The data here shows the time gaps in the 2007 Tour de France prologue time trial. The first bar is 0, that's the winner (Fabian Cancellara), so the time gap to himself is 0 on the chart. The 2nd place rider is Andreas Kloden, he was 13 seconds back so his bar on the chart is at 13. The 3rd, 4th, etc. places are all quite close each other, only off by a few seconds at most. It's only 1st and 2nd places that are so much faster than everyone else. I built this chart using the Prologue Time Trial time data from cyclingnews.com. This chart clearly shows that Fabian Cancellara is doping. Why? Because he's way, way ahead of everyone else. Sure, this isn't "proof", but proof is unnecessary - if you're much faster than everyone, it follows that you're on drugs. Many people use this as their only justification that Lance Armstrong was doping, so after we've established that shaky logic, it follows that every rider who performs substantially better than the rest of the field is in fact cheating. This spreadsheet illustrates the point beautifully, and from it we can conclude with absolute certainty that both Cancellara and Andreas Kloden are both cheating. |
