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But what was really odd was that he was cooked at Amstel after a tough Roubaix then just 3 days later won Fleche more easily than any rider I can remember.

I know there's a lot of money on the line and Tadej signed his big new contract extension last year but winning because I secretly had an e-bike would absolutely rob me of any joy I got from competing. I can understand rationalizing doping because almost everybody else is probably doing it...

Today does follow the Mur de Huy performance though, where a sudden increase in power out of the saddle can be a big deal on a short climb and was not necessary for Pog on the Mur except for a brief moment. So Tadej staying in the saddle today emphasizes his ease at dropping whoever he wants in...

I haven't paid attention to who's defending Tadej but with Lance his strident defenders were American fans that were very new to the sport, most weren't even following the sport during the Festina Tour when Julich did well, so they had no real understanding of just how saturated cycling is with...

If it is motor doping, I hope whoever's looking the other way is seriously getting paid because that's a gangster movie level of corruption.

Definitely seems like Gianetti and Tadej's team supercharged the program after Tadej actually looked tired during Roubaix and Amstel. Plus they know with the Tour route being so brutal this year that they'll have to push Tadej's recovery ability to a new level to guarantee more domination so...

My unfounded speculation is that whatever doping program he's been on was modified somehow after Amstel and we saw the results of that on the Mur de Huy. Maybe he was even surprised at how well it worked. As for a motor, that would require somebody at the UCI giving him special treatment as...

Exactly. I can't remember a finish on the Mur de Huy where the winner rode away from the bunch in the saddle.

The risk with letting doping run rampant is that law enforcement will once again uncover something. The years of doping scandals were ignited by gendarmes with the Festina Tour and the Guardia Civil with Puerto. That's something the UCI and race organizers are powerless against.

Gianetti probably knows where to dig up the best lugworms.

Probably on the lugworm hemoglobin.