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The Roadside incidents thread was closed because pretty much everything that was to be said, within the rules, pretty much had been, and because trying to maintain it within the rules was not practical. The deletion activity of the administrator on the stage 11 thread shows that they are even more determined not to keep anything even slightly political on the board than @Cookster15 and I were. Please do not try to resuscitate that here (I have deleted a few comments)
 
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The Roadside incidents thread was closed because pretty much everything that was to be said, within the rules, pretty much had been, and because trying to maintain it within the rules was not practical. The deletion activity of the administrator on the stage 11 thread shows that they are even more determined not to keep anything even slightly political on the board than @Cookster15 and I were. Please do not try to resuscitate that here (I have deleted a few comments)
To say it very kindly: I don't get why you have a more strict approach than ALL sports media in the world when it comes to this issue. It doesn't make any sense what so ever. It's not hard to distinguish between things that influence the race and political views. It's not hard. That's what the sports media are doing all the time. So you can do it too.
 
To say it very kindly: I don't get why you have a more strict approach than ALL sports media in the world when it comes to this issue. It doesn't make any sense what so ever. It's not hard to distinguish between things that influence the race and political views. It's not hard. That's what the sports media are doing all the time. So you can do it too.
Honestly, most sports social media pages are trash heaps with constant baiting, BS, and bullying, Yeah we get some of that here, but this forum is a step above all of them. Some of the restrictions help keep it that way,
 
Was the route for Lombardia already been announced? This is the first time I'm seeing this.

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There are precisely zero possible Lombardia routes where Pogacar doesn't win, it is the single least important route announcement of the year at this point.
Regardless of how predictable the victory is, the route still largely determines the race dynamics. On top of the result, we now also know the manner in which it will be won. It's almost impossible to do anything before Ganda, and that also makes it easy for UAE to ruin the fight for 2nd.

Ganda followed by the full ascent of Selvino would provide far more room for different scenarios.
 
There are precisely zero possible Lombardia routes where Pogacar doesn't win, it is the single least important route announcement of the year at this point.
being quite a nerd on routes, I'm always happy to see suprises, new additions, ect in a route, besides that the route should trigger interesting racing. This is both a predictable route as a predictable Pog win.