Vuelta Stage 3 *Spoiler*

RichN95.

frenchfighter wrote:

greasedscotsman wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Contador has pretty serious health problems that need to be kept in check, related to his brain. No one would mess with drugs with that hanging over them.

I've heard people use the same argument to defend Armstrong.

Just an fyi, cancer is different to issues related to the brain

Just an fyi, you're not a doctor.

frenchfighter

I think this thread has gone on long enough. Time for stage 4.

cal_stewart

frenchfighter wrote:

And with all the drug induced performances we know about and have seen you have got to be completely cuckoo to think Contador was doped yday. If so, you are clueless to what a doping performance .

That's kind of the point, his attacks would of stuck pre ban. As I said I'll wait and see with bernie

tailwindhome

inkyfingers wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

greasedscotsman wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Contador has pretty serious health problems that need to be kept in check, related to his brain. No one would mess with drugs with that hanging over them.

I've heard people use the same argument to defend Armstrong.

Just an fyi, cancer is different to issues related to the brain

As far as I remember, Armstrong had tumours removed from his brain as well. I think your argument is on a slippery slope there Frenchie.

Many years ago I read an article which quoted a survey of US college level athletes who were asked a simple question. If you could take a drug which would guarantee an Olympic gold, would be 100% undetectable but would result in a premature death would you take it.

A scary % said yes

While this is a worse than useless anecdote with no source other than my aging memory the key point is that elite athletes don't always think the way you or I would.

That's why they're riding GTs and we're on t'net.

Sgt_Pepper

NVM can't post Properly on my phone

mfin

frenchfighter wrote:

Contador has pretty serious health problems that need to be kept in check, related to his brain. No one would mess with drugs with that hanging over them.

Except ironically as one example - Contador, who has and maybe still does.

mattshrops

Paulie W wrote:

What was interesting for me on this stage was that Sky didn't adopt the same tactics here as they did on the not dissimilar stage 8 of the TdF. At the Tour they shelled almost the entire field on the Cat 1 MTF by setting a high tempo. Here it looked like they might do the same coming into the climb (and intermittently during the climb Henao or Uran did come to the front) but they either were unable to adopt such a tactic or chose not to, instead leaving Froome to follow the attacks (which he did).

Possibly due to 1)its day 3. fresh legs throughout. 2)short-ish climb.
Time will tell.