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RE: Tour de France - Master Yoda - 30-06-2012 12:24
The Prologue for this years Tour is today. Looking forward to 3 weeks of the greatest test of endurance and the longest cycle race on earth!!!
RE: Tour de France - Boomerangutangangbang - 30-06-2012 12:55
Catch the Prologue is on Eurosport UK (13.15-17.00) 6.4km through Liege.
RE: Tour de France - mellover - 30-06-2012 15:00
Remeber watching this when Indurain won every year, until Jan Ulrich beat him. Pantani (dead now) king of the mountains. Use to be brilliant in them days. But I lost all interst with the drugs problems, the whole of the festina team banned at one point.
At least Phil Liggots still knocking about somewhere
Might give it a go.
RE: Tour de France - HannahsPet - 30-06-2012 15:36
Great Start by Wiggo 2nd
RE: Tour de France - bigguy01 - 01-07-2012 20:08
(30-06-2012 15:00 )mellover Wrote: Remeber watching this when Indurain won every year, until Jan Ulrich beat him. Pantani (dead now) king of the mountains. Use to be brilliant in them days. But I lost all interst with the drugs problems, the whole of the festina team banned at one point.
At least Phil Liggots still knocking about somewhere
Might give it a go.
indurian was a freak of nature, Indurain had a physiology superior to fellow athletes. His blood took seven litres of oxygen around his body per minute,compared to 3–4 litres for an ordinary person and 5–6 litres for fellow riders. His cardiac output is 50 litres a minute; a fit amateur cyclist's is about 25 litres. Indurain's lung capacity was 7.8 litres, compared to an average of 6 litres. His resting pulse was as low as 28 BPM, compared to an average 60–72 bpm, which meant his heart would be less strained in the tough mountain stages. His VO2 max was 88 ml/kg/min; in comparison, Lance Armstrong's was 83.8 ml/kg/min and Greg LeMond's was more than 92 ml/kg/min.
indurian would make up any time lost in the mountains or time trails in the time trails or the mountains. i would consider indurian to be the best ever, i know armstrong won it 7times in a row but the quality of the field lessened during armstrong's reign now there is a lot of quality cyclists in this years field.
RE: Tour de France - Tumble_Drier - 01-07-2012 20:18
There are too many question marks over Armstrong to call him the best ever. All IMHO etc.
And i really need to get back out on the bike
RE: Tour de France - mellover - 01-07-2012 23:34
(01-07-2012 20:08 )bigguy01 Wrote: Indurain had a physiology superior to fellow athletes. His blood took seven litres of oxygen around his body per minute,compared to 3–4 litres for an ordinary person and 5–6 litres for fellow riders. His cardiac output is 50 litres a minute; a fit amateur cyclist's is about 25 litres. Indurain's lung capacity was 7.8 litres, compared to an average of 6 litres. His resting pulse was as low as 28 BPM, compared to an average 60–72 bpm, which meant his heart would be less strained in the tough mountain stages. His VO2 max was 88 ml/kg/min; in comparison, Lance Armstrong's was 83.8 ml/kg/min and Greg LeMond's was more than 92 ml/kg/min.
I read that on wiki too.
RE: Tour de France - flumpertron - 01-07-2012 23:49
The problem with Armstrong was he did'nt have a good nickname. Miguel Indurain had the brilliantly stupid nickname of "Big Mig" so was more likeable. Cavendish and Wiggins have crap nicknames "Cav" and "Wiggo" but Johnny Hoogerland has the great nickname "Hotpants" so i like to follow him.
RE: Tour de France - mellover - 02-07-2012 02:51
(01-07-2012 23:49 )flumpertron Wrote: The problem with Armstrong was he did'nt have a good nickname.
Marco Pantani = The Pirate.
RE: Tour de France - Tumble_Drier - 02-07-2012 16:22
(01-07-2012 23:49 )flumpertron Wrote: The problem with Armstrong was he did'nt have a good nickname.
Lance "The Boil" Armstrong.
Has a nice ring to it
