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Postby GreyhoundCycle » Sun Jul 01, 2012 4:53 pm
http://news.discovery.com/adventure/tou ... 20629.html
In summery - Slower uphill riding times, red blood cell counts and more crashes in the peloton all point to a cleaner Tour de France
What do you guys think? It amazes me that EPO/other forms of doping can contribute up to 10% of additional performance, both physically and mentally.
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Postby RonK » Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:59 pm
No drugs = no superhuman performances = slower times on the mountain stages and GC.
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Postby Mulger bill » Mon Jul 02, 2012 1:31 pm
You mean Bertie ate a very small steak?Chuck wrote:Good read, I also agree. Interesting point about micro dosing too, a possible scenario in the Contador case.
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Postby il padrone » Mon Jul 02, 2012 3:46 pm
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Postby RonK » Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:02 pm
Presumably such levels cannot be achieved simply by altitude training.
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Postby RICHARDH » Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:16 pm
Because there are limits to what the body can do naturally, basically what the Biological passport is all aboutil padrone wrote:How does altitude training sit in all of this? I mean, it boosts red blood cell count and oxygen uptake, but as I understand it, it's legal so how do the testers distinguish this?
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Postby AUbicycles » Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:15 am
What if the peloton knows that they can ride a more comfortable pace as part of race tactics knowing that only towards the end do they have to lift the pace? Just an idea.
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