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BBahamontesPhantom reacted to Krzysztof_O's post in the thread Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread with
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Iron curtain times were from 1945 to 1990, more or less. In my country a lot of good cyclists couldn't compete with the west most of the... -
BBahamontesPhantom reacted to Berniece's post in the thread Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread with Like.
No, because the bikes were ***. He wouldn't stand a chance in cobbled classics with his weight
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BBahamontesPhantom reacted to Daywalker600's post in the thread Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread with Like.
For historical accuracy sake - Yugoslavia, as Slovenia was part of it in Merx time was never behind iron curtain, nor the eastern...
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BBahamontesPhantom replied to the thread Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread.Slovenia would have been part of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia had a team at the Tour de France before Coppis time.
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BBahamontesPhantom replied to the thread Best classic rider.I wanted to compare the ‘ flatter classic’ specialists with the all rounders.
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BBahamontesPhantom replied to the thread Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread.I’m not sure I agree, riders are faster overall for a multitude of reasons but the level of competition is debatable. As you said...
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BBahamontesPhantom replied to the thread Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread.Gimondi, Poulidor, Ocana, Zoetemelk were pretty good for farmers. All of them would be at least podiuming today. Pog rides against one...
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BBahamontesPhantom reacted to AlpRaid's post in the thread Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread with Like.
But it was Zoetemelk hitting into him that ended his Tour. Merckx didn’t MAKE him crash. Didnt take him out. Thats like saying “you made...
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BBahamontesPhantom reacted to AlpRaid's post in the thread Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread with Like.
He also smoked cigarettes occasionally. Different times. Give him a team with millions of $$, today’s nutrition and power-based...
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BBahamontesPhantom reacted to AlpRaid's post in the thread Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread with Like.
Not true. Merckx was just going fast down a rain-swept mountain. He did not, however, cause Ocana’s crash.
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BBahamontesPhantom reacted to AlpRaid's post in the thread Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread with Like.
Based on what exactly? Ocana was mercurial. On his best day he dropped the Pog of his day by 8 minutes. And people forget that when he...
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BBahamontesPhantom reacted to SHAD0W93's post in the thread Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread with Like.
It’s 3-2 for Pogacar vs Vingegaard, 4-2 if it’s Visma. So 40% of the time Vingegaard won but not half like you said. Then if we counted...
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BBahamontesPhantom replied to the thread Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread.My point is Europeans still win everything big in road cycling. It’s a European sport at the end of the day. Dutch, swiss, Luxembourg...
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BBahamontesPhantom reacted to Devil's Elbow's post in the thread Teams & Riders Filippo Ganna Discussion Thread with Like.
He won the U23 edition, actually. Ultimately, neither the junior nor the U23 editions are that predictive. The most recent junior...
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BSpecifically Roubaix, Flanders and San Remo. Let’s say Van der Poel, Boonen, Cancellara, Merckx, Pogacar, De Vlaeminck, Coppi and Van...
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