Vuelta Soap Opera

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With some of the headlines popping up these days I feel like I’m watching a soap opera while viewing the vuelta.

(They include a very flattering picture too…)

But seriously, I can’t remember the last time someone has eat away so slowly at a race leaders margin. It’s almost painful.

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HANG ON NIBBLES HANG ON

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Yeah, soap opera is right. We could name it “It’s not about the bike pt 2 - What I Learned from Lance”

Horner, 41 years old and without a team for next year, putting on strong ride after strong ride. Dropping JRod, Valverde… It’s not at all suspicious and makes for perfect daytime television.

Dance like Lance, Horner. It’s fun to watch.

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umad that he just eats hamburgers and fries keith?

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haterz gonna hate

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So much drama:
http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/09/news/horner-pushes-the-power-numbers-at-the-vuelta_302720

I don’t think I’ve ever heard a rider talk to the press about his wattages more thank nibali.

HORNER FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

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I’m definitely in the haterz camp. How does he do that?

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The secret must lie in his abnormally wide handlebars…

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the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics: I’m sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. I’m sorry you don’t believe in miracles.

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I was going to post that video lol

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I’m not stating anything but this all seems so convenient.

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I don’t know if Horner is doping or not, but this missed would be a stupid way to try and evade getting caught

  1. I know at the Tour, the overall leader and stage winner are tested daily (along with other, random samples) I’m assuming the Vuelta does something similar? Either way, they should already have a bunch of samples from Horner, taken closer to the mountain stages.
  2. If you’d been doping this whole time, you know you were going to get tested, and likely have ways of beating the test. There was plenty of time to do whatever it is they do to test clean, no way you need to resort to switching hotels.
  3. It’s sad that Horner and Froome’s presumed guilt has as much or even more media coverage than athletes who are convicted of it, e.g. Jamaican sprinters, baseball, etc.
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Agreed. It’s just so convenient that this pops up at this moment for the media to start panicking, specially right now in Spain.

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It’s hard to know what to believe, but I’m going to assume Horner’s win was legitimate because it was terrific. Supporting Horner are the following opinions of mine: uci is incompetent, usada is incompetent, cyclingnews reporters are incompetent, cyclingnews comment section is incompetent

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Comment sections always give best true facts