Recent content by ogotemmeli

Given our witness to the glorious dominance of Tadej Pogacar, it seems as though all the efforts of the recent VISMA LAB "public relation campaign" is obviously falling a little bit flat... or even at the very least 2 minutes too late. Just saying!

Okay, I'm a bit late to this, but still... I get to watch the live transmission of RTVE... both commentators Andres and Pedro Delgado are fans of Marc Solar. Me too! What I saw and listened to was this, The finish was very quick. No one knew who had won. I was sympathetic towards Ayuso. We then...

Just some thoughts... Without Van Aert, Visma are disclosed as an overextended robot. Van Aert - alongside Soler - are the ones who have given this years La Vuelta life and a true expression of how a Grand Tour can be and should be ridden. We all know Roglic will win. If it was not for the...

All you say is very correct. That we only still see him smiling next to his bike, or gently rolling past a 'suprised journalist' on the cycle path is significant. The more I follow this, the more I think we are witness to a Jumbo LAB corporate "making of" of the movie of Vindegaard's heroic...

A little bit of a distraction, but... during the last few years, I have always enjoyed my encounters, in the coldest of times of the year, with Marc Soler of Team UAE. Normally I just see him riding for fitness. He always passes the friendly cordial salute. He always tells me 'Hola.' In no way...

I've been reading this thread since the accident. As someone who has experienced a neumothorax let me try to explain. Lungs are delicate. I was in hospital for three weeks. I was 17 years old. It was pure torture. This happened to me more than 40 years ago. I still ride my bike. A neumothorax is...