Originally Posted by Jughed

Point to consider:

The doping generation also raced less. Some of them only peaked for on race, like the tour.

Post doping, we had 10 years of doldrums- no records broken, meh racing.

Past 5 years we’ve all the sudden seen every record smashed. And not just by the top guys. The 2nd and third group are often beating climb records.

Bike advancements - sure.

But - pure power numbers and W/kg are at levels never seen.
-It’s not all about sugar. Because we see these levels in short TT’s.
-It happened seemingly overnight. They couldn’t, then they could.
—and here is the biggie
They come into the racing season at levels higher than the dopers peaked at- and maintain those numbers thru the entire season.

Pogi breaks records that were set in races/at peak form time, while he is in training camp.


The ability to be faster/stronger out of the gate and all year long is nuts.

And if they are flat for the most part all year, what could they actually do if they trained solely for a peak/one race?