Recent content by Rackham

No, they knew but they only communicated about the crash 24 hours after it happened. That's the story anyway.

And we only heard about it 24 hours after the fact. So no.

He wasn't scheduled for the Vuelta until Pog noped out after the Tour.

You say this like it's evidence of Ayuso being a villain or something. This is pro-sport. Who cares what Almeida or Yates said last year? Bring on the entertainment. We're not here to judge riders based on whether UAE fanboys support their gregario credentials.

So when Vinge wins this Giro I mean Vuelta does it somehow count as half a Giro? I'm trying to see the logic here in racing 4 days in Italy (& even a peekaboo into France because why not).

If I'm reading this right and there's the possibility Rog went rogue and won a rigged criterium he shouldn't have, then I hereby elevate it to top 7 of his career wins to date. 4 Vueltas, 1 Giro, 1 Olympic gold medal and "le critérium de la gloire volée". Yes, I just made that title up but...

For years I've been reading comments from Evenepoel fans saying Quick Step is a garbage team in GT's and their DS's are incompetent. So at face value seeing Red Bull go shopping over there for staff members is a bit strange. Bora was winning GT's FWIW. I'd say it's the classics side that...

Grace Brown with the take of the ages, i.e. turning a medical conversation into a war of the sexes. She has it backwards, as per usual for such 'outspoken' people, i.e. people care more about women than they do men. And no matter the protestations it'll always be troubling when women lose 4kg...

I'll only say this on the subject: conversations shouldn't be held hostage by users who weaponize offense to get people banned. It's cycling. It's light-hearted entertainment. In a world of unspeakable horrors (yes, I'll be that guy), cycling is a silly distraction and not something to get wound...

If you're American, since the colonies earned their independence it's your god given right to buy yourself a John Rambo stash of weaponry. Do it. But don't you dare think you can send a private message to another user on a cycling forum. That would contravene the King's rules! /s Seriously...

So Michael Storer says Pog deliberately threw stage wins in the last week. https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/tadej-pogacar-wilde-tourrit-naar-superbagneres-niet-winnen-door-boegeroep-franse-fans/ Due to boos and his team not wanting the French to turn against him. Yep, definitely a healthy...

I don't think so. I reckon if anyone is totally realistic regarding who the strongest in one day races is, it's Rog. And that strongest guy is obviously Pog. He didn't even pretend to do anything other than do whatever Pog needed him to do last year in the Worlds. The big question about the...

Oh sure it was always B.S. He always paid for everyone else's sins. Like in that Vuelta 2023 when Vingegaard kept on attacking Kuss but Rog was labelled the selfish bad guy. So it's not just the almighty Belgians and their narratives. It's cycling and a few of its players. FYI no one spoke...

I'd hope for everyone's sake that Rog manages to sell his domestique credentials to Denk and the other bigwigs. It'll be very important for Rog, his career and his image in the public sphere among cycling followers, i.e. finally shedding his image as #selfishRogla and doing what's right would...

Cycling is also all about the marketing and sponsorships. Rog is a tough sell because futurism in his case barely exists based on how the sport likes its multi-year future plans (which usually come to nothing but in the meantime some people make money and get to keep their jobs based on that...