Do you really think it would have been a better with race with Dani, Geraint and Ben fighting it out? I certainly wouldn't. And just because Jonas decides to show up doesnt necessarily mean that Pog won't. Or Remco or Roglic for that matter.
2023 was the worst Giro in existance (at least as since 2006-2007 when I started following the race). Pathetic race!
Yeah, it bears no comparison with 2022 and 2023. But the fact that we didn't get to see Bernal's attack and raid on Giau probably somehow influences the conception of the race.
Based on this year he doesn't need to train at all to win the giro (if Pog isn't there). Like literally just lay in bed till mid April. The giro itself should be fine base training with a handful of vo2 intervals and then he'll be ready for the le tour.
You can go back to the voting threads at the time to see what the forum thinks of both Giri. Spoiler alert: especially for the 2023 race, you're in a very small minority.
An uninspiring set of GC riders isn't a 100% guarantee of a boring GC battle. The winner being four levels above everyone else is.
Isn't this exactly what happened last year when Pog was rumored to ride the Giro and everybody was quick to say it wouldn't happen... Only for Pog to be confirmed later?
Is the tdf better than the giro because of the route or the riders who participate?
People love watching aliens do alien things.
Who do you think Pog scared off, and what did they race instead?
I could see race organizers leaking something that never happened to create pressure onto Vingo. He's a one trick pony July racer, but cash and prospect of a giro title might at least interest him. I doubt it, though. His best chance at anything and everything possible is in July.
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