Performance analysis is never 100% definitive, but it guides understanding. Here’s why choosing blindness just because 20/20 isn’t on offer is a foolish response for cycling’s followers
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Healthy skepticism, dealing with doping and denial
Skepticism is an essential part of cycling’s quest to regain the trust of its followers. Here’s why
Tour 2013 rest day: Pondering the unanswerables with physiological implications
Chris Froome’s near-record ascent of Ax-3-Domaines asks some challenging physiological questions. Proof is impossible, but the implications warrant consideration.
Clean performances to surpass doped performances?
A brief look at the the effect of doping on performance, with a view to predicting when, if ever, a clean performance will surpass a doped one
Froome’s non-published TDF power output: Noise for ‘pseudoscientists’?
Team Sky have refused to publish their cyclist’s power outputs for fear of misinterpretation by “pseudoscientists”. Does he have a point, or is transparency better in all circumstances?