Recent content by Eric Blair

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    Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

    Hard to say because of Team Sky so successfully creating 'plausible deniability'. He pulled off some out-of-this-world stage wins, but how much did the 'marginal gains'/high-level supportive team-mates/loadsamoney contribute to that? Plus you have to look at the fact that there have been...
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    Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

    That might not be what you or I want, but for lots of people it is enough. This thinking can be seen everywhere in society, look what happens when people step into a voting booth, or if you ask people if society is fair and everyone deserves to be where they are. Many people buy into the fantasy...
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    Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

    Sport is about watching and enjoying supernatural performances. We want to see athletes who are on a god-like level doing things we could never do if we spent our entire lives training for it. We don't want to watch versions of ourselves crucifying themselves up a Col, vomiting on the side of...