Recent content by proffate

yeah 15% is a lot, but realistically he's not 15% behind Pog in any case, at least if you're talking about FTP watts/kg. Maybe he thinks Remco can get almost 15% more UCI points?

"Remco won't improve by another 15%, but I really believe that in the one-day races – I'm not talking about stage races – he can become Pogačar's equal." - his new sports director

Pretty sure red bull signed him bc of what he has done at a lot of races that are not the tour.

Other sports have salary caps to make matches more competitive.

I think clean in this context means "could have been more juiced".

Yeah but it's the off-season so we'll take what we can get

We're just one misplaced wooden ramp away from this reality.

They should be more careful. HVMN is now lawyering up to sue them in some obscure European court for brand damages.

If Pog's twin were 19 right now, when would Pog's twin beat Pog? In 4 years, 5 years? Maybe sooner bc Pog sounds like he's gonna get tired of winning and retire early. We're really in uncharted territory here trying to predict when Pog slows down given that we don't have other goats to go on...

There have always been lots of non-physiological barriers to going pro. It's just that now with power meters and social media we can discover the people who stayed amateur for reasons other than a lack of vo2 capacity. I mean I guess if you're obsessed enough with road cycling to come on this...

Most get this wrong (think neo-pro is a first-year pro). Neo-professional is an official term in UCI documents: So technically it's even possible to be a neo-pro for more than two years.

Winners win, only campionissimos gift.

If he starts with a 5 minute lead and goes 1 minute slower than he actually did then he gets to the top at the same time as Pog, with fresher legs and drafts him to the finish. And that's not even considering what could happen if he had anyone decent in the breakaway with him, which I'm guessing...

Let's go in the other direction. After each rest day, max team size decrements by one. So if no one in your team crashed out yet, you pick someone to send home. That way everyone who's still riding has completed all the stages, but if you lose a rider on day one your disadvantage eventually...

An amateur won my local hill climb last week with 6.2 w/kg for 42 minutes before adjusting for altitude. I think he tried to go pro at some point but wasn't cut out for the demands of professional road racing, besides producing lots of watts.