Jul 27, 2010 · A couple of years before Miguel Indurain won the tour de france he had been sick. When he recovered he trained smarter than anyone else in the history of the sport - noone else up until then had any idea. He recruited a team that would ride for him until they dropped (dead if necessary). They were paid 50 million dollars each for their efforts.

Sep 24, 2012 · In May 1994, Indurain tested positive for salbutamol following the Tour de L'Oise in France. Though the β2-adrenergic agonist, found in nasal inhalers, was on the banned substance list of both the IOC and UCI, both organization's permitted sportsmen with asthma to …

Apr 1, 2013 · I find the action against Armstrong extreme in comparison with the other superstars of cycling. There were strong suspicions of all three of them - Phenomenal timetrialists and very good climbers. Existing in the EPO, blood doping era. Associated with dodgy doctors. Armstrong was brought down...

Aug 5, 2011 · 2. Contador is 28 years old, Indurain and Armstrong won their first Tour at age 27 3. Contador won all 3 GTs, a feat never achieved by either Indurain or Armstrong 4. Indurain never won his Giros with great time differences 5. Indurain didn't win a …

Jan 8, 2012 · The average young untrained male will have a VO2 max of approximately 3.5 litres/minute and 45 ml/kg/min. Five time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain is reported to have had a VO2 max of 88.0 at his peak, while cross-country skier Bjørn Dæhlie measured at 96 ml/kg/min. Dæhlie's result was achieved out of season, and physiologist Erlend Hem who was responsible for the testing stated that ...

Aug 8, 2021 · Indurain could keep up and usually even drop the best climbers up to the 1996 Dauphine. He was defeated at the 1996 TdF and withdrew from the Vuelta, after which he retired. The 1995 TdF was the one he dominated the most in the mountains.

Jun 11, 2020 · One point of note. At the onset of the EPO era, Greg Lemond was no longer the force, that he had been. Whereas, Miguel Induráin began to thrive, winning the Tour five years consecutively, and the Giro-Tour double twice. These two athletes had similar athletic physiologies, amongst the most outstanding, in the history of the sport.

Jun 6, 2020 · Miguel Indurain was at least 15 or so pounds heavier than Bjarne Riis. And given the fact that they are approximately the same height, Indurain would have to have put up way more watts just to keep up with him, let alone overtake him and win the '95 Tour , …

Feb 24, 2016 · (b) throwing mud at Miguel Indurain (or any other prorider) for doping. That's all fine with me. My only point is and has been that (a) and (b) don't go very well together. Somebody practicing (a) will, in my view, have little credibility practicing (b) at the same time. You can continue to ignore this point, I don't mind. But stop twisting it.

Aug 18, 2024 · The race that brought us Joop Zoetemelk, Greg Lemond, Miguel Indurain, Laurent Fignon, Nairo Quintana, Egan Bernal, Tadel Pogacar and many more: Seems a shame not to have a thread for it Only one French club team (I seem to remember rather more, and presumably fewer national teams because...