Date Posted:18:14:49 05/22/07 Tue Author: Roadent Subject: Re: Exhaustion - Giro stage 10 In reply to:
ludwig
's message, "Re: Exhaustion - Giro stage 10" on 18:01:08 05/22/07 Tue
>>A thought:
>>I somehow felt that the rider's exhaustion at the end
>>of stage 10 to Nostra Signora della Guardia was a lot
>>more apparent at the finish line than in the GTs of
>>past years.
>>
>>Is there a slight chance that this can be interpreted
>>as an indication that there is less blood doping going
>>on, on the whole?
>
>Maybe.
>
>Hope can be deceiving though.
Lot to do with the actual finish line being right on a 14% pitch - I don't think I've ever seen riders grab for a fence or have to be pushed away the second they cross the line.
