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From a secret source* I know that Juanito will replace Jorgenson as #1 on the Godfather's famous black list.
*I met Politt in a supermarket
Seeing Derek Gee's situation, I still wonder if they consider Ayuso the most mistreated cyclist in the peloton.
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I don't agree. I have the feeling that in 2021, Pogacar got too comfortable. I'm not saying this because he lost afterward, but because he already won the Tour on Stage 8, winning by more than three minutes over the peloton at le Grand-Bronand. And his training routines, especially for the Tour, weren´t a bit serious.
Allan Peiper knew him best and already said something about this, and that he might have gone into Tokyo overconfident.
UAE wasn't an overly strong team either; they settled for him winning the race by just enough.
They signed Majka and little else.
Vingegaard, in the end, was an important part of his drive to push himself harder.
What would now be VDP, the training he does for the cobbles classics is to be able to beat him. I suppose beating someone like VDP on De Ronde was the impetus for him to go to Paris-Roubaix and believe he can do it
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He's solitary, said he didn't do parties in gymnasium cause he didn't like it, just went out on his bike because there were no people, there he could do it all on his own. Might be necessary then, to some extent, to like to hear your own yap, just for there be more than just silence, as in, you can play various roles and be fragmented just by yourself, for yourself
That's the only race Pogacar's teammates have to win, and they don't .McNulty, who has become a one-week races farmer farmer, couldn't win this one
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Could see Del Toro and Almeida sent to it next yearThat's the only race Pogacar's teammates have to win, and they don't .McNulty, who has become a one-week races farmer farmer, couldn't win this one
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Too high of a category for Mcnulty. He is farming .Pro stage races only.That's the only race Pogacar's teammates have to win, and they don't .McNulty, who has become a one-week races farmer farmer, couldn't win this one
See, UAE developed farmers for each category.
Pogacar - Big races
Almeida - WT on week's
Del Toro - .Pro 1 day's
McNulty - .Pro stage races
He could win the Algarve and Paris-Nice if Vingegaard doesn't go. His chances in Fleche depend if Pogacar will go; in a finish like that, I wouldn't rule out if he surprising Remco.
No chances in Liège, over 225 kilometers race. The same applies to the Tour. Although the stages are short, he'll lose his chances on the queen stage.
View: https://x.com/i/status/1999473717332873311
No chances in Liège, over 225 kilometers race. The same applies to the Tour. Although the stages are short, he'll lose his chances on the queen stage.
View: https://x.com/i/status/1999473717332873311
Juan Ayuso reads a handwritten note in which he admits to past mistakes with certain expressions "due to nerves" and thanks UAE and Mauro Gianetti, but warns that he will not answer any questions related to his former team
View: https://x.com/i/status/1999474419425812981
View: https://x.com/i/status/1999474419425812981
Juanito pls take a trip to see Ricky Bobby for a month or so, get some exercise with high plains drifter. Prolly takes some, but gives some. But. Pls don't mimic his haircut, one is enough.
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Evenepoel isn't riding Fleche, but there are many others that have a better punch than Ayuso on such a steep climb. Nys, Roglic, Del Toro, Vauqelin, Pidcock
Nice comments from Juan today.
Elevated him a bit in my book.
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He didn't take long to speak again.
Well, if that's what he thought, why did he renew his contract when he already knew the team?
Not to defend UAE, but I haven't heard any other former cyclist from that team complain so much.
"Here they understand that we are people, not robots"
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I dunno. Ayuso physique did not seem to have changed much since his early years. methinks he developed early and won't improve much. Can"t remember any major crashes either. But it's clear he wants to be a thorn in UAE side, so that's nice to see.
These are impressive numbers, but what the guy says in the reply is exaggerated.
When Ayuso was in UAE, his entourage said he had Pogacar's watts
So this isn't new. Ayuso has always had very high numbers in training or short efforts like Tirreno-Adriatico mountain stages. But as the difficulty increases, his watts decreases. Pogacar achieves those numbers with more fatigue.
With Algarve profile, he should crush these numbers. I also think he'll do better than Almeida in Paris-Nice, a race that has never suited Almeida. And Itzulia is another race where Ayuso could beat Almeida.
In one-week races, Ayuso is probably the after Pogacar, Vingegaard, and Roglic (Remco should win one of the seven), but in GT, those watts aren't seen, especially on climbs longer than 15 minutes.
Where I think he can improve with Lidl is in the Monuments. Ciccone's performances last year were impressive, Skjelmose, Skujins, Stuyven in Flanders. At Lidl, all their riders are impressive in Monument distances, but not at GT, and that's always been Ayuso's problem.
The Monument distance has always been his other problem, but I think he'll improve on that with Lidl. In GT, I think he'll still be inferior to Remco and Almeida.
View: https://x.com/i/status/2021248461719376012
When Ayuso was in UAE, his entourage said he had Pogacar's watts
So this isn't new. Ayuso has always had very high numbers in training or short efforts like Tirreno-Adriatico mountain stages. But as the difficulty increases, his watts decreases. Pogacar achieves those numbers with more fatigue.
With Algarve profile, he should crush these numbers. I also think he'll do better than Almeida in Paris-Nice, a race that has never suited Almeida. And Itzulia is another race where Ayuso could beat Almeida.
In one-week races, Ayuso is probably the after Pogacar, Vingegaard, and Roglic (Remco should win one of the seven), but in GT, those watts aren't seen, especially on climbs longer than 15 minutes.
Where I think he can improve with Lidl is in the Monuments. Ciccone's performances last year were impressive, Skjelmose, Skujins, Stuyven in Flanders. At Lidl, all their riders are impressive in Monument distances, but not at GT, and that's always been Ayuso's problem.
The Monument distance has always been his other problem, but I think he'll improve on that with Lidl. In GT, I think he'll still be inferior to Remco and Almeida.
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