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Recent content by TommyNoble

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    Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

    I guess even perfect cells have limits. What a breathtaking stage. That climb was a bone-grinding wall of death. Jumbo’s strat on the Galibier was perfect, isolate Pog and make him burn up his muscle glycogen. Reminds me of how I lost a state criterium championship when it was two teammates vs...
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    Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

    I find this kind of odious, defeatist, post-moral nihilism absolutely nauseating. “Just accept that they’re doping! Just enjoy the lie!” Actually, how about NO? How about the radical idea that cheating is wrong? Maybe a shared code of morals is actually important for humans living in a...
  3. TommyNoble

    Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

    Whether battling against cancer, or the top sprinters in the Tour de France, when you have achieved cellular perfection like Tadej has, it’s all just playing with their balls.
  4. TommyNoble

    Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

    I think you’re being a bit obtuse here. Instead of individually cherry-picking statements and trying to explain them away, look at the bigger picture. What Pogacar is doing is absolutely unprecedented. His performances, at his age, demonstrate genetics that come around maybe once in 100 years...
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    Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

    Poggers is a smart, veteran GT rider. You don’t wanna sell the ranch in the first week, when everyone is still pretty fresh. That last full-developmental-disabilities #nochain windsprint up a 24% gradient only took him into Zone 2, he’s definitely saving matches for week three. I mean, this is...
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