Pro-cycling thread

This - loving Liam Glen smashing it on a rigid steel SS closely followed by are @skinny

Remco 24mins down, oof, tough day at work

Convicted doper

Also Yates who served a ban no?

Their dopers, ARE mild asthmatics.

at 33

Same age as Chris Froome when he won in 2018...

the next big thing in cycling, Remco nose breathing at 19th

Same age as Valverde when cycling was invented.

Caruso took epo to treat asthma apparently.

Remco nose breathing

Maybe that’s where he’s going wrong.

Maybe he’ll be allowed to go on a fun breakaway in the last couple of days.

Sounds like he’s being pulled from the race to limit the mental scarring. That’s what Orla said anyway.

And then he'll get called back to help Almeida. just for the lulz.

Some good news ... ?

https://twitter.com/daniellloyd1/status/1396825555522174980

And some footage of Bernal cresting/descending - https://streamable.com/co0wct

An entirely different tale of murkiness.

Evidence for Froome? Because a lot of people have been looking for a long time and, thus far, have turned up nothing.

Caruso's is an odd case, the offence which he was charged with was for 'complicity' in trying to obtain doping products when he was an amateur in 2007, whatever that means. He got a one year, backdated ban which annulled his results, from 2011, but didn't actually serve a out of competition ban.

I think Froome is the most scrutinised GC winner in the history of the sport in terms of anti doping.

Plenty of ex Sky/Ineos riders with no revelations after leaving.

Obviously the leaked salbutamol story didn’t help, the authorities say it wasn’t doping. So he wasn’t doping.

Because a lot of people have been looking for a long time and, thus far, have turned up nothing

It’s not hard to join the dots between:

• The very convenient TUE for cortisone before the Dauphine in 2014
  
  • Overuse of salbutamol
    
  • Everything else we’ve learned about Sky and British cycling bending the rules i.e. Wiggins TUEs for allergies, the Jiffy bag, Freeman’s missing laptop
    
    

And end up being suspicious about a rider to the point where, even if there’s no positive test, you put an asterisk next to their achievements.

Lionel Bernie’s pieces on covering Sky are worth a read.

https://www.lionelbirnie.com/blog/2018/3/5/1dm1u9ioiiygi09k0hsnj8z6c1z7kl

That is one uncomfortable read

Anyway at the Ronde Van Limberg, a rider with a 10 sec gap got sent the wrong way in the last km allowing Tim Merlier to win the sprint.

What TUE for cortisone ahead of the Dauphine?

Froome has had TUEs for asthma, ahead of the Tour of Romandie in 2013 and 2014, but never one for cortisone as far as I'm aware.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/27882004.amp

https://www.the42.ie/uci-accused-giving-chris-froome-unfair-advantage-steroids-1518467-Jun2014/

They asked for a TUE. They got it. Hence, not doping.

But hey, that's not going to stop the tinfoil hat brigade from relying upon as the foundation for their house of cards.

Velon claiming Almeida's avg power for the whole stage (4:24) was 310W, 4.95w/Kg. Nuts. Wonder what Bernal did up Giau.

I loved Bennett ending the stage with his musette. Very 'just stopping off at co-op to pick up some pesto and tortellini after doing some post work laps'.

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Wonder what Bernal did up Giau.

Bernal attacks