CONGRESS PASSES BILL TO AWARD GREG LEMOND CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL

JohnMalcolmson said:

Corticosteroids for brekky? Dirty Valverde's gran tour look is straight out of Corpse Bride too. Yields a 10-20% performance increase w/kg.

mugwump said:

That Cycling Weekly article @Mark Taylor posted led me to an article about Gianni Moscon, who is even more unlikeable than Valverde, if a little less suspect.

Here's a striking quote from the story:

"Moscon said he weighed himself after the Tour and he had put on almost 10 kilograms, jumping from 70kg to almost 80."

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/gianni-moscon-puts-poor-form-overtraining-439348

If he's referring to stepping on a scale the day after the Tour, which it isn't at all clear, it means he rode 3600+km in three weeks, and managed to put on 10kg.  that's an extra .5kg per day of racing, or an extra 3850 calories on top of what his body needed.

something isn't right with the quote.  

RobertMullen  I don't understand how Moscon still has a job.

For more than one reason

eloy said:

I can't image 10 kilos // 22lbs , but it is not unusual for riders to gain weight during a grand tour. Specially support riders, who can afford to pay less attention to their weight. I imagine some contenders probably weight themselves pre/post stage...

Basically, the 3 week ride is so hard that some riders have to eat crazy amounts just to get by and recover, so they end the tour with more. 

British e-racing champion stripped of title due to “manipulation of pre-race data”

British Cycling has stripped Cameron Jeffers of his national e-racing title after upholding a sanction “related to manipulation of pre-race data to gain an unfair advantage via in-game equipment.”

The exact details of Jeffers’s methods were not announced. He initially claimed the e-racing national title in March of this year.

“Defending fair play in our competitions is at the core of our responsibilities as a governing body,” said British Cycling integrity and compliance director Rod Findlay in a statement. “The fact that we have been able to investigate the offense and uphold the charge reflects the strength of our new disciplinary regulations and our determination to pursue misconduct.”

Jeffers has accepted a six-month suspension from competition and a fine of £250. James Phillips, initially the runner-up, has been declared the new national champ.

https://cyclingtips.com/2019/10/roompot-charles-to-fold-british-e-racing-champ-sanctioned-daily-news-digest/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk4tGTZ6TfY

-- Basically, before the races, probably before he even knew that he could race the echamps, he used an ANT+ simulator to get a tron bike.

I'm a big youtube user, but never enjoyed Cam Jeffer's videos. I find this whole thing so stupid, and so bad. 

It is interesting to follow, as I think everyone involved has so severely miss estimated how much work needs to be done for eracing to be fun, fair, and clean.

Matt Budofsky said:

From what I've read about the whole Cam Jeffers doping saga is that he didnt just use an Ant+ simulator to do rides he would have been completing anyway. Apparently in the the simulations he also artificially lowered his weight, had the rides at 2000+ watts for hours, made sure to have the rides originate from differing geographic locations and then made sure they didn't show up in his history (which is why none of this showed up at first). 

It'll be interesting to see how e-sports grow and start addressing these types of issues going forward.