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  1. Mr Mysto

    Tadej Pogačar Giro 2024 performance compared to the next WADA clean cyclist? Asking for a friend

    Hi all, I recently witnessed Tadej Pogačar’s fantastic performance in the 2024 Giro. A friend asked me how this compares to the achievements of other clean cyclists, and I found it challenging to answer because many comparisons involve athletes with histories of banned substance use. Could...
  2. 2024 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1: Venaria Reale - Torino, 140 km (Saturday, May 4)

    Copying the info from the very extensive 2024 Giro d'Italia: Stage-by-Stage Analysis by @Devil's Elbow ALL GLORY TO HIM! https://forum.cyclingnews.com/threads/giro-ditalia-2024-stage-by-stage-analysis.39628/ Stage 1: Venaria Reale – Torino, 140.0k Just like in 2011, the Grande Partenza...
  3. Giro dell'Emilia 2023, one day race, September 30

    One day race for climbers. Spectacular field this year as well, with Pogacar facing off with Roglic. And we have both the Yates bros, Pinot in one of his last races of career, last year's winner Mas who rode away from Pog. And many ohters...
  4. V

    GC Power Ranking

    I doubt this will work, but this is my effort to consolidate discussion about relative strength and ranking of GC riders so that it doesn’t take over the Remco thread then move to the Vingegaard thread then pop into Roglic, etc. This is about stage races, not classics. Obviously, this will be a...
  5. Giro d'Italia 2023 Giro d'Italia, Stage 7: Capua - Gran Sasso d'Italia (Campo Imperatore), 218 km (Friday, May 12)

    Copying the info from the very extensive 2023 Giro d'Italia: Stage-by-Stage Analysis by @Eshnar https://forum.cyclingnews.com/threads/2023-giro-ditalia-stage-by-stage-analysis.38851/ Stage 7: Capua – Gran Sasso d’Italia 218 km Friday, May 12th, 11:15 – 17:10 CEST Technical...
  6. C

    Question Formula for KOM-Categories in Grand Tours

    Hey people, I would like to ask how the three Grand Tours decide, which Kom-category they assign to their ascents? At the tour I might have found the border at 1000m and 500m altitude gain with serious climbing percentages between HC, cat 1 and cat 2. Whereas the Giro sometimes doesn't give...
  7. Tour de Berghem

    Giro 2020 Start list quality poll

    What is your opinion ? Vote ! ;-)))