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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Honestly not that great a stage as it could have bin although we did get some GC changes. Imo would have been better in a route like last year's where the massif central was hit up a few days before they eased into the Pyrenees. as it is it's before three brutal Alpine stages and everyone was probably fine to just let Jumbo work their domestiques and drop Bernal.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 16:34 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 19:07 |
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three days....
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 16:42 |
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https://twitter.com/Vaughters/status/1305170958249066496?s=19 This loving rules.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 17:11 |
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https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1305179429799366656?s=19 Advanced stats are starting to come in
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 17:23 |
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welcome to the jungel https://twitter.com/jaga1912/status/1305131402497871872?s=21
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 17:48 |
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Is classier code for white?Skarsnik posted:I assume you put it in your bidon and drink it like a vampire How many aspiring Cat 5 racers will drink it, I wonder?
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 17:48 |
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As far as I'm aware those synthetic haemoglobin substitutes don't increase oxygenation and massively increase the risk of heart attacks. Never seen them used clinically.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 17:55 |
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:As far as I'm aware those synthetic haemoglobin substitutes don't increase oxygenation and massively increase the risk of heart attacks. *list of deceased young sportsmen in 2019*
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 18:08 |
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I want Froome and Geraint Thomas positives from retesting old samples to happen during the tour
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 18:31 |
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Is this the place to post about His Woutness?
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 21:14 |
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Yes.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 21:28 |
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:As far as I'm aware those synthetic haemoglobin substitutes don't increase oxygenation Someone’s actually testing these? Who’s calling this stuff synthetic hemoglobin in the first place?
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 21:29 |
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It's used for calibrating readings you use for serious business blood studies. So they've obviously been using it to hide their true blood levels for the biopassport so the tests won't pick up the pint of chilean mountain child they were infused with.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 21:38 |
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kimbo305 posted:Someone’s actually testing these? Who’s calling this stuff synthetic hemoglobin in the first place? Yeah, there's tons of issues with donated blood so there's been huge amounts of research into synthetic alternatives. Not so much anymore as they just seem to not work and also kill people
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 21:43 |
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Yeah, there's tons of issues with donated blood so there's been huge amounts of research into synthetic alternatives. Not so much anymore as they just seem to not work and also kill people That's never stopped cyclists before.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 21:51 |
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colonel tom posted:That's never stopped cyclists before. Yep and a bunch of athletes have tested positive for a drug who's trials were stopped early in mice because of the amount of tumours it was causing.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 21:54 |
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Also lmao at this act of cosmic justice https://twitter.com/itvcycling/status/1305202889099485186?s=19
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 21:55 |
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they let the patient drive the ambulance?
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 22:28 |
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I think Jumbo needs to find another tactic besides murder train if they want to put Pogacar to the sword. Yes, Pogacar gets isolated as a result, but it doesn't matter a loving bit when he can pretty easily come over Roglic at the end and take time or bonus seconds. Roglic is clearly afraid to attack Pogacar too early, because I guarantee Pogacar would counter-attack a completely isolated Roglic. Come on Jumbo, send Sepp up the road and give him a flyer to either win the stage or serve as a bridge for Roglic to safely attack Pogacar. If Pogacar can just chip a few more seconds the next couple stages then he doesn't even need to launch a big attack. Hell, status quo is probably fine. I really think he can grab the current gap in seconds from Roglic in the TT.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 22:42 |
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Yep and a bunch of athletes have tested positive for a drug who's trials were stopped early in mice because of the amount of tumours it was causing. Kayle Leogrande was taking that drug to win...local criteriums.
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# ? Sep 13, 2020 22:49 |
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Also lmao at this act of cosmic justice https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1305206135293607936
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 00:05 |
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The latest bike sponsor rumors: Mitchelton gets Bianchi Sunweb gets Scott AG2R gets BMC Movistar continues with Canyon (seems that the Annemiek signing was a big deal...) Jumbo gets Cervelo (but we knew that) Still looking for title sponsors: CCC NTT There were rumors of Alpecin-Fenix being interested in CCC’s WT license, but those were squashed.
