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Who is the closest to being a horse?

  • Pogacar

    Votes: 25 48.1%
  • Armstrong

    Votes: 4 7.7%
  • Landis

    Votes: 1 1.9%
  • Ricco

    Votes: 4 7.7%
  • Vingo

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Roglic

    Votes: 1 1.9%
  • Remco

    Votes: 2 3.8%
  • MVDP

    Votes: 5 9.6%
  • Ben Johnson

    Votes: 6 11.5%
  • Vino

    Votes: 4 7.7%

  • Total voters
    52
If you attack me when I have a "mechanical", I'll chase you down and shoulder you off the road (Froome vs Aru). Now Froome was no good at the smack talk in his glory days, he's playing a blinder at it now, but he just can't back it up on the road, yet.
Vingo is head and shoulders above everyone with the smack talk right now. He's coming for you, Pog.
Pog is going to lose his belt to Vingo.
The undercard is Remco vs Roglic and it's going to be hysterical.
 
I've been experimenting with a new keyboard with narrower, oval buttons in combination with a different, tinier font. Now I can't believe or even see the numbers I'm typing.
I'm not a fan of the uber dominance of @Samu Cuenca on the forum. It might have the girls gushing and fawning over him, but I'm not falling for it. He obviously has cycling news in his back pocket and has carte blanche to use any word processing and ai tools that he wants. A travesty of two shams of a sham.
 
The Marvelization of pro-cycling is in full swing. People choose their favorite superhero and the hype does the rest.

The more ridiculous things become, the more people love it. To answer the question: No.

The performances are going to be silly.
This is new reality, through technology the number of race days for top form is down. I think fans want to see the best racers going head to head.
You are seeing riders as young as Mario Cipollini complaining about mythical status and guys are not doing all the hardest races. I like most currents including Jonas, MvP, Pog and Remco but I have settled for science reality that they are not going to race much. Old guys are not impressed with lack of racing!!
Old school fans want to see burn out style schedules but new generation riders pick and choose based on data set and bio feedback from gaggle of nutritionists and physicians..
Now there is more talk about 2 grand tours being excessive in a season! What is the opposite of burnout?
 
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I'm not a fan of the uber dominance of @Samu Cuenca on the forum. It might have the girls gushing and fawning over him, but I'm not falling for it. He obviously has cycling news in his back pocket and has carte blanche to use any word processing and ai tools that he wants. A travesty of two shams of a sham.

You may call me Tic Tac Toestrong.
 
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Does this qualify as doping?
 
Pogacar vs Vingegaard in July is like Santa Claus during Christmas.
The question should be: is the forum prepared for its absence?

I'd love for a Rian Johnson tier 'subversion of expectations'. Sure fans (of both) would be angry but I feel like we've seen script too many times now. 2021,2022,2023,2024. Toss a coin regarding who is now better (apparently Pog since last year).

Both deserve some humbling as well - including their respective teams and fans as well. I was reading an interview of Mathieu Heijboer this morning and as always, it's just a repetition of comments saying Jonas, Pogacar, Jonas, Pogacar, Jonas, Pogacar. In whichever order.

So I'll write a letter to the Santa of July and ask him for a different and more amusing TdF. We need our own Grinch to steal their Christmas.
 
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