Recent content by Gigs_98

I think Vingegaard is not good enough to be a consistant rival of Pogacar but he is good enough to always be a threat to him. We cannot disregard that on the majority of mountain stages last year Pogacar was not able to drop Vingegaard and as long as thats the case Pogacar will always be in...

I think with this route the ASO is essentially telling Pog, "if you want a big lead before the penumtimate weekend you'll have to work for" it and I kinda like this approach. People complain about artificially close races but I think I still prefer an artificially close race over Pog being ahead...

At least last year Pogacar dominating Lombardia like that was still a novelty. People easily forget the few editions prior to that were rather close. He won his first two Lombardias in a sprint and in the third one he created the crucial gap on the descent, not the climb. None of these races...

WIll this go down as the most forgettable monument in history?

I think it's quite important for Pogacar to keep this gap for a while. If it starts to come down the group behind will smell blood and keep working together. Once the group behind starts riding for medals Pogacar has won.

I think the "this guy is younger than XY so he will win GTs once XY retires" arguments usually don't end up working because most of the time, by the time XY actually retires there is someone else who can beat them. I voted for Almeida nontheless because I think he's already good enough to win...

This has been the first GT since I guess the 2010 Vuelta that I didn't watch a single second of live coverage of. Seems like I couldn't have picked a better GT to skip. Also condolences to everyone here who had to discuss all these protests without being allowed to become the tiniest bit...

It's easy to come up with someone creative but not with someone creative I actually believe in.

I went for Vingegaard and Almeida and then wanted to find a more creative third option than Ayuso, but man, this field really doesn't have anyone jumping out. I ended up voting Ayuso but I almost expect someone out of left field to end up on the podium.

But is Pogacar steering towards Jordan's 1993 or his 1998 premature retirement?

Pogacar does have "retiring early just to come back, still being really good but no longer quite the force he used to be" written all over him. It's a narrative in sports that repeats itself over and over again. Athletes who retire at the peak of their abilities because they are burnt out and...

I think it's really mostly @Eshnar no longer providing us with constant updates. I think the Giro gets a similar amount of engagement from the forum as the Vuelta and the Vuelta route speculation thread is usually not very long either.

Yes. Also are you really sure you want to make the argument MvdP is a better classics rider because of non monument one day races? I'll give you a minute to think about this, please come back once you've made your decision.

It's so obviously Pogacar. Cannot believe this is actually something people are willing to argue against. With the same logic that's saying Pogacar cannot win MSR and PR I could argue 3 time RVV champion MvdP cannot win RVV. There is a guy who literally podiumed the last 7 major one day races in...

Ineos must continue to be a gc team without gc leaders!