Christophe Laporte

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• awp29-07-2026
  So I can give a few examples. In 2004, Lance's best year when he was winning Tours, he won Plateau de Beille, a mountain he also won in 2002. He finished with Ivan Basso and they put a touch over a minute into the third guy on the road. Tadej reset the record books on that climb in 2024, in fact he, Jonas and Remco own the top three times on that climb, almost six minutes faster than Armstrong's best recorded performance compared Tadej's. Lance's best Vo2max that was ever recorded was when he was 22 and it was 81.2 ml/kg/min, which is a great number but not a Tour dominating number. Throughout his Tour winning years he was estimated as to have a 83-85 ml/kg/min. Tadej has been estimated to be round 91–96 ml/kg/min range from sports physiologists and researchers with Jonas being right around this number. Remco has been estimated in the low 90's. If Lance in his prime were to race the 2026 Tour, his physiology, even on recovery drugs, would put him about thirty minutes to just over an hour behind Tadej, this would be 10th to 15th best in the Tour. This is an estimation of course and Vo2 max is just one consideration, but it's a major consideration and the core building block to realizing an athletes potential.
• OCexile29-07-2026
  (funny)
• NellyDeee29-07-2026
  Onley has been pulled out sadly.
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  DareDevil29-07-2026
  I do not think it is mentioned that articles go behind a paywall. On the contrary. I think Ruben mentions that they want to offer all articles always for free. The question is whether you want to browse ad-free for 4 euros a month. Like this article, I do not see ads in there :-)
• textrips29-07-2026
  Ask the staff on GAN, they beg to differ.
• PogiSloFans29-07-2026
  What nationality? I'm from Slovenia and damn proud of it.
• PogiSloFans29-07-2026
  ???? Who's Mouse?
• Cyclingsbestfan29-07-2026
  It's free tht's why I'm here.
• PogiSloFans29-07-2026
  Last year Visma kept attacking Pogi...no good... they themselves ran out of fuel. Even in week three, when Pogi had an injured knee, they couldn't break him. This year they tried attacking late...no good...Pogi demolished them. It's hard to find a new stragedy when an extraordinary rider- The GOAT... is not one, but two steps higher then everyone else. Pogi can only lose if he crashes and hurts himself... becomes ill... or becomes old in the process, when his youth and passion for racing fades away.
• MajorPayne29-07-2026
  Quite the contrary!