Recent content by Samu Cuenca

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    Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

    He wasn't stronger because he was using a motor, but because he had been moto paced in training leading up to the race. It's something Javier Sola taught him and which the bald fraud had never heard about. He was only looking back because he's used to there being dangerous traffic out on the...
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    Nordic Skiing/Biathlon Thread

    I can find some solace in the fact that it wouldn't have made a difference today if Elvira had missed as well, but I still really want to see Bátovská Fialková finish her career with a victory to her name. A day to forget for Jeanmonnot, but at least the small fall at the shooting range didn't...
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    Milan San Remo, March 21, 2026, 298 km monument

    But if they haven't made sure it's impossible to cut corners, he will be more than ready to jump over the telephone booth, or where it used to be, to gain an advantage.
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    Teams & Riders Lotto Intermarché Cycling Team

    Talk about an ex-cyclist cropping up in unexpected places.
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    Milan San Remo, March 21, 2026, 298 km monument

    I'll give Ganna higher odds of winning this than the 0% I gave Küng ahead of Omloop. It won't be easy, but if he gets the sprint absolutely right or manages to exploit some hesitation in a smaller, it's not impossible either. It's not the most likely scenario, of course, but neither was what...
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    State of the Peloton 2026

    So now they're controlling the weather as well? Bastards!
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    Lesser Known Road Racing for Women Thread

    No was the answer to the Umag question, cause Mendelspeck had to settle for second on the line behind Nika Bobnar, the reigning champion of the Tadej Pogačar criterium. View: https://x.com/elsterrato/status/2029157950716084624
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    Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread

    There are many kinds of shapes. The kite one can make you fly in the right conditions, but other times you will plummet straight to the ground. There are nearly three weeks until Catalunya where he'll have to climb better, regardless of whether Vingegaard is riding or not.
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    Strade Bianche 2026, March 7, one-day race

    That didn't stop him last year, but it did add a little bit of suspense for a while.
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    Lesser Known Road Racing for Women Thread

    We got the Umag Race tomorrow. If things go as usual an Italian rider will win ahead of another Italian. Will it be Mendelspeck's turn to be victorious? The Vietnamese races are also back for another year and now both of them are UCI licensed. The main question is whether Natalia Frolova will...
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    Samu's 2026-27 Emerging Female Riders CQ Game (The Muriel Furrer Trophy)

    Another month has gone by, and over 460 riders have now scored CQ points this season (by the end of Le Samyn), including 35 of our picks. One that isn't on the board yet is Mara Roldan, who finally made her return to racing at Omloop without finishing and has now suffered another setback after...
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    Guess Who - Game

    Male? Yes Active? No Started a TdF(F)? No Ever rode on a team that did the TdF? No Active after 2/2 2002? No European? Yes Alive? No Competed in a World Championships (ME RR)? Yes (No) Rode so long ago he was active before the TdF was created? Yes Alive after WWI? Yes Rode LBL? No Rode...
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    Paul Seixas: Tour de France Winner 2031

    Ash Ketchum did !!!spoiler alert!!! eventually become a Master after 25 years, so Pogimon's still got a lot of time left to achieve everything in, if he too can avoid ageing. That goes for the likes of Seixas and Remco (who like Ash seems to be learning some stuff quite slowly) as well.
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    Lesser known races 2026 edition

    Will there actually be a race to talk about or are they just gonna read from a script?