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    Cookster15 reacted to Krzysztof_O's post in the thread Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti with Like Like.
    Look at the numbers of Tour 2020 or even Vuelta 2019. Weak competition? Come on. The performance stuff was very good then in other teams...
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    Cookster15 replied to the thread Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread.
    Those narrow bars Pogacar uses with little room for hands to rest looks super uncomfortable -example linked below...
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    Cookster15 reacted to Miss Violet Smith's post in the thread Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread with Like Like.
    Tadej route recs! It is the off season after all. View: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP2XwdEjBxm/?igsh=MXd5eHRucGtuZjhsZA== View...
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    Cookster15 reacted to search's post in the thread Oier Lazkano with Like Like.
    Movistar has now sent out a statement, including a bit more information. For example, that samples from 2025 were not taken into account...
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    Cookster15 reacted to pastronef's post in the thread Oier Lazkano with Like Like.
    I don't think, because of the slooooow process of passport analysis and comparison, the UCI-WADA checked the first 3 months of 2025 (he...
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    Cookster15 replied to the thread Oier Lazkano.
    Well I suppose 4 years to catch Lazkano beats the 8 years it took to nail the 2011 Vuelta winner. Progress? Frankly I think it needs...
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    Cookster15 reacted to Samamba's post in the thread Oier Lazkano with Like Like.
    See this is exactly why the cycling world should demand more transparency about this case. What are these abonormalities? Compared to...
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    Cookster15 reacted to red_flanders's post in the thread Oier Lazkano with Like Like.
    This is the crux of it for me. I gave up caring after the Froome Salbutamol positive was dismissed. I get it. Why tear down your own...
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    Cookster15 replied to the thread Oier Lazkano.
    Its a complicated and highly technical subject. On the quoted part I think perhaps money is an issue. Lawyers have set the bar too high...
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    Cookster15 reacted to dr.eve's post in the thread Oier Lazkano with Like Like.
    Agreed a lot of questions... I find it odd that they find abnormalities in his blood passports dating back to 2022. We are almost in...
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    Cookster15 reacted to red_flanders's post in the thread Oier Lazkano with Like Like.
    I don’t know enough about the markers to comment in detail. I wonder if the difficulty making these cases stick legally means that it...
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    Cookster15 reacted to Tim Cahill's post in the thread Oier Lazkano with Like Like.
    That's a big part of it from what I can gather yes, it's telling how many in athletics are currently being sanctioned for EPO/Blood...
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    Cookster15 replied to the thread Oier Lazkano.
    This still puzzles me. I don't think altitude camps (or EPO microdosing) can fool all of the 14 markers tracked in the Haematological...
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    Cookster15 reacted to Shakes's post in the thread Oier Lazkano with Like Like.
    https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/red-bull-bora-hansgrohe-rider-provisionally-suspended-over-unexplained-abnormalities-in-biological-p...
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    Cookster15 reacted to yaco's post in the thread Ben O'Connor: Baby face becomes conqueror with Like Like.
    What you say is true, however, he was awful in 2025 with the way Jayco prepared him for the year. Different build up and he will do...
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