Just backs up my assumption that they all dope (and I'd expect all of the greats have done what they need to win).thailover, it was a JOKE. I have no love for Lance Armstrong, he ratted out Marco Pantani which led to the Italian's suicide in 2004. Pantani pushed him to the limit in 2001, challenging him at every mountain stage. Pantani won the Tour in 98, before Armstrong's addled streak. Armstrong, even juiced to hilt would have lost to him in 2002, so he tipped off the drug testers. Like Borat, Lance Armstrong make shit of road racing.
I checked out Salbutamol, does Chris Froome have asthma?
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Netflix still has a great documentary on the Armstrong scandal ("At All Costs"). Armstrong really screwed over a lot of people. Lemond, the team masseuse (who Armstrong labelled as a drug using prostitute), his former teammate and best friend Frankie Andreu (and his wife), Floyd Landis, all the millions who believed in his story, etc, etc. The film implies that Armstrong is a sociopath - manipulative even right to the end during his Oprah interview.thailover, it was a JOKE. I have no love for Lance Armstrong, he ratted out Marco Pantani which led to the Italian's suicide in 2004. Pantani pushed him to the limit in 2001, challenging him at every mountain stage. Pantani won the Tour in 98, before Armstrong's addled streak. Armstrong, even juiced to hilt would have lost to him in 2002, so he tipped off the drug testers. Like Borat, Lance Armstrong make shit of road racing.
I checked out Salbutamol, does Chris Froome have asthma?
Don't know where I heard it but allegedly the UCI accepted that Froome had taken more than typical to treat an asthma attack shortly before the test sample. They team also pointed to a study showing that amount of AAF was not directly related to the amount taken. Don't know the truth of the claim and will assume that Froome is using his asthma as an excuse to gain an advantage (along with whatever else the peleton is using these days to beat the tests)....
Froome's AAF was 2,000ng/ml (World Anti-Doping Agency [WADA] rules state that salbutamol is permitted to be present up to a threshold of 1,000 nanograms per millilitre (ng/ml)). So far both UCI and Sky Team has not released any official details about why Froome has been cleared.
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Exactlyh, it's kind of like models and other celebrities with easting disorders and hard drugs. Since many don't have the strength of character to walk away, they try to save face by making it a badge of honor.Cycling has such a long culture of doping that it will take a long time to disappear, if ever. Eg: The famous Tom Simpson who died and has a memorial on Mt. Ventoux. He died because of amphetamines, which allowed him to push his body beyond the limits, causing a heart attack during the ascent. Yet he’s revered. But that’s kind of the TDF cyclist’s ideal - willing to suffer until death (ignoring that the drugs reduce the suffering). I ride in some group rides every now and then and I’m pretty sure that a handful of these amateur riders are doping - all to avoid being dropped and bragging rights (way too radical an improvement in too short a time). So even at the recreational level, the sense of competition and culture make it seem like something that is the norm.
Yeah, of course he does. If nearly the entire Norwegian ski team can have asthma at 20 times the rate of the general population, why not Froome?And yes, Froome does have asthma according to the docs.
Correction. Was about to try to bust the Englishman. We'll never know whether he would have been successful, will we. Looks like Froome is saving a bit for the third week (as he did in the giro).Vincenzo Nibali out of the Tour but he has big brass balls.
He was about to bust the Englishman when a police motorbike in front of him slowed. He crashed into the bike, his challenge and eventually his Tour ended. He still managed to finish 11 seconds behind Froome. !
The other guy who amazes me is Sagan. The fact that a sprinter could be in that many breaks including over mountains and still compete shows an amazing combination of natural ability and 'assistance'.It's regrettable that road racing is so stepped with doping, that's the nature of the beast. Road racing is grueling and riders need an inhumanly high pain threshold to succeed. Naturally they'll look for an advantage any way they can.
Froome and Doumolin both finished in the top 20 on the very important and hilly 9th Stage. Having both raced the Giro, under normal human capacity, they shouldn't be in contention going into the mountain stages. Nibali should be the favorite, he skipped the Giro. But if his pharmaceutical regimen isn't up to his two competitors, he wont come close.