kiddy Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 So, did they manage to get him at the other hotel, or was he completely AWOL? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 So, did they manage to get him at the other hotel, or was he completely AWOL?No they didn't get him, but USADA have basically accepted it was their own fault, make of it what you will. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_S_A_R Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 No they didn't get him, but USADA have basically accepted it was their own fault, make of it what you will. by the looks of it was their fault. by the time the testers got to the other hotel his whereabouts hour was over and he was gone. surely he would have been tested at the end of the stage so i don't see what they would have to gain by doing this test anyway? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 His "whereabouts hour"? Never heard of that one. I thought it's more along the line of a whereabouts diary, & that they'd wait, unnnounced, on your appearance to do the test.How hard would it be for his team to say "he's at this hotel", & contact him? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_S_A_R Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 His "whereabouts hour"? Never heard of that one. I thought it's more along the line of a whereabouts diary, & that they'd wait, unnnounced, on your appearance to do the test. How hard would it be for his team to say "he's at this hotel", & contact him? you've got to give them one hour a day where you will be in a specified location. most sports people choose 6am-7am because then it's easy enough to give your location before you go to bed. if the testers can find you they can test you at anytime but for the other 23 hours they don't need to inform the testers where they are. the best whereabouts story is serena williams who made herself available in her house between 6am and 7am but when the testers showed up at her front gate hid in her panic room until they left because she 'thought they were intruders'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Cav scrapes a win at the ToB. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 http://m.cyclingnews.com/news/2013-florence-world-championship-course-revealed#previous The worlds road race has a fair bit of climbing this year. Post Vuelta I'd think Sammy Sanchez might have a chance on that course, he can pack a sprint from a small group as well. Gilbert still a huge favourite of course. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 I'd like to know who sponsors the sprint competition in the Tour Of Britain. I'm not sure if the ITV commentators have mentioned it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 I'd like to know who sponsors the sprint competition in the Tour Of Britain. I'm not sure if the ITV commentators have mentioned it.Yodel well to remember it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Can we take a minute to appreciate the podium girl? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 (edited) What a beast of a performance from Martin to take ITT gold. Wiggins should be delighted with silver. Edited September 25, 2013 by Desert Nomad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Desert Nomad, on 25 Sept 2013 - 14:38, said:What a beast of a performance from Martin to take ITT gold. Wiggins should be delighted with silver.Glad TM took it, the English media would've been unbearable had Wiggo won.Although one of the favourites for the road race, I don't think there's as much expectation being placed on Froome. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_S_A_R Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 a great time from martin. cancellara is supposedly aiming for the RR so he's looking good for that. horner has released all his biopassport info and even though it heavily points towards him doping it's within the parameters allowed. as well as being hilarious horner is intentionally confirming that riders can cheat without being caught. he knows that no one can take his vuelta without stripping every other result this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 a great time from martin. cancellara is supposedly aiming for the RR so he's looking good for that. horner has released all his biopassport info and even though it heavily points towards him doping it's within the parameters allowed. as well as being hilarious horner is intentionally confirming that riders can cheat without being caught. he knows that no one can take his vuelta without stripping every other result this year. Wonder if Cancellara held a bit in reserve for the road race? He very nearly grabbed silver, but when you`ve won it before it`s less of a concern & no way was anybody beating Martin today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Apparently Martin posted a time that would have placed him sixth in the TTT! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_S_A_R Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Wonder if Cancellara held a bit in reserve for the road race? He very nearly grabbed silver, but when you`ve won it before it`s less of a concern & no way was anybody beating Martin today. if he has been aiming for the road race since the spring he will probably be a bit leaner than usual considering the course. the ten circuits at the end will be brutal, it'll be interesting to see how early the serious attacks come. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddie06smfc Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Wonder if Cancellara held a bit in reserve for the road race? He very nearly grabbed silver, but when you`ve won it before it`s less of a concern & no way was anybody beating Martin today.Saw on cycling news earlier that Cancellara was saying his radio was disrupted throughout the TT, had he been able to get an update he could have had second. Guess we'll never know.Some ride by Wiggins to make up the time in the latter part of the course having been 20-odd seconds behind Cancellara at one point. Another sublime performance by Tony Martin never in doubt really, didn't really suite Cancellara today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddie06smfc Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Wonder if Cancellara held a bit in reserve for the road race? He very nearly grabbed silver, but when you`ve won it before it`s less of a concern & no way was anybody beating Martin today.Saw on cycling news earlier that Cancellara was saying his radio was disrupted throughout the TT, had he been able to get an update he could have had second. Guess we'll never know.Some ride by Wiggins to make up the time in the latter part of the course having been 20-odd seconds behind Cancellara at one point. Another sublime performance by Tony Martin never in doubt really, didn't really suite Cancellara today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Wiggins hit the nail on the head in his post race interview. He rode an absolutely perfectly paced race, but when Tony Martin is on form like that no one on earth can get near him. It will be interesting to see how Froome rides this, because he'll have to shell Purito, Valverde, Cancellara etc. who will hammer him in a sprint. Should be an interesting race, would be quite something to see GB control a whole race again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_S_A_R Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 It will be interesting to see how Froome rides this, because he'll have to shell Purito, Valverde, Cancellara etc. who will hammer him in a sprint. Should be an interesting race, would be quite something to see GB control a whole race again. if they try that it'll be as loltastic as the olympic road race. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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