Recent content by Ripper

You mean like by doping and having a vampire run the team?

I think you might be creating a narrative here? This is not the Tour. I mean, even Ben O'Connor is talking about the racing being fairly straightforward. I think VLAB has been fine with the composition of the breaks. And they already have a stage win. They are most likely only annoyed that they...

I think if Juano goes for it, or Vine, then UAE is just fine to torch their doms legs. I am not sure if the stage profile does it justice, but Stage 9 does not look massively hard. If Almeida shows any weakness at all, then I expect screws will be tightened as much as possible. But Vine and...

Wut? I think VLAB is happy to be in the lead of the contenders, avoiding trouble, not actually in the jersey, and saving their matches for later in the race (have you seen the profiles for stages 13, 14, 17, and 20?). At this stage, I don't think they care too much that UAE is winning some...

Gianetti is a vampire and can use mind control. Teddy is easily influenced ...

It's some sort of vampire power ...

UAE is so over the top that I wonder if anyone would actually notice if the vampire showed up with actual friggin' fangs

Ineos have made a lot of bad bets, so who knows what intel or other reasons. I mean, Pidcock is a world class rider and he is British ... I think that is generally enough for Ineos. He is an amazing MTB rider. By heart rate, an XCO or XCC race can be a lot like a TT. By power profiles/outputs...

Aldridge showing some really good power and tactics today!

What decent TTs has he had in recent memory?

Vampire sighting!!!

Indeed!

I replied in the Pidcock thread 🙂

Replying to this in the more appropriate thread ... But he can't TT well, does not show 3 week resilience, and his ability to win on big climbs against the other favorites is suspect. Cadel definitely demonstrated those traits early. Pidcock is an amazing MTB rider based on his physiology and...

Me as well on that. It says a bit about a rider's maturity when they try to make some 'point' that will be lost on many (and more in time) than just the joy of winning