Jalabert won M55-59 by 38 minutes, almost all gained on the bike.
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FTFY
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Itās the same in boxing
Holyfield
RJJ
Canelo
Whyte
Milllar
There all pretty much hated by the hardcore fans, AJās last fight his opponent popped dirty then the replacement (who he beat ) was pos after the fight
Itās a huge problem at the moment
Not cycling in the 90ās type problem but itās going that way now.
As Matt says loads of grief on there for vino and his kin, but comments like ā loads of age groupers dope tooā
But as a % I would say less than 1%?
Easily
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I doubt if Vino and Jalabert were doping for the IM WC, but their years on the juice in the pro peloton would certainly have helped.
A course like Nice with the big mountain climb and the long descent is made for a former pro cyclist
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Pretty sure Vino was sub 5 on the bike, and some proās were only 4:45?
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Didnāt Ali b beat him by a min? Or something insane for a 45 year age grouper on a Kona bike split?
Heās a horrible cheat, Iāll. never be as fast as him, not even close, the same as everyone else on here, but Iām 100% sure I have a harder right hook !
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Wouldnāt be totally surprised as heād probably get a lot of slingshot as well in a race as heās well down on the swim.
Still ran 3:15 but the endurance base would help and as above, he must have gone through most of the field as we were one of the last swim waves.
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Iāve done a couple of races with Vino, he comes out of the swim around the same time as meā¦ obviosly drafts me on the bike for a bit
He lives close to Nice, he IM course is his local playground, he has the KOM on the descent, Iāve seen a video of him, one foot unclipped, drifting the rear wheel on that descent (probably not the fastest, but very impressive to watch)
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Knowledge of the course and descent will gain a good few minutes, and youād need to be a decent descender anyway to be in the pro field at his level.
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Hmm, this time last year I was walking it home and trying not to be sick at the airport 
Itās obviously a couple of weeks later this year for some reason.
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Isnāt timing all about the moon phase in Kona?
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Thatās what I certainly was led to believe and can see it mentioned here (found from a quick google search). The full moon in October is on Thursday 17th but the race is on 26th October so perhaps thereās a different reason why itās over a week after the full moon. Iām sure it was discussed at slowtwitch when the date was first announced.
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I was talking about the ladies race in Nice being later this year than we did.
Donāt think the med is very tidal?
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