Recent content by AlpRaid

yup. turns out he was incredibly lucky last year, managing to "get ready" enough to perform in the TDF. however, he now has a history of rushing back after what have been some major setbacks. I am sure he is also partly to blame because he is very ambitious (and probably also because his first...

@Logic-is-your-friend Unfortunately, it looks like I was right after all a few days ago. Really sad even though it frees up a lot of time for me to do other things now... he needs a new team (and coach) just to break from a routine that has either not worked because it has weaknesses or has not...

remco DNF tomorrow.

remco shaking his head. hmmm.

pog in first

remco tops at first.

good to see riders who were off the mark yesterday able to do fairly well today.

18" waist at most.

pog was unable to drop anyone in the peloton on the climb when he tried. completely different pog than what we have now seen in 2024-25. utterly different level.

lol, u are somewhat fixated on one track argument. nowhere was I even comparing his 2022 season to others. I was only pointing out that HIS best season was 2022. I never said he would beat the aliens in the TDF that year. also pog in 2022 -- tho already the best all around cyclist -- was not...

indeed. if you look at PCS, his best year was 2022 at age 22, despite that for most of the spring he was still returning from Lombardy crash after having his first injury-free winter. same year he won velo d'or. he desperately needs a couple of healthy years.

huh what? pog had been riding/competing for longer when he suddenly had a huge jump at age 25 between 2023 and 2024. astronomical jump (and, before you get all bent out of shape, I am well aware that he was already the most accomplished rider in the peloton, but -- frankly -- that makes it...

clip-ons à la Greg LeMond in 1989 MTT!!!

hmm, u rarely recover from "heavy legs" in the mountains of the TDF. would love to be proven wrong as soon as tomorrow tho.

hmm. based on today I would suggest that Lipo is the favorite and Onley likely to overhaul remco as well. lots of mountains ahead so unless remco gets better climbing legs he likely kisses goodbye to podium and white.