Tour de France 2013

As well as his power files and blood profile I want WADA to see his birth certificate. 23? GTFO

Sooooo, any Frenchies been busted for implausible doping methods yet today?

He's a pro cyclist, they all look fucking weird off the bike, Dan.

he looks like he has the body of a child though, and his head is huge comparatively.

Anyway...

As well as his power files and blood profile I want WADA to see his birth certificate. 23? GTFO

this. He's got the face of a 50 year old Sherpa or something.

Racist.
He's Colombian, Dan.

You know, where all the cocaine comes from?

The casual sexism and racism on this thread is quite something.

He's a pro cyclist, they all look fucking weird off the bike, Dan.

This is very true.

The casual sexism and racism on this thread is quite something.

did I miss the sexism? Balls.

TDF thread is the new football thread.

The casual sexism and racism on this thread is quite something.

I think saying it's 'casual' is pretty generous.

This thread needs more ageism.

Go on then, Jens Voigt is an over-rated, washed up ex-doper who should retire and let someone younger earn a pro contract.

Racist.
He's Colombian, Dan.

You know, where all the cocaine comes from?

I was trying to avoid repeating my #superbants from Facebook and thought a bit of monday lunchtime casual racism might get some people riled up :)

And the same goes for Chris Horner.

Go on then, andyp is an over-posting, washed up ex-racer who should retire and let someone younger earn a membership star.

am I doing this wrong? ;)

I'm racing tonight, so factually inaccurate. Otherwise, spot on.

Quintana looks like K'inich Janaab' Pakal

This thread needs more orgasms.

quite..

am I doing this wrong? ;)

Yes. All you need to do is pay £3 and you get a membership star.

God, you noobs.

I hope what Froome did yesterday was natural. If it was it was jaw-droppingly good, one of the great rides.

provided with the range of data to coherently map physiology to plausible power outputs would be beneficial.

But what about data that cannot be recorded and has material effects on analysing the data that can?

Here's an interesting chart that shows how "a light breeze you can just feel on your cheek" Beaufort wind scale affects power output for a given speed on a given climb by +/- 0.5 W/kg depending on head or tailwind.

ouch. must be fucking galling to go win like that and be treated like the tooth fairy.

Once bitten, twice shy.. or in the case of pro cycling 100 times bitten, get to fuck any performance that looks remotely impressive. I kinda feel sorry for the bloke but given the history of the sport, too bad, we are fucking suspicious.

Rest day? Rest day?! Outrageous - I rode a 100km yesterday and have I taken the day off work to "rest" .... no I haven't, lazy bastards..... what the fuck are we supposed to watch on the office TV?!

Re-run of Ventoux? Oh, go on then.....

We don't have a Tour drug bust so it's all about the runners now..

They'll probably be doing 60-70km to keep a bit the legs going in all fairness.

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