Grassmarket 2,715 Posted June 30, 2022 #11 Share Posted June 30, 2022 The fearsome Col de Trianglen is where the race will be won or lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 896 Posted July 1, 2022 #12 Share Posted July 1, 2022 So about that Bahrain's affair (last paragraph) https://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/cyclisme/tour-de-france/tour-de-france-des-medicaments-indetermines-saisis-chez-bahrein-victorious-avant-le-depart_AV-202206300788.html Contrary to some twitter talks, the case was not started after some Antoine Vayer shitposting on the internet , but because multiple hotels managers heard during the last TDF noises of home trainers used at night in Bahrain rooms. Physical activities during the night will remind us of the heydays of EPO doping when it was used basically for the riders not to drop dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted July 1, 2022 #13 Share Posted July 1, 2022 1 hour ago, De_Gambassi said: So about that Bahrain's affair (last paragraph) https://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/cyclisme/tour-de-france/tour-de-france-des-medicaments-indetermines-saisis-chez-bahrein-victorious-avant-le-depart_AV-202206300788.html Contrary to some twitter talks, the case was not started after some Antoine Vayer shitposting on the internet , but because multiple hotels managers heard during the last TDF noises of home trainers used at night in Bahrain rooms. Physical activities during the night will remind us of the heydays of EPO doping when it was used basically for the riders not to drop dead Yes. For those of you who weren’t around…..EPO increases red blood cells. However, these cells can clot & give you a heart attack. The only way to stop it is to exercise every eight hours. So that includes the middle of the night (work it out) at about 01:00 in the morning. Back at the height of TdF doping era about 20 years ago, many teams were somehow smuggling huge amounts of equipment into their Hotel Ibis, Formule 1 etc without being noticed by journalists, race officials, the Gendarmerie etc etc De_Gambassi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,503 Posted July 1, 2022 #14 Share Posted July 1, 2022 1 hour ago, De_Gambassi said: So about that Bahrain's affair (last paragraph) https://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/cyclisme/tour-de-france/tour-de-france-des-medicaments-indetermines-saisis-chez-bahrein-victorious-avant-le-depart_AV-202206300788.html Contrary to some twitter talks, the case was not started after some Antoine Vayer shitposting on the internet , but because multiple hotels managers heard during the last TDF noises of home trainers used at night in Bahrain rooms. Physical activities during the night will remind us of the heydays of EPO doping when it was used basically for the riders not to drop dead Ah wow, the good old 'My blood was so thick I'd exercise in the middle of the night to make sure it'd keep moving' story. Those were the days. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,503 Posted July 1, 2022 #15 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Meanwhile, with the Tour de France starting today, is anyone interested in a little game? I think we've done it before last year or the year before, a pick'em game, shamelessly stolen from a Dutch forum. Simple rules: 1. For every stage you pick one cyclist (with the deadline being that day's start time) 2. The classification the rider gets that day, is your number of points 3. Lowest number of points wins 4. You can choose every rider only once during the Tour 5. The worst result will be scratched, to have one chance to miss a stage for whatever reason (or just to have a bad one not ruin everything) 6. In case of a DNF or DNS for whatever reason (or if you pick a rider you've already picked), you get the points that equal the total number of riders who finished that day's stage 7. Everyone keeps track of their own scores An example how your list could look after 10 days: Spoiler 1. Kasper Asgreen (4) - 4 2. Alexander Kristoff (16) - 20 3. Caleb Ewan (1) - 21 4. Dylan Groenewegen (40) - 61 5. Mathieu van der Poel (1) - 62 6. Wout van Aert (8) - 70 7. Adam Yates (3) - 73 8. Kobe Goossens (1) - 74 9. Thibaut Pinot (2) - 76 10. Primoz Rogilic (100) - 176 11. Sebastian Langeveld If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,576 Posted July 1, 2022 #16 Share Posted July 1, 2022 I'm in. I'll go with Bissegger today heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,503 Posted July 1, 2022 #17 Share Posted July 1, 2022 1. Filippo Ganna If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 896 Posted July 1, 2022 #18 Share Posted July 1, 2022 I play. 1. Bissegger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunadan 1,103 Posted July 1, 2022 #19 Share Posted July 1, 2022 1. Filippo Ganna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumo 2,791 Posted July 1, 2022 #20 Share Posted July 1, 2022 1. Filippo Ganna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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