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@vanatron
The LA weight loss is such a load of bull. He claimed to be 20lb lighter than his WC winning year, even though it clearly shows his racing weight has remained pretty much the same. We're not comparing his Triathalon days to his weight while he was in Chemo. Irrespective of his power to weight ratio, pushing 460+ Watts on the high mountain passes after 5 hours of riding is just not naturally possible on his published V02 Max of 82. We saw what Pantani was able to do in 1998 when his hemocrit was at 60%
It also doesn't explain how his first 3 TDF time trials were 6 minutes down on Indurain going flat out, finishing around 35th place, whilst 6 years later he's top dog, even surpassing Indurain's average speed (49+kph). Bearing in mind Big Mig and his Banesto posse were juiced up as well.
Yous all read LA Confidentiel if you get the chance!
Fraud!!