Froome鈥檚 Sky unveils data to nix dope fears
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Team Sky released some of Chris Froome鈥檚 power data yesterday as it seeks to put to bed doping suspicions ahead of four gruelling Tour de France stages in the Alps.
Froome鈥檚 humiliation of his rivals in the first mountain stage a week ago raised questions and a French doctor of physiology suggested on French TV that the Briton鈥檚 estimated power output could only been associated with riders who had relied on banned substances in the past.
Pierre Sallet鈥檚 estimation of 425 watts for 71 kilos (5.98 watts per kilo) does not meet the actual data released by Team Sky鈥檚 head of athlete performance.
At 5.78 watts per kilo, as per Sky鈥檚 data, Froome, who said on Monday he weighs 67-68 kilos, produced around 390 watts in the climb to La Pierre St Martin 鈥 much less than claimed by Sallet, who also deduced Froome鈥檚 maximal aerobic power was 7.04 watts per kilo.
鈥淲hat (TV channel) France 2 did, putting out that headline 鈥 seven watts per kilo 鈥 a picture of Lance Armstrong and a picture of (Jan) Ullrich 鈥 that was so wildly wrong on so many levels that we thought we should just correct that and give the concrete facts and give the evidence so hopefully people could judge for themselves,鈥 said Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford.
Froome, however, was not sure releasing the data would end the debate surrounding his performances. 鈥淚鈥檓 not sure if numbers are going to fix everything, but certainly I feel as a team and myself, we鈥檙e definitely trying to be as open and transparent as possible,鈥 he said yesterday.
On the climb up La Pierre St Martin, where his pedalling frequency made a huge impression, Froome beat Nairo Quintana of Colombia by almost one minute.
Overall, Froome leads Quintana by 3:10 with American Tejay van Garderen 22 seconds further behind. Two Spaniards, Alejandro Valverde and Alberto Contador are in fourth and fifth, more than four minutes off the pace.
But the stages in the Alps feature long ascents and tricky descents, which is to make for some exciting racing as the long climbs suit Quintana, Valverde and Contador.
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