Froome doped? Sky shows that non – Sports.fr

Dave Brailsford had raised the possibility it a few days ago: the Team Sky took advantage of the second rest day of the Tour de France for communicating data at Chris Froome the famous climb to Pierre-Saint-Martin from 14 July.

Sky finally decided to play the card of transparency to the end. Having recently mounting cameras in their mysterious bus Pullman, where had to hide the hypoxia chambers, the team of Chris Froome has indeed communicated the personal data of the British rider in the final of the 10th stage, the famous ascent to Pierre-Saint-Martin. Blame notably report broadcast Sunday night in Stage 2 which explained that Chris Froome had developed a power per kilo than 7 watts, which would be physiologically impossible …

“I think that France 2 did, with a headline with the figure, 7.03 w / kg, it was really bad . We wanted to give the facts. This is what motivated my decision “, and has indiquéDave Brailsford, the sports director of Sky before leaving Tim Kerrison, head of performance, make his presentation.

60% of its maximum.

Tim Kerrison

And according to coach the SKy, it is not 7.03 watts / kg as the English rider developed, but 5.78 watts / kg: power on 41.30 minutes would rise in effect was 414 watts SINCE “with the oval pedal, power is overestimated by 6% ” dixit Kerrison in comments reported by The Team , it gives 5 78 W / kg for a Froome weighed 67.5 kg.

Moreover, its cadence was 97 rpm throughout the ascent and heart rate of 158 beats per minute, with up to 174 at the height of the effort. “It’s his record equaled in a Grand Tour. It is very high up for him,” commented Sky’s coach insisting that the yellow jersey arrived fees at the foot of the climb.

Kerrison finally gave some figures on his meteoric attack 6 kilometers from the finish. A long acceleration 24 seconds to “ 556 watts on average, with a peak 929 watts and a maximum power of 652 watts for 10 seconds.” Figures quite normal to believe the Sky coach. “ There is nothing unexpected in relation to what he has done for four years “, he assured. Moreover, it was that “60% of maximum to 10 seconds “. It promises.