Training motivation

and the skinny f**ker still beat us all up Dark Hill at the end of the ride still mashing away on 110GI…

53 x13 is the gear Jacques Anquetil used for his hour record attempt towards the end of his career. or maybe it was 52 x13?
how can you ride that on the road? sounds painful.

He used 52x15 the first time and 52x13 for his second attempt (unofficial since he refused the drug test).

http://www.wolfgang-menn.de/hourrec.htm

and the skinny f**ker still beat us all up Dark Hill at the end of the ride still mashing away on 110GI…

dark hill do-able on such a gear eh..

that's a lot of power for one so small, he's a bit like Yoda, is bmmf.

he ought to take up competitive cycling (bring, not yodes)

(unofficial since he refused the drug test).

He complained that he was asked to be tested as Rivere, Coppi etc had not been.

However, he had published an article the month before called ' Yes, I've Taken Drugs'

"He objected to what he saw as the indignity of having to urinate in atent in front of a crowded velodrome and said he would take the testlater at his hotel. The international judge ruled against the idea anda scuffle ensued that involved Anquetil's manager, Raphaël Géminiani."

or "he had taken a shitload of gear and the new doping tests would reveal he was a cheating bastard so he refused to be tested"

Give justmouse his credit - he was first up the hill (100m headstart notwithstanding).

Phew, #4 is a good one!

15 x 1 minute 9/10 effort intervals with a minute of 3/10 effort in between. You pray for one minute to be shorter and the next to be just a little longer. :)