The Shack under Attack...

Doobz
Doobz Posts: 2,800
edited May 2011 in Pro race
Italian police search RadioShack vehicles on Giro d'Italia rest day


http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/italian ... a-rest-day
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  • BikingBernie
    BikingBernie Posts: 2,163
    Team boss Johan Bruyneel left the race last night and was unavailable for comment.
    :lol:
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    They should have been searching the bus in California, not in Italy.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Man, the shack are so evil.

    They should look to lampre or katusha for tips on how to run a clean team
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Gazzetta67
    Gazzetta67 Posts: 1,890
    Pokerface wrote:
    They should have been searching the bus in California, not in Italy.

    Radioshack will not want any other negativity surrounding them this week.

    Can you imagine the raised eyebrows if say 1 or 2 of their older riders rode the whole field off their wheels in any upcoming stage races !!!!
  • B3rnieMac
    B3rnieMac Posts: 384
    i like Deignan.........that's about it as far as The Shack goes.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    I'd imagine Taylor Phinney's breathing a pretty heavy sigh of relief after his decision to sign with BMC
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Judging purely on their performances over the past two and a bit weeks, RS are probably one of the cleaner teams in the Giro.
  • cogidubnus
    cogidubnus Posts: 860
    but prob not in ToC
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    afx237vi wrote:
    Judging purely on their performances over the past two and a bit weeks, RS are probably one of the cleaner teams in the Giro.

    Are you including Popo's break a day in that?

    More rubbish does not equal cleaner. Look at Disco 2006!
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    There has got to be some questions about the horner performance the other day in Cali.

    Dr Ferrari claiming that Horner is producing higher values then Contador is just crazy talk.. unless.... :roll:
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Doobz wrote:
    There has got to be some questions about the horner performance the other day in Cali.

    Dr Ferrari claiming that Horner is producing higher values then Contador is just crazy talk.. unless.... :roll:
    Interesting analysis here:
    http://djconnel.blogspot.com/2011/05/ch ... speed.html
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
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  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    JonGinge wrote:
    Doobz wrote:
    There has got to be some questions about the horner performance the other day in Cali.

    Dr Ferrari claiming that Horner is producing higher values then Contador is just crazy talk.. unless.... :roll:
    Interesting analysis here:
    http://djconnel.blogspot.com/2011/05/ch ... speed.html

    Its very interesting. Its beyond a joke.. He crossed the line hardly even breathing.. Reminds me a bit of the Ricco Finish @ the tour..
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Doobz wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    Doobz wrote:
    There has got to be some questions about the horner performance the other day in Cali.

    Dr Ferrari claiming that Horner is producing higher values then Contador is just crazy talk.. unless.... :roll:
    Interesting analysis here:
    http://djconnel.blogspot.com/2011/05/ch ... speed.html

    Its very interesting. Its beyond a joke.. He crossed the line hardly even breathing.. Reminds me a bit of the Ricco Finish @ the tour..
    Yes, it did look ET
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
    Rides
  • jibberjim
    jibberjim Posts: 2,810
    JonGinge wrote:
    Doobz wrote:
    There has got to be some questions about the horner performance the other day in Cali.

    Dr Ferrari claiming that Horner is producing higher values then Contador is just crazy talk.. unless.... :roll:
    Interesting analysis here:
    http://djconnel.blogspot.com/2011/05/ch ... speed.html

    If you're calling that performance unacceptably high power, then you really need to have a massive problem with Wiggins at the Nat 10 who put out more w/kg for longer in a more compromised position (most people can increase their power on steep uphills where they can use more body weight)

    The surprising thing about Horners (and other Radioshack guys) performance is not the w/kg they achieved, but how easily they rode the others off their wheel.
    Jibbering Sports Stuff: http://jibbering.com/sports/
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Ha,ha,ha. Better than Bertie? Frenchie won't be pleased.
    It's supposed to be the testers taking the piss from the riders, not the other way around!
    Chris Horner is the new Chris Reeve.

    A great advert for linking the bio passport to power output.
    Zero, indeed.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    I'd say the Horner and Levi's performances were based on that being their one and only goal of the season and both arriving in peak form ( which was only needed for one week) ... Not many othervriders ever treat a one week race as the highlight of the season ... Those 2 did as the tour holds nothing for them ...

    Horner likely has one more year in him and made a good effort of showing his worth ... Likely someone like BMC or Leopard will pick him up when RS goes kapput ...

    Levi, well he's done ... A token gift from Horner is all he has to show in the last 2 years ...
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    jibberjim wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    Doobz wrote:
    There has got to be some questions about the horner performance the other day in Cali.

    Dr Ferrari claiming that Horner is producing higher values then Contador is just crazy talk.. unless.... :roll:
    Interesting analysis here:
    http://djconnel.blogspot.com/2011/05/ch ... speed.html

    If you're calling that performance unacceptably high power, then you really need to have a massive problem with Wiggins at the Nat 10 who put out more w/kg for longer in a more compromised position (most people can increase their power on steep uphills where they can use more body weight)

    The surprising thing about Horners (and other Radioshack guys) performance is not the w/kg they achieved, but how easily they rode the others off their wheel.
    I wasn't calling it anything, just posting an interesting article. I'd seen the power output Wiggins did for the ten and had done the W/kg calc, little problem with it. Massive headwind wasn't it for the unsheltered section of the course? Headwind, for me, has a similar effect to gradient for upping the ave power output. (Do you follow @scienceofsport BTW?)
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
    Rides
  • jibberjim
    jibberjim Posts: 2,810
    JonGinge wrote:
    Headwind, for me, has a similar effect to gradient for upping the ave power output. (Do you follow @scienceofsport BTW?)

    yep I follow em. For me a headwind reduces power output quite a bit - pretty sure it depends a lot on your exact pedalling dynamics.
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  • Gazzetta67
    Gazzetta67 Posts: 1,890
    Horner says ONLY Contador could drop him. So bearing in mind contador might be banned from this years tour. we might have one of the oldest riders at the age of 39 winning the tour. and if he can keep his form till the end of july then who knows. no wonder most of us are cynical when you see Baldy dropping people on Baldy

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