Full gas, maximum warp speed, from 288 km to go. Winning by 5 minutesMilan - San Remo is on then?! 200 km out and ... whoosh!
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Full gas, maximum warp speed, from 288 km to go. Winning by 5 minutesMilan - San Remo is on then?! 200 km out and ... whoosh!
Full gas, maximum warp speed, from 288 km to go. Winning by 5 minutes
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I wish that the statistical probability of your pemonition was 0%, but it isn't.Full gas, maximum warp speed, from 288 km to go. Winning by 5 minutes
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I don't know what's going on but I can tell you one thing:
1) Pogacar is the best cyclist I've seen
2) Vingegaard is the best stage racer I've seen
3) MVP is on his way to becoming the best one-day racer I've seen
Three monsters.
I might have an unromantic view here but IMO it's all about peaking via illicit methods for the right moment, then coming down from the 'high' before peaking again. Some riders have extremely high ceilings & the ability to repeat peak at regular intervals. Others, not so much.
For example I've seen both Van der Poel & Pog ride what appeared to me like paniagua on numerous occasions. This is usually followed by one insane performance either a few days or a week later which makes everyone forget the previous result.
It's why drawing conclusions from any race or performance is becoming increasingly difficult in this pro-peloton. Once we're talking about the upper stratosphere of top, top performers, then on their day I believe any single one of them when prepared properly can demolish the other if he's slightly off his peak (either coming up or down from the peak, to be precise).
I mean don't you think it's sort of funky how every team is hunting for the next 20 year old 'superstar' who they absolutely believe will win the TdF? Because taken at face value we should conclude a 27 year old Vingegaard is unbeatable & everyone else should pack their bags & go home. It's almost like... every team knows what it really takes to win & every team wants to hit that narrow performance margin with the right performer at the exact right time.
Don’t forget them lugworms!These guys are not f**king around. Mutant sh!t happening, and none of them appear to be losing one drop of sweat about being caught. Either we are witnessing the evolution of mankind at an exponential pace, or they're doing something that cannot be detected now...and all I can think is gene doping, or alien propulsion technology.
no need to go back to the Gewiss years. the best Froome would struggle to hold their wheels for a few hundred metersThe Gewiss guys would struggle to make the time cut in this new clean era of cycling.
They just wheelsucked the 591 motors riding 2cm in front of them.While there can no longer be any doubt that the best today are the fastest this century (though I'd like to see someone break the Ventoux record and Armstrong's times on Alpe d'Huez), the jelly-blooded mutants still hold the all-time crown for now.
They didn't master that skill to the degree Pogi does.They just wheelsucked the 591 motors riding 2cm in front of them.
The J and T show have this far demonstrated that they are from another dimension compared to the others.
Odds are yes?So will the arms race between Teddy and Skeletor reach new heights this year?
Odds are yes?
You don't fancy Cian?I feel that Giro will be decided in the first week (or even first weekend ).
"The report is likely to be scrutinized and rejected by independent investigators..."Hmm, wonder if they included pro cycling in their investigation:
“Pentagon report finds no evidence of alien visits, hidden spacecraft”
"The report is likely to be scrutinized and rejected by independent investigators..."
I never said my statement wasn't associated with doping. Just saying what I see. As for youngsters, they are clearly way closer to a "finished product" at the age of 20-22 than before. It was discussed here a few times and it must be associated with better training in teenage years plus earlier use of "juices".