Re: [CR]Flex and riders then and now.

(Example: Events:Cirque du Cyclisme:2007)

Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 20:27:09 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Flex and riders then and now.
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Brandon Ives wrote:
>
> That's exactly it. He (Eddy) stomped the field into little bitty pieces
> because he changed what it meant to train. If any of the other top
> riders had used the same training methods Eddy did he wouldn't have
> the record he does.(cut)

Sorry, but that's not what was going on. Eddy's training was no secret and not new at the time either. The first scientific training was done by Fausto Coppi in the 1940s; documented fact.

Chuck Schmidt
SoPas, SoCal