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I don't want to discuss any specific picks for this year, but I will say that there's usually at least one 1000+ pick that makes the best possible team, and having one ace performing well really lifts the baseline of your team. Take all of this with a grain of salt though since I've never...

Bottle of wine? Big flex if you end up winning now 😄

I feel like Wout Van Aert mostly suffers from having young children and getting sick at least a few times every season since.

I actually find the +1000 crop especially tempting this year. The picks there aren't as obvious, yet one is bound to explode and net a load of points for the ones who did dare to pick them. Probably not going to take that route this year though. I've usually had teams with very expensive riders...

Congrats Salvarini! What a lead. I'm glad to finish around 30th for once.

Fair point. I feel like there was a year recently where there was some hype about the clash though. May have been 2023.

Last year had more hype regarding Evenepoel vs. Pogacar in my opinion.

I can't remember being less hyped for Lombardia since 2018.

The current crop of top riders is a bit too adamant on solo rides. I've had my fill of it over the past few seasons.

Would be interesting to have a poll about what his career trajectory will look like. People seem certain that he'll crash and burn, but might backpedal into "I just meant he wouldn't win a GT".

1'30" in a descent? What? If this were true there'd be contenders putting 30" to 1' into Pogacar in descents. Some takes on here are just odd.

UAE will accede to every reasonable demand Pogacar will make.

5x Vuelta incoming (if Pogacar allows it).

To be honest, I think a lot of people would be very interested in seeing more of this analysis. If you have it available please don't hesitate to share findings (e.g. Top-10 of every TDF since 2010 and the results of the analysis for each).

Wout Van Aert has just always has great recovery too in GTs.