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| valverde321 |
Posted on 01-08-2013 15:18
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Miguel98 wrote:
I can already see what would happen if Horner won the Vuelta. It would even more suspicious than Froome.
You don't think he is already? Sky aside, he's one of the most obvious dopers in the pro peloton, imo.
Yep, I think he was racing at the National level until his 30's. He then started getting a few more results after moving to Europe, with Saunier Duval no less and suddenly became a strong GC rider that year, after being more of a puncheur for most of his career. And now on top of all of that, he expects he can win a Grand Tour at the ripe age of 41...
2011 would have been an amazing year for him, but I actually think he's finally starting to decline.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 01-08-2013 15:22
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Popovych is the basic EPO-result. A big engine who can't climb. Give him EPO and he becomes a GT contender.
To say he is the worst doper, nah. This guy gets that honour. Nothing will ever top a guy coming out of nowhere to put 15 secs/km on Heras during the last Vuelta week
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| Montolivo |
Posted on 01-08-2013 15:27
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| kumazan |
Posted on 01-08-2013 15:27
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Montolivo wrote:
Who is that?
Santi Pérez.
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| miggi133 |
Posted on 01-08-2013 15:31
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kumazan wrote:
Montolivo wrote:
Who is that?
Santi Pérez.
Oh yeah... I remember... Bet ya Froome can/will top that performance soon!
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 01-08-2013 15:31
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Santiago Perez in the last week of the '04 Vuelta. He took back about 7-8 minutes by winning MTF's, A MTT and a flat TT. In the end he came 30 seconds short to win it, only because he waited way too long to attack on the final climb
He did that going head-to-head with Fuentes' prime clients
Edited by Spilak23 on 01-08-2013 15:35
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| Montolivo |
Posted on 01-08-2013 15:33
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kumazan wrote:
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Who is that?
Santi Pérez.
Never heard of the guy. Not to weird since he only did greatt once at the Vuelta a Espana 2004. |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 01-08-2013 15:40
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And after 2004, he came to Portugal to become shitier and shittier each year. |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 01-08-2013 15:49
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Anybody who has read Tyler Hamilton's book? Did he say something about him? His sudden transformation happened the exact day Hamilton got taken out
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| issoisso |
Posted on 01-08-2013 19:55
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On Horner, the guy from Veloclinic put it very eloquently: 'His blood profile looks like a Tour mountain stage profile'
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"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
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| Bikex |
Posted on 01-08-2013 21:18
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Spilak23 wrote:
Anybody who has read Tyler Hamilton's book? Did he say something about him? His sudden transformation happened the exact day Hamilton got taken out
Can't remember.. I don't think so |
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| fosforgasXIII |
Posted on 02-08-2013 13:45
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Far from news but has this been posted here before? I think it's pretty obvious what it's about 
Spoiler Also that French-Swedish scientist does look an awful lot on Pat Mcquaid, doesn't he  |
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 02-08-2013 14:22
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2014 Giro d'Italia could include double climb of the Zoncolan.
wtf is once not hard enough
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| Montolivo |
Posted on 02-08-2013 14:30
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Zoncolan twice  |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 02-08-2013 14:34
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I'd like priola side with finish on the Crostis more
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 02-08-2013 15:13
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Not a fan. They've been overusing it enough in the last couple of years already.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 02-08-2013 15:34
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Not a fan. They've been overusing it enough in the last couple of years already.
This. And a finish atop a climb as hard as the Zoncolan means that tactics are pretty much irrelevant, so using it as a pass before is a waste. It'd be much better to have a downhill finish, or a MTF on a softer climb, a bit like the Mortirolo-Aprica formula they like so much (and so do I).
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 02-08-2013 16:12
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Portuguese rider Sergio Ribeiro suspend for 12 years after irregularities on blood passport. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 02-08-2013 16:28
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Miguel98 wrote:
Portuguese rider Sergio Ribeiro suspend for 12 years after irregularities on blood passport.
And he loses all of his results since 2011... I was shocked, but not that much, as it was the second time now... |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 02-08-2013 18:19
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Quoting (and translating) a half-serious Jérémy Roy from his blog :
The 10 things I can't stand at the end of a Tour
1. When a sweating supporter insists to shake hands before the stage starts : beware of microbes
2. When people come to ask you for an autograph or a photography while you're sitting at the table, eating, with the rest of the team...
3. When on thermo bottles, while having breakfast at the hotel, it's written "Tea" or "Water" instead of "coffee" : funny guys those restaurant owners
4. When journalists interview you one after the other, always asking the same questions.
5. When the assistant comes in 15 minutes earlier than planned to pick your suitcase
6. When cars use their horns all days long
7. When a local, chauvinist, tells you : "So, it's a hard place (for cycling), around here, eh ?". Erm, yes, it is, a bit like in any other place, like when you're having a cycling race 
8. When on a mountain pass, a spectator tells you : "gimme your bottle, it'll make you lighter". And thirsty too...
9. When every day, in a new hotel, you have to ask for the wifi code, and that it never works.
10 . When you have to keep checking your watch, because on Tour de France, everything is done to the minute.
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