Mad article on Froome’s food intake on the BBC now, they’ve released a load of data.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/44694122
Read that now. My first thought was, fucking hell, it must be so boring racing for sky. Power numbers for everything, do this climb at that power, do that part at that power etc. What to eat, when, to the minute, calculates by the expected power output during each part of the race. Fucking hell, I'd rather be shite.
But anyway. The problem here is, this isn't evidence of him being clean. It shows he isn't superhuman, they are all reasonable figures for someone at his level. But it doesn't tell you how he got there. Can he do 400W at sub-threshold for an hour, because he's full of something? Or is that just how he is? Can he do these figures everyday, because he recovers quickly, or does he take anything to recover better? Also the food part - well that's the plan, but how do we know he doesn't hide boxes full of bisquits in his room? (He won't, he's a boring twat)
Also the power numbers. I could watch the stages back and work that out, but a lot obviously depends on the other riders around him - if he's drafting, he'll use less power, or if there's a tailwind. Or maybe he didn't need to go that hard because nobidy else did. What is in the data is that he never went as hard as they planned/fueled for, and I don't think he's hit his HR threshold much (I don't know what it is, his HR is pretty low anyway, but I'm older and a girl, and mine goes higher than that).
Anyway, its interesting, but its a smokescreen, it doesn't help the 'is he clean' debate.
