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  • September 2, 2013 at 8:08 pm #19762
    Shanefutcher

    How is chris horner doing so well in the vuelta.the guy is a fantastic domestique and has long successful career but never been a GC contender in the grand tours.

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  • September 4, 2013 at 5:53 pm #754807
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    Super Domestique

    Meaulnes wrote:Did Horner do

    Meaulnes wrote:
    Did Horner do a rest-day press conference? I haven’t read anything, if one did take place.

    There probably was no need, he isn’t wearing a Sky jersey.

    September 4, 2013 at 2:26 pm #754805
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    SideBurn

    His performance could be
    His performance could be explained by saying he is not now racing against dopers?
    Just because he is American and linked to Bruyneel doesn’t make him a doper.
    Like Lance said we have to just, ‘have faith’

    September 4, 2013 at 1:37 pm #754803
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    Meaulnes

    Did Horner do a rest-day
    Did Horner do a rest-day press conference? I haven’t read anything, if one did take place.

    September 4, 2013 at 11:54 am #754801
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    Mostyn

    sm wrote:Horlicks isn’t on

    sm wrote:
    Horlicks isn’t on the banned substance list… yet.

    Just sent the wife out to buy a big jar of Horlicks. Well, if it make Chris Honer a GC contender at 42, years of age? It’s bound to do something for me at 65, years of age?

    Or is it just a load of Ball-ox?? Someone somewhere has discovered an undetectable ELIXIR??

    September 2, 2013 at 10:02 pm #754799
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    Ghedebrav

    sm wrote:Horlicks isn’t on

    sm wrote:
    Horlicks isn’t on the banned substance list… yet.

    :))

    Clearly he’s being spurred on by his memories of the Spanish-American war.

    September 2, 2013 at 10:00 pm #754797
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    Colin Peyresourde

    Dave Atkinson wrote:my veiled

    Dave Atkinson wrote:
    my veiled point being that if lance was doping and chris was doping, doping lance would be your team leader over doping chris

    Yup – you pulled the blackout curtains down on that one (from my perspective at least anyway….)

    September 2, 2013 at 9:44 pm #754795
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    dave atkinson

    my veiled point being that if
    my veiled point being that if lance was doping and chris was doping, doping lance would be your team leader over doping chris

    September 2, 2013 at 9:43 pm #754793
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    dave atkinson

    you might have missed my
    you might have missed my follow up there

    September 2, 2013 at 9:42 pm #754791
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    Colin Peyresourde

    Dave Atkinson

    Dave Atkinson wrote:
    Shanefutcher wrote:
    If he’s in this good shape why wasnt he team leader before?with all the data analysis etc surely the DS from the team would identify horner to be the best cyclist to lead

    depends to an extent who else is on your team:

    2006: cadel evans
    2007: cadel evans
    2008: alberto contador
    2009: alberto contador *and* lance armstrong
    2010: lance armstrong
    2011: won the tour of california as team leader
    2012: andy schleck

    so he’s had some fairly talented company along the way.

    That’s a strange definition for talent you have there….how many dopers? There’s even a hint/whiff of those that weren’t.

    September 2, 2013 at 9:39 pm #754789
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    dave atkinson

    obviously how much of certain
    obviously how much of certain of those names’ palmares is down to pure talent is a matter of some debate 😕

    September 2, 2013 at 9:35 pm #754787
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    dave atkinson

    Shanefutcher wrote:If he’s in

    Shanefutcher wrote:
    If he’s in this good shape why wasnt he team leader before?with all the data analysis etc surely the DS from the team would identify horner to be the best cyclist to lead

    depends to an extent who else is on your team:

    2006: cadel evans
    2007: cadel evans
    2008: alberto contador
    2009: alberto contador *and* lance armstrong
    2010: lance armstrong
    2011: won the tour of california as team leader
    2012: andy schleck

    so he’s had some fairly talented company along the way.

    September 2, 2013 at 9:24 pm #754785
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    tomisitt

    Hmmm…pretty much the only
    Hmmm…pretty much the only American of “that” generation that hasn’t fessed up to doping, friend of (and apologist for) Armstrong, 41 years old, putting out 6.3kW/kg on a climb that destroyed a peloton half his age, climbing out of the saddle for 7km with little sign of physical effort, dropping GC contenders such as Nibali, Valverde, Rodriguez, Basso, etc, like they were 41 year old has-beens.

    Yep, it’s definitely because he’s finally been allowed off the leash. By a team that, until recently, was run by Johann Bruyneel.

    I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

    September 2, 2013 at 9:23 pm #754783
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    TheHatter

    Jonathan Vaughters (twitter):
    Jonathan Vaughters (twitter): Are you guys discussing the same Chris Horner that chased down Hincapie in final tdf for talking?

    September 2, 2013 at 9:20 pm #754781
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    Some Fella

    Because he is doping.
    (sue
    Because he is doping.

    (sue me)

    September 2, 2013 at 9:13 pm #754779
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    fbhidy

    Maybe he was the best clean
    Maybe he was the best clean DS you could expect on a team of major dopers. Tough to compete against the likes of those he rode for, clean or otherwise.

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