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Originally Posted by dd74
I mean, really, can anyone here spin a 53-15 gear uphill for 20 clicks at a sustained 90 RPM and 12-15 mph? I wouldn't doubt the majority of us would have a coronary trying; For the pro rider, this is where the drugs come into play; they supposedly "protect" the cyclist by tricking the body into riding faster - sort of like "chipping" a car's computer.
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BTDT....it is not beyond undoped human endurance.. the Mont Ventoux is a challenge.. but to a 'reasonably' fit amateur its is not beyond comprehension.
The issue is not that the peleton is enitrely clean.. I think there is evidence that doping is widespread, it is how do you clear your name from the starting position that 'everyone' is doing it'...so you must be.
That is the accusation that is being thrown. Its the everyone is guilty, prove your innocence approach, its a shame for those who are clean and a cover up for those who are fraudulent and mis representing their performance.
Sherwood,
There is a difference in being critical because as a TdF winner you are surprised at how a person can dominate for so long and being critical because as an on-looker you 'know' that they are all doing it' and so LA must be as well.
GL may be a mouthy twit, prone to inserting both feet into his mouth, but he knows whether or not he needed medical help to win his TdFs....and his view on LA's achievements are therefore perhaps founded on a level of knowledge that escapes us...