Wesley Stevenson

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More or Less · Has clamping down on drugs made the Tour de France slower? (WS) · 21 Jul 2012 podcast

So you're getting watts per kilogram of rider, right? voice-verified

Watts per kilogram, that's right. voice-verified

So using this figure, Dr. Tucker says you could see a marked difference between today and the bad old days when there were no tests for blood doping or drugs such as EPO. voice-verified

Yes, he's reluctant to put a marker in the sand, but he thinks it's around 6.4 to 6.5 watts per kilo, with a lot of caveats to do with conditions and technology, times of rides, etc. voice-verified

But not everyone agrees, though. voice-verified

Dr. Aureole Forrester is a sports scientist who works for SRM. voice-verified

Now, they're the company that supply the data tracking equipment to most of the teams in the Tour de France. voice-verified

And she thinks that variability of a cyclist's performance is more important. voice-verified

Now, she's taken some data from Vincenzo Nibali, who's one of the top riders this year. voice-verified

Now, as we said, there isn't much data around. voice-verified

but he did release his file for one of the stages, from Albeville to La Tussier. voice-verified

It includes three stiff climbs, and Dr Forrester says that if you compare each climb, the data shows that his riding isn't out of the ordinary. voice-verified

Because that's what we saw in the past, wasn't it? voice-verified

We saw maybe two normal climbs, as you might say, but then the last one was extraordinary. voice-verified

Yeah, that's right. voice-verified

I mean, maybe, but because the doped-up riders of the past had a bit more in the tank at the end of the day, and they recovered more quickly, which is why they used to get those dramatic final attacks in the closing stages. voice-verified

With less drug-taking in the sport, there may be less of that kind of last-minute drama. voice-verified

More or Less · Has clamping down on drugs made the Tour de France slower? · 20 Jul 2012 podcast

If the Tour is being cleaned up, can that be proved statistically by showing that riders are on average slower than before?

Yeah, thanks, Tim. voice-verified

But hey, aren't the Brits doing well? voice-verified

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