Erik Long

I don't know about that, Mike. Thanks to the popularization of wattage
meters, we now know that the average euro-pro puts out 15% higher wattage
than the average North Amercan Pro.

I've known quite a few American professionals who have bounced between here
and there. One recounted to me an occasion when he had super form, won a
couple NRC events, then went over to europe and was dropped every day, even
with race-winning fitness. The 10% gain that the dope can give you is a
huge difference. 10% is the time cut in some of these races. If it was a
minor difference, there wouldn't be so many athletes on the 'Puerto list.

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Mike Murray"
Reply-To: mike.murray@obra.org
To:
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Vino's reality:
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:40:51 -0700

Erik Long wrote:
"If he'd been "racing clean" all these years, riding in the environment of
the doped-up super-peloton, he'd have been a mediocre domestique, at best."

This statement considerably over estimates the benefits provided by doping
practices. Doped or not doped a good rider will be a good rider and a
mediocre rider will be a mediocre rider. The doped rider MAY be a bit
faster than he would have been not doped but the difference is not the same
as the difference between good and mediocre.

Mike Murray

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