Since the start of 2020, climbing times and race speeds have taken followers of professional cycling by surprise. Times set by riders previously convicted (or suspected) of doping on famous mountains in big races have been beaten by allegedly clean riders. This has set off a cascade of people - generally on twitter - suggesting this new generation of riders are doping by citing their watts/kg calculated from Velocità Ascensionale Media (VAM - the average ascent speed of a rider).
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🚨Calling cycling Twitter: VAM ≠watts/kg🚨
🚨Calling cycling Twitter: VAM ≠watts/kg🚨
Since the start of 2020, climbing times and race speeds have taken followers of professional cycling by surprise. Times set by riders previously convicted (or suspected) of doping on famous mountains in big races have been beaten by allegedly clean riders. This has set off a cascade of people - generally on twitter - suggesting this new generation of riders are doping by citing their watts/kg calculated from Velocità Ascensionale Media (VAM - the average ascent speed of a rider).