duh!
Yes, he was juiced in the giro but since the tour has stricter controls, he stopped using his magic potion du jour in the tour for fear of getting caught.
Do you have any idea how much effort goes in to winning a grand tour? Menchov was burned out from giving everything to win the Giro. If it's so easy for a guy to win two GT's in a row, or even win one and podium in the other, why has no one else done it in 20+ years? Even Contador's double victory had a lot of tiime between the Giro and Vuelta, whereas Menchov had a month pretty much between his GT's.
Do you have any idea how much effort goes in to winning a grand tour? Menchov was burned out from giving everything to win the Giro. If it's so easy for a guy to win two GT's in a row, or even win one and podium in the other, why has no one else done it in 20+ years? Even Contador's double victory had a lot of tiime between the Giro and Vuelta, whereas Menchov had a month pretty much between his GT's.
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(if it was his mix that made him fall off the he was on it in the tour too )
Do you have any idea how much effort goes in to winning a grand tour? Menchov was burned out from giving everything to win the Giro. If it's so easy for a guy to win two GT's in a row, or even win one and podium in the other, why has no one else done it in 20+ years? Even Contador's double victory had a lot of tiime between the Giro and Vuelta, whereas Menchov had a month pretty much between his GT's.
Hang on two people have done a giro tour double in the 90's Indurain and Pantani
Maybe Menchov missed a trip to Austria to the Humanplasma clinic after the Giro.
Now that DiLuca has failed twice on the 'A sample' in this years Giro, it makes Menchov's performance even more amazing?
Who was Rasmussen 'training' with in 2007, when he was supposed to be in Mexico?
True, I think it goes to show how hard the double is, and it's not an easy feat while clean...
So Menchov was never going to have a brilliant tour. But I don't think he's going to beat himself up over it, he still has managed to win 1 grand tour this year after all..
Badly? I don't think I've seen a tour that DM hasn't fallen off at some point. AND had a day in the monutians to forget. He doesn't lose seconds this guy it's minutes.
Fair play about the Giro, but is he the class of grand tour winners as Hinault or Roche(!)......erm no.
Look at the facts. Roche took up EPO in his second stint at Carrera. Much like Fignon and Rooks, he took it after his prime years and it did fook all good.
Instead super-responding donkeys like Chiapucci (who was rubbish in 87) and Rominger came to the fore.
It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
Is he riding the Vuelta (he usaully does) maybe he realised he wasnt going to be on the podium in Paris no matter what so he was taking it easy. Still he crashed alot didnt he, seems to be doing that alot lately
Take care of the luxuries and the necessites will take care of themselves.
How did he so easily shut down a doped-up Di Luca in the giro and then fail miserably only a month later?
I'm baffled. :? Was he "on something" during the giro?
Why don't you try riding really hard for 3 weeks, then try it again a month or so later.
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Also, there were reports that he had very little training between the Giro and TdF. The crash he had the final ITT (Giro, that is), caused an injury to his hip.
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Yes, he was juiced in the giro but since the tour has stricter controls, he stopped using his magic potion du jour in the tour for fear of getting caught.
+1
(if it was his mix that made him fall off the he was on it in the tour too
Hang on two people have done a giro tour double in the 90's Indurain and Pantani
Now that DiLuca has failed twice on the 'A sample' in this years Giro, it makes Menchov's performance even more amazing?
Who was Rasmussen 'training' with in 2007, when he was supposed to be in Mexico?
So Menchov was never going to have a brilliant tour. But I don't think he's going to beat himself up over it, he still has managed to win 1 grand tour this year after all..
Davide Cassani?
It shows that the last person who went for the double was Basso in 2006, and we all know what happened there.
Fair play about the Giro, but is he the class of grand tour winners as Hinault or Roche(!)......erm no.
Yep, he was so concerned by the closeness of his 9 minute winning margin, it almost made him nearly start to attempt doping.
Only by 1. Roche is making a LA style comeback anyway...
Look at the facts. Roche took up EPO in his second stint at Carrera. Much like Fignon and Rooks, he took it after his prime years and it did fook all good.
Instead super-responding donkeys like Chiapucci (who was rubbish in 87) and Rominger came to the fore.
Why don't you try riding really hard for 3 weeks, then try it again a month or so later.
+ 1
Also, there were reports that he had very little training between the Giro and TdF. The crash he had the final ITT (Giro, that is), caused an injury to his hip.
He didn't eat enough bananas.
History shows (and it was talked about at the time) that Roche may have had more "assistance" in that year then Menchov ever had