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God, I wish I was able to kiss my stem...
- Sep 26, 2020
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He is kissing the picture of his family which is attached to the stem.
- Jul 7, 2013
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I remind you that during 2023 and 2025 MSR Pogi couldn't even properly drop a 100-kilo guy (Ganna). There's progress.
Given how he’s been riding lately, it feels like he’s mainly trying to assess the level he’ll need to win the Giro while using as little energy as possible, so he can save as much as he can for the Tour. That would also explain why the gap today was smaller than expected.
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Looked very easy today. Rode them off his wheel with just a pace lift and soft-pedalling the last 400 meters.
The team was pretty bad, though. No crashes for excuses today. But getting an armchair ride to the last climb because RB has just given up on the win saved him a bit.
The team was pretty bad, though. No crashes for excuses today. But getting an armchair ride to the last climb because RB has just given up on the win saved him a bit.
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- Jul 10, 2014
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He's now officially faster than Pogacar
View: https://x.com/ammattipyoraily/status/2037968604059066875
View: https://x.com/ammattipyoraily/status/2037968604059066875
Let's not forget that Pogacar did a 25km solo on up and down terrain into a headwind beforehand
Good to see him again showing who is the second best rider in the world.
Gut feeling is that he's in higher level than two previous seasons, but not the level of early years 2022-23. Bit disappointed he didn't open gas fully like eyeballs out in last time up Montjuic steep wall. He seems more measured these days, the open rage of early years is missing somehow.
Hot take: Seixas to VLAB to up the game and get the best out from both, Vingo and Paul.
Hot take: Seixas to VLAB to up the game and get the best out from both, Vingo and Paul.
His best level ever is 2024 and by a decent margin. Numbers don't lie, both in Spring and July.Gut feeling is that he's in higher level than two previous seasons, but not the level of early years 2022-23. Bit disappointed he didn't open gas fully like eyeballs out in last time up Montjuic steep wall. He seems more measured these days, the open rage of early years is missing somehow.
Hot take: Seixas to VLAB to up the game and get the best out from both, Vingo and Paul.
I said gut feeling.
He won the Tour in 2022-2023. That doesn't lie either.. Winning Vuelta last year was not a show of dominance tbo. more like struggle.
He won the Tour in 2022-2023. That doesn't lie either.. Winning Vuelta last year was not a show of dominance tbo. more like struggle.
Numbers do lie, unfortunately. I don't buy that Landa was so strong in the 2024 Tour that he would have won the 2022 and 2023 Tour had he shown up in the same shape.
Vingegaard's 2024 Tour is unlikely to be his peak when looking at how he performed compared to the competition. Tirreno 2024, okay that I agree, that was very dominant. But I think now he looks the best he has been since the crash in the Basque Country. It is still significantly below the level Pogacar has reached, however, but I expect him to be slightly closer to Pogacar's level this year than last year.
- Apr 10, 2019
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Numbers wise yes, but potential wise his Tour numbers could have been a lot closer to Pogacar if that lung injury didn't hamper his preparation.
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