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Pretty sure Pog alone makes enough UCI points

Because he was going fast. Jonas’ performance on Ventoux is almost on par with his performance on Plateau de Beille in 2024

Nothing happening. I was watching in multiscreen on Discovery and it was Schmidt and o’Connor in front all the time

Lol no

By the way, if they stop going behind Groves, Jegat might not make it… it’s 40sec difference in the GC now

Stewart, Jorgenson, o’Connor…what the hell were they thinking today?

Do you mean Gr. Woods/Gr. Higuita?

I thought this time it was real cows

De gustibus… who am I to tell you what you should enjoy? I did watch last year’s Giro and didn’t mind it, honestly. Better that than watching third-rate riders take the win, as we’ve seen in 2025, 2022, 2020, 2017, 2012, and so on. My point about the green jersey was simply this: if Tadej is...

I agree with you that it doesn’t matter. But it doesn’t matter because Pogi in 2025 is a better rider. Better uphill. Better in ITT. And better in mixed stages. But had Tadej raced for Visma, I think he would have won the Tour by 6/7 minutes. And IMHO, it’s not really because UAE doesn’t have...

I 100% agree with the second part on Narvaez. But I think you might be wrong on the first part. I think after two years we can say the absolute top level of Jonas is Plateau de Beille 2024 or Ventoux 2025. That’s not enough to leave a so-so Pogacar behind. On the other end, top level Pogacar...

Not really. If you are always left on 10-20km climbs with Johnny Narvaez, then there is some problem. Just look last year’s Galibier stage: Ayuso, Yates, Almeida. That’s what a proper lead looks like on big mountains (forgetting about the issues with Ayuso).

See, where I think you’re wrong is in thinking there’s no middle ground between a sprint and a long range 10km attack. There were attacking spots with 7km and 5Km to go. That’s where a healthy Pogacar would have attacked to win the stage. It’s literally the easiest thing to do, if you have the...

Visma was definitely superior in every mountain stage but Hautacam. And in Hautacam it was really about the Narvaez’s lead out and Jorgenson being cooked. UAE made the huge mistake of relying too much on Almeida, which probably could have even beaten Jonas in GC, but once he was out there was...

Just because you don’t like Pogacar (or maybe Jonas?). Which is fine. People have preferences. But it is a fact that the third week of the Tour has been a snooze fest. The tour in general has been very boring. That is not true when Vingegaard is not around. Even if Tadej were to dominate like...