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Andrew Albright
Guest
So I'm going through old cycling videos and ran across the 1997 Tour of Romandy. For my money for
confirmed cases of drugging, that has to be the most dominant performance ever. In particular there
was a stage 3 that was this slightly uphill finish. Dufaux started sprinting from 1k out and won by
10 seconds. http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/may98/romandie98.html He didn't even hide that
he was that much stronger than anyone else. It would have been the equivalent of someone coming
into the final sprint of MSR or P-R and winning by 50 bike lengths. 95% domination. 95% doping.
(190 points)
Of course one never knows in other cases whether or not someone was actually doping, so I suppose if
one were to say Pantani's Tour win, then there is good liklihood he was doping, like maybe 80%. So
if it was a 70% of maximum dominant performance, then that would be Doping Dominant Score of 150.
Armstrong tour wins. Most dominant performance, like an 85 domination factor and then a good 75%
doping factor only nets him a 160 total score.
So in summary, really one is going to be hard pressed to come up with something as good as 1997 Tour
of Romandy.
confirmed cases of drugging, that has to be the most dominant performance ever. In particular there
was a stage 3 that was this slightly uphill finish. Dufaux started sprinting from 1k out and won by
10 seconds. http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/may98/romandie98.html He didn't even hide that
he was that much stronger than anyone else. It would have been the equivalent of someone coming
into the final sprint of MSR or P-R and winning by 50 bike lengths. 95% domination. 95% doping.
(190 points)
Of course one never knows in other cases whether or not someone was actually doping, so I suppose if
one were to say Pantani's Tour win, then there is good liklihood he was doping, like maybe 80%. So
if it was a 70% of maximum dominant performance, then that would be Doping Dominant Score of 150.
Armstrong tour wins. Most dominant performance, like an 85 domination factor and then a good 75%
doping factor only nets him a 160 total score.
So in summary, really one is going to be hard pressed to come up with something as good as 1997 Tour
of Romandy.