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 02:25 |
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paperwind posted:I think Jumbo needs to find another tactic besides murder train if they want to put Pogacar to the sword. Yes, Pogacar gets isolated as a result, but it doesn't matter a loving bit when he can pretty easily come over Roglic at the end and take time or bonus seconds. Roglic is clearly afraid to attack Pogacar too early, because I guarantee Pogacar would counter-attack a completely isolated Roglic. Come on Jumbo, send Sepp up the road and give him a flyer to either win the stage or serve as a bridge for Roglic to safely attack Pogacar. Do they need to though? Roglic has 40 seconds on Pogacar still. He can just Cadel Evans it up behind Pogacar the whole time and all he needs to do is stay within 30-40 seconds in the time trial, depending on how much more bonus time Pogacar racks up. E: I am dumb and did not read your whole post. Apparently Pogacar is a TT specialist or something? To me it's at least up in the air as riders in yellow can sometimes do exceptional things, especially in time trials. See Alaphilippe last year. Griefor fucked around with this message at 10:47 on Sep 14, 2020 |
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Pogacar isn't a specialist, but he has a very good TT. But stage 20 is a mountain TT, which is a bit different anyways. And pogacar is the better climber. He notably beat Roglic in the Slovenian TT champs recently , on a course that was mostly uphill.
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 11:59 |
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I just remembered that Steven Kruijswijk was meant to be in this Jumbo team. Imagine what this would look like if he was still in there.
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 12:32 |
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You can make pretty good money betting on Pogacar as GC winner right now. Roglic gives x1.25 times your money back where Pogacar gives x3.75.
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 12:39 |
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peanut- posted:I just remembered that Steven Kruijswijk was meant to be in this Jumbo team. Imagine what this would look like if he was still in there. It would be absurd
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 13:35 |
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serious gaylord posted:It would be absurd That’s a broad assumption.
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 14:42 |
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Who would he have replaced?
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 14:44 |
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goatface posted:Who would he have replaced? Pretty widely known that Jansen took his place.
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 14:48 |
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it's absurd enough with what we got. adding in another gt podiumer to the mix...
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 14:58 |
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https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1305475906107052032?s=19 Everyone's going nuts.
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 15:03 |
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HappyCamperGL posted:it's absurd enough with what we got. adding in another gt podiumer to the mix... Dumoulin does his turn and swings off for Kruijswijk to just hammer it for another km uphill. 10 people left in the GC group after Van Aert does his bit and 4 of them are Jumbo riders. Also Ganna has done a ridiculous 10km time trial at Tirreno. Broke the record for the course. 10.42 for 10km.
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 15:03 |
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A casual 4% improvement.
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 16:00 |
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serious gaylord posted:Dumoulin does his turn and swings off for Kruijswijk to just hammer it for another km uphill. 10 people left in the GC group after Van Aert does his bit and 4 of them are Jumbo riders. Cycling is crazy right now 4 riders broke cancellara's record for the course.
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 16:25 |
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I’m struggling to differentiate the “lol cycling is full of dopers” joke posts from the “no Roglic and Pogacar are actually juiced to the gills” posts.
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Cycling is crazy right now 4 riders broke cancellara's record for the course. Giro going to be v funny.
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 17:14 |
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There is the possibility that everyone has just had much more rest and recovery than they would normally get in a season cycle so have come in fresher and smashed it, these are typical late season events that are suddenly early season following a longer period of recovery than normal. Then again that's exactly what a doper would claim is the reason so who the gently caress even knows at this point.
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 17:15 |
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Maybe there was a just an unusually strong tailwind
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# ? Sep 14, 2020 17:16 |
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Moving past the "everyone is up to their eyeballs in the finest Austrian product" explanation, I am genuinely fascinated by what is causing this. Just weather? It's got to be a lot warmer in Italy in September than March.
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