Schumacher tested
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Have you a link at all?
Hm, i wonder if they studied the Ricco data and tried to work out when people were most likely to test positive, ie when before races they were likely to try and take stuff. He may be innocent but i think that Schumacher's performance was surprising. His back to back attacks in the Alps were Pantani or Sella-like in some ways
Hm, i wonder if they studied the Ricco data and tried to work out when people were most likely to test positive, ie when before races they were likely to try and take stuff. He may be innocent but i think that Schumacher's performance was surprising. His back to back attacks in the Alps were Pantani or Sella-like in some ways
Yes, i suppose i am being a little unfair to him by comparing him to the two i did although his style of attack was a bit differentjonjungel said:One major difference was that he didn't make it first to the finish.
I'm not saying he's clean, but his performance was a lot more believable IMO.
There was also the attack on the second day after the Alps followed by the time trial victory the next day. To be fair to him though he did seem to give up on the Croix de fer on the second Alpine stage and reached the top of Alpe d'huez 18.52 down on the leaders. His attack on the flat stage didnt last all day - about 50km and maybe he didnt try that hard knowing he had a good chance in the time trial
Does seem remarkably energetic for the last week of a grand tour though
No, i thought his first TT win could have been the result of someone who had previously won a time trial realising there was a chance of a yellow jersey if he could win this one and training specifically for it.Wayne666 said:
In Schumacher's defence the Prato Nevoso stage saw him ease his way to the finish with a 20 minute deficit - on Ricco's stage he didnt finish in the big yellow jersey group.
