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday.

Cristi M wrote:
i don't care why he's back, all i know is that i don't want too see him anymore !!!!

that shit destroyed my childhood and i hate him very much!!

t-baum wrote:
Crue deleted my post


EDIT: Hassel,

He is not coming back to win, he is coming back to spread cancer awareness and if you would of read the post that was 2 posts in front of that you would have known that.

sorry for yelling at you