Recent content by Gianetti_Is_The_Goat

Such a nice selection. You're a very honest person. Way to go to skip Pogs junior years to prove a point. Fortunatly this forum has an ignore function.

Really? He was second in 2023 & 2024, MvdP and WVA weren't there, Merlier cancelled, Pidcock rode Lombardy yesterday and plenty of his UAE teammates didn't want to chase him today. This wasn't a surprising victory.

Did you actually see how often he was beaten by Primozic? It's rather important as some of you refer to the immense talent of Pogacar and if they can't find it pre-UAE, they refer to his late date of birth or him not coming from a large cycling nation. Yet, somehow younger Primozic beat...

That race after he joined UAE and suddenly started winning?

Florian Vermeersch winning this is probably one of the least suspicious performances of the UAE season.

Yeah, Vacek should have joined UAE. Have you checked the rest of his opposition in 2018? Van Wilder, Girmay, Plapp, Fancellu, Tiberi, Waerenskjold... Not that bad.

You can challenge whatever you want. Pre-UAE Pogacar was above average at best. Just compare his results to Primozic who is 3 months younger. https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider-vs-rider/tadej-pogacar/jaka-primozic/same-race-results

Who cares? The point remains that he dominates everywhere all the time against any opposition and beats them by a large margin and this season they crush the number of team victories without a decent sprinter...

Vingegaard 2025 finished 2nd in TdF and won the Vuelta. What decreased level are you talking about?

Ah, the Tour de l'Avenir where new signings of UAE suddenly outperform. I guess this is all due to Gianetti's motivational speeches.

On top of that: 1969 TdF: 130 riders 2025 TdF: 184 riders Looking forward to the explanation how a larger peloton increases your chance for stage victories.

It's nonsense.

It means that cycling wasn't a global sport. The overall quality was much lower.

"Modern specialisation methods aid both recovery and performance. Less specialisation makes Merckyx more impressive compared to Pogacar." Sure. Winning all kinds of races against different riders who focus on specific races is less impressive than winning against the same peloton. If you say...

No, but he was in touch with them prior to l'Avenir.