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Okay, the Giro is over, ...
and I haven't read about any findings of doping yet.
I guess the drug labs used in the Giro aren't as capable of producing positives as that one in Paris. Or, maybe only clean riders ride in the Giro, due to the "piano" stages that let them rest for hours on end. The average speed for the race was under 38 kph. That is a speed I can almost comprehend, although I could never hope to reach it myself. Speeds in the TdF have been MUCH higher. I wonder if that will be true this year? |
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Okay, the Giro is over, ...
Colin Campbell wrote:
and I haven't read about any findings of doping yet. I guess the drug labs used in the Giro aren't as capable of producing positives as that one in Paris. They're just not as motivated. |
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Okay, the Giro is over, ...
On Jun 6, 7:00 am, Colin Campbell wrote:
Speeds in the TdF have been MUCH higher. I wonder if that will be true this year? France has much different terrain than Italy. |
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Fred Fredburger wrote: Colin Campbell wrote: and I haven't read about any findings of doping yet. I guess the drug labs used in the Giro aren't as capable of producing positives as that one in Paris. They're just not as motivated. Some of the other labs do seem to be super motivated to get positives, don't they? Hmm, should we be wondering if the labs are doping (so to speak)? -- tanx, Howard Never take a tenant with a monkey. remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok? |
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On Jun 5, 11:31 pm, Fred Fredburger
wrote: Colin Campbell wrote: and I haven't read about any findings of doping yet. I guess the drug labs used in the Giro aren't as capable of producing positives as that one in Paris. They're just not as motivated. Yep...just had the Bolder Boulder here and a bunch of elite runners hauled ass for the for $ 10k....Kenyans and Ethiopians 'ran away' with it again, of course...ya think they test for EPO? 'If yer afraid of the answer, don't ask the question'... |
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Okay, the Giro is over, ...
On Jun 5, 10:00 pm, Colin Campbell wrote:
and I haven't read about any findings of doping yet. I guess the drug labs used in the Giro aren't as capable of producing positives as that one in Paris. That's probably the case.... Or, maybe only clean riders ride in the Giro, due to the "piano" stages that let them rest for hours on end. Can you rest while riding 24 mph for 80 miles before the real racing starts? The average speed for the race was under 38 kph. That is a speed I can almost comprehend, although I could never hope to reach it myself. I dropped all of the "real" climbers on a recent ride while averaging 12 mph or less than 20 kph. 38 kph is an average speed of 23.5 mph which would look good in a lot of crits, let alone 2000 miles of racing. Speeds in the TdF have been MUCH higher. I wonder if that will be true this year? Remember that this year's Giro set an average speed record. What does that tell you about the people claiming that you have to dope to make these super high speeds? |
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Okay, the Giro is over, ...
On Jun 5, 10:36 pm, wrote:
On Jun 6, 7:00 am, Colin Campbell wrote: Speeds in the TdF have been MUCH higher. I wonder if that will be true this year? France has much different terrain than Italy. Come on Robert. Remember this thing called "conversation"? France does not have "much different terrain" than Italy. But the races are arrange to cover different sorts of terrain. |
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Okay, the Giro is over, ...
cyclintom wrote:
I dropped all of the "real" climbers on a recent ride while averaging 12 mph or less than 20 kph. I shudder to think what speed the unreal climbers were doing. 38 kph is an average speed of 23.5 mph which would look good in a lot of crits, It would have to be a very hilly or very windy tactical criterium for 38Kph to look remotely good. |
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Okay, the Giro is over, ...
On Jun 6, 2:08 pm, Colin Campbell wrote:
wrote: On Jun 5, 10:00 pm, Colin Campbell wrote: and I haven't read about any findings of doping yet. I guess the drug labs used in the Giro aren't as capable of producing positives as that one in Paris. That's probably the case.... Or, maybe only clean riders ride in the Giro, due to the "piano" stages that let them rest for hours on end. Can you rest while riding 24 mph for 80 miles before the real racing starts? From what the commentators were saying about Stage 21, the riders averaged around 28 kph (17 mph) for the first 60% or so of the "parade" into Milano. There were other days when they completely blew the slowest expected finishing time. The "As Live" reruns on Cycling.TV lasted over three hours on some stages. 24 mph is what the winner averaged for the entire race. The average speed for the race was under 38 kph. That is a speed I can almost comprehend, although I could never hope to reach it myself. I dropped all of the "real" climbers on a recent ride while averaging 12 mph or less than 20 kph. 38 kph is an average speed of 23.5 mph which would look good in a lot of crits, let alone 2000 miles of racing. Speeds in the TdF have been MUCH higher. I wonder if that will be true this year? Remember that this year's Giro set an average speed record. What does that tell you about the people claiming that you have to dope to make these super high speeds? I wasn't aware that this year's race was a record for speed. I'll have to bone up on those stats, I guess. This was posted in fun.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - There weren't that many strong cyclists in the Giro. Most of the elite are waiting for the Tour. Andre |
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