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Was good to at least have the Youtube replay, some nice racing in the finale. Very surprising Gregoire could get 2nd; not only did he pull Tiberi over the last 5 km, he also led out the sprint and managed to hang on.

Your idea of clarity is different than mine. I spoke only for myself, but I think would be fair to say there’s a number of CN forum members who will . . . look forward to/are anticipatIng/are excited about (whatever words one uses) upcoming MSR.

I don’t know how you define “the vast majority” but there are plenty of plain ole’ cycling fans like myself who look forward with anticipation to MSR. It’s the 1st monument of the year, and always an interesting cast of characters.

The annual question for this race: will coverage begin before Monte Sante Marie or will we miss that key section. If I remember last year they started the broadcast earlier than in most years past?

he certainly is a bigger favorite now! :)

Well, you think I’m wrong. Always a good chance of that. But through your whole (long) explanation you don’t explain why, if Vermeersh and the others did zero work, MVDP wouldn’t just drop them earlier? Others said it better in the responses that followed your comment.

I don’t think you’re giving riders, in this case Vermeersh, credit for having at least the intelligence or awareness that 95% of posters here have. Which is that MVDP will demolish anyone in that group still with him on the final 2 climbs. So doing the “by the book” strategy of just sitting on...

I didn’t see your post until after I wrote mine—I was saying the same but you beat me to it.

In principle, or in Racing 101, yeah Veermersh should just sit on MVDP’s wheel. But in reality, he knew just as we knew that MVDP was going to drop him and anyone else on the final 2 climbs. But he couldn’t know how close the chasing peloton might get as it covered the final 10 and threatened...

Certainly the discussion for general health can be here, I don’t think the general public really shows up in any of the forums —I just think for our discussions it’s “cleaner” ;) to discuss in the clinic when we’re discussing competition. I don’t think this will be any different than how we...

If you mean pro racers then I think this discussion should go in the clinic. https://www.emjreviews.com/general-healthcare/news/glp-1ras-monitored-at-2026-winter-olympics/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Yes, I think pro athletes using GLP-1 drugs to improve performance should be discussed in the clinic. Although I believe the next generation of these drugs that do not produce muscle wasting will be more likely candidates for abuse. WADA currently has GLP-1 drugs on their monitoring list, like...

It certainly would interfere with his XC prep if he crashed!

I wonder if the more niche a sport is (not sure if biathlon fits that description) then it is the specific locations/training centers, rather than broad geographic reach, that accounts for a successful national program. For decades, most of the U.S. success in speed skating came from skaters who...

I would think all the classic riders who’ve been riding a “southern campaign” that last several weeks would want more than two days between finishing those races (if they ended on a Wed). Finishing Wed would still leave enough time for transfer day and they’ll want at least one full day (if...