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But maybe they already have? At some point blaming the team, blaming his trainers, blaming him for his training becomes ridiculous. It's not like he's riding 20' behind everybody else, beaten by Gall and Gaudu, Mas and McNulty. He's number 3. Last year he was clearly beaten by Pogacar and...

The so called "haters" strangely enough seemed to have all the information necessary. Very nice of the fanboys to acknowledge that Bernal won that. Fair! Also irrelevant, it's the predictions, that were hilariously over-optimistic that count. Since he wasn't able to start in 20, the reality...

The same members that told us he'd win the 2021 Giro at the start and during the first week of that Giro. So the track record for the predictions of those members might not be the best.

I googled something too. Highest paid Rugby player in 2025 gets 1.2 million Euros google told me. Or Volleyball., 1,4 millions. For all the mad growth and enormous market share, that has cycling on the brink of extinction, oddly the top salaries in cycling are higher. Market shares? What market...

Well, so far this "wrong moment" has cost him what? Lombardia 24? That's about it. WC 24, without Pogacar that would have been ridden so differently, it's impossible to say who would have won, but yes, Remco with chances. But for the most part this 'wrong moment', the Pogacar era, simply hasn't...

If your sponsor calls it quits, usually there is somebody to take over. As for Cycling becoming less popular? Based on what? A Brit just won the Giro ahead of a Mexican ahead of a Ecuadorian. Guess how much of the Giro people saw there in the 70es? Guess how many watched it there this year...

That's old school. Where you didn't attack on Mortirolo, because tempo was enough. Attacks, you paid for that later. Nowadays they seem good enough to do the attacks and not pay later. I don't think Carapaz paid for the attacks. Or Del Toro for following. It was deciding not to follow or then...

Except that he has no teammates capable of doing that. No, what I meant is at some point it became clear that Del Toro could answer the accelerations. Ok, then try to ride him of the wheel. But Carapaz has to do that all on his own.

No, makes little sense. He refused to ride in the climb. Afraid to be attacked and dropped by Carapaz. This makes sense. But once Yates advantage went up over 40-50" taking that risk would have made sense too. Asking Carapaz to ride with him in the valley then, he can try, but it certainly made...

Of course they will make similar routes. It works! It works! No, it really doesn't. It was a nice series of pretty exciting stages. But unimportant for the GC. Then the last week, all open on Finestre, big change of maglia rosa, of course now Vegni and co are convinced they did everything...

Actually no, Carapaz didn't lose. He just didn't win. The one that lost was Del Toro, he was the only one that had something to lose.

Carapaz wasn't going to fry himself, once alone he rides his tempo and has over 1' to Majka once the sterrato starts. And Del Toro comes nowhere close anymore. Gee and Yates? They will not pull him up, Yates attacks, if Del Toro follows.. he lets him ride. Gee will ride his tempo, while...

Carapaz went early, but Del Toro is almost forced to follow then. If he doesn't, what happens? He's in the second group, Majka and co pull him up, but Carapaz is now 30" ahead. Now 40". Majka as amazing he is, considering how long he's been around, can't keep Carapaz within easily catchable...

Read that too, thought it mostly badly argued BS. UAE knows that Almeida is their number 2 at the moment. That's why he was leader in the Giro 22, out with Covid, would otherwise IMO have ended up third. That's why he was leader in the Giro 23 and did end up third. That's why he was leader at...

Carapaz. Next Del Toro, Ayuso. Actually they might be more likely, but since I like Carapaz... The Giro starts Tuesday, this was basically a 2 week prologue some crashing thrown in. And today a Roglic-collapse. As good as Del Toro looks, he'll have to show he can do it on actual mountain...