Comments on: Back to the Future?

By: cavalierfc

cavalierfc — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 05:21:37 +0000

fujigo777 Correct. But that could be an article unto itself. I tend to favour Mike Ashenden’s viewpoint on it though, and that’s ignoring the UCI’s hand…

By: fujigo777

fujigo777 — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:46:28 +0000

As the author knows there is so much he could separate the case of Valverde and Contador that … Because talking about doping picograms of clenbuterol is a vast hoax …

By: cavalierfc

cavalierfc — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:48:49 +0000

theoschmid That’s why we used the climbs that were only over 20 minutes in length – those shorter ones were not included for the purpose of the comparison.

By: FrankCundiff

FrankCundiff — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:58:47 +0000

I’m curious what Froome’s w/kg was for the first week then 2nd and so on. I don’t like the guilty until proven innocent, but in our sport nowadays, and w/ riders such as Contador having been banned in the past it leaves us with little choice.

By: theoschmid

theoschmid — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:58:47 +0000

Don’t forget, while there were about 10 summit finishes, the majority of them were flat stages with a final climb, sometimes even pretty short. You can’t compare these w/kg figures to a final climb after 3 or 4 cat 1/HC climbs with 5 to 6k climbing meters. There are more details that need to be included in order to achieve a fair comparison of Vuelta12 figures with Tour/Giro.

By: wjfkollig

wjfkollig — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:58:46 +0000

Had similar thoughts. http://innercitymobility.blogspot.de/2012/09/vuelta-special-new-blood-old-blood.htmlRegards, Dr. Ko