Recent content by peterfin

They make an echelon and do another TTT with Remco doing 50% of the work and the others giving him just enough time to recover. Total carnage.

I watched cycling for 40 years. You could consider them stupid movies . I have seen many stupid things, including from those I was a fan of too. Ullrich just to name one... You say this is Europe but standards differ. Eastern Europe has its problems and the influence of entities such as UAE is...

There is nothing 'twisted' in my logic. You are reading things I did not say. I am not saying that ITA is playing dirty. Compare it with corrupt politics and the law. It is not because there is a trustworthy system in place to ensure the law is enforced that there are no corrupt politicians...

It was a Mas-terpiece. Performance-wise it was his carreer top apparantly.

Saying the UCI has "no influence whatsoever" and the ITA is "completely independent" is too strong. The ITA is an independent foundation, but it operates as a service provider under a contract or mandate from the UCI. The UCI is its "client." The rules the ITA enforces are the UCI Anti-Doping...

Controversy sells.

You sounded as if he has anything to prove by riding LBL. If the Giro becomes his main target, he should focus on that. He can try MSR and RVV in the spring if that works for him in the build up. That would be something.

He should 'try' LBL?

I tell you what the facts are. I am not telling you if he or anyone else is satisfied with it. This thread is full of subjective interpretations about what he should be, should do or thinks. So, no, objectively speaking he doesn't have bad GC results at all. Is Pogi better? Obviously, yes. Pogi...

"...crazy bad at stage rages ..." Since turning pro he has 12 GC wins and 18 GC podiums or 2 wins and 3 podiums on average per year.

Red Bull's cycling team budget is less than UAE and Red Bull's overall marketing budget is less than UAE's marketing capabilities too. UAE has the third largest sovereign wealth assets in the world (2.5 trillion USD).

So you mean that Roglic is the actual GOAT?

Indeed but not by all current posters

We should refine the definition: a rider is considered part of the "Big X" if he wins almost everytime when he starts and he is in shape and no other one of this group is present in either road races or a stage races (or both) considering that the race is a target to win (e.g. not a bunch sprint...

Or maybe we should call it The Big One instead?