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- Cav = 77 - Sagan = 72 - Valverde = 67 Apparently. Something like that. I wouldn't bet my house on it being 100% accurate.

One step closer to 100 WT (+WC) wins. 86...

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I could see how: - winning 'The triple' for someone who already has 2 TdFs can be bigger than winning one more TdFs* But: winning two more TdFs, therefore reaching 4 total TdFs, is most likely bigger than having 2 TdFs + 1 Vuelta + 1 Giro, and therefore the same amount of GTs (4) plus...

Sinner* , Pog and MVDP go skiing. Jonas and Verstappen, can't. *to be fair, Sinner must be so good at skiing that if he takes it real easy it might be the equivalent of me hurting myself on blue, blue with a shade of green, slopes. Not likely. But still... you never know.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAjFuRywk90 So... should he retire from CX and switch from CX+Road to Road+MTB? What do you guys think?

I would've concurred if it weren't for the fact that: Exactly. I understand that: 1) money is important (i.e. UAE Tour etc.) 2) they don't want to have 90% of the races in Belgium, France, Italy; and the other 10% between Spain and the rest of Europe. But TDU is pretty lame: definitely, as...

Meaning that it isn't quite hard, :laughing: Though his opposition: while not being crazy strong, still appears way more challenging than Pog's in 2024: Daniel Martinez, 38y.o. G.Thomas, Tiberi, O'Connor, Arensmann I mean we all say jokingly that Tadej won the 2024 giro in 'zone 2'. I think...

They should do something, and definitely do better, make it (Berta+first part of Cipressa) harder than in 2025. The issue is that between Capo Berta and Cipressa there are, what, 17km? So, not easy. Thankfully I'm not the one in charge of figuring it out.

"Diano Marina", "San Bartolomeo a Mare" Pog was likely was on 'Capo Berta' of MSR The way UAE approaches the whole Capo Berta + Cipressa part, will be pretty important.

55 weeks for 'Tour-Vuelta-Giro-Tour'; 62 weeks for 'Tour-Vuelta-Tour-Vuelta' 33-34 weeks break between Vuelta and Giro Again, i'm not so convinced it's such a big factor: If anything, I'd say the two GTs per year, in two consecutive years, aspect, is bigger. But even more so, what matters is...

Can we consider Vuelta-Giro as actually being 'in a row"? Two GTs each year for two consecutive years, ok, that's one thing. But "in a row". I'am not convinced. Plus, in 2025: 62 race days: 61 of which stage races, and a DNF at CC doesn't appear like a crazy schedule

Let's not get carried away. Perhaps. But those scenarios are a big IF. 1)Ayuso has a lot to prove. 2) when it comes to Remco: there's very little ITT in 2026's TdF and will 'Jonas with Giro in his legs' be any worse than '2024 Jonas after crash in Izulia'? I doubt it. 3) Lipo is strong, but in...

Winning a second Vuelta doesn't matter compared to completing the full TdF-Giro-Vuelta package. Now, if we were talking about 'more Tours' it would be one thing, but one more Vuelta? Meh.