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Cavendish is on fire, the excellent sprint in the age of 39. 💪
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WTH? A 39 yr old out-kicking world-class sprinters 12-15 yrs younger than him? Lol.

If we look at some of the dominate sprinters back in the day they were all retire by age 39. Cipollini was 36 when he won his last Grand Tour stage, Zabel & Petacchi were both 37 when they won their last GT stages (I think Zable tried a comeback at age 40 but didn't win any GT stages). And I save the best for last: All those guys were career dopers using boatloads of gear! Lol.

This sport is getting hard to watch with a straight face.
 
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Pogi doing a double would also be epic. Or the Belgian win everyone dreamt of. Or Rogla finally made it.
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I wish. Sadly I doubt fairy-tales extend that far. I think he'll be much better by the end but there's a world of difference between that & winning the TdF.

Personally in light of that realistic assessment, I vote for option 'outside the box': Juan Ayuso robbing everyone via a sneaky tactical coup on stage 20, taking yellow & then holding it in the ITT.

Aka the ultimate villain arc.
 
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Rackham said:
I wish. Sadly I doubt fairy-tales extend that far. I think he'll be much better by the end but there's a world of difference between that & winning the TdF.

Personally in light of that realistic assessment, I vote for option 'outside the box': Juan Ayuso robbing everyone via a sneaky tactical coup on stage 20, taking yellow & then holding it in the ITT.

Aka the ultimate villain arc.
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The vampire would still be happy! :p
 
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I have this feeling that the UAE top guys will outperform everyone tomorrow. We know that they shouldn't be able to beat an in-form Evenepoel, but Ayuso and Almeida might be much closer that we all think. We'll see tomorrow.
 
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I think stage 9 was really odd, totally illogical. Not only the initial break somehow survived (I don't think they had more advantage than 3 minutes at any point inside last 100 kms), but also the powerful pursuit group wasn't successful. MVDP group wasn't able to close the gap below 30 sec. Jonas was recognized as a real gravel specialist as well, glued to Pogacar almost all the time. Strange times...
 
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I think stage 9 was really odd, totally illogical. Not only the initial break somehow survived (I don't think they had more advantage than 3 minutes at any point inside last 100 kms), but also the powerful pursuit group wasn't successful. MVDP group wasn't able to close the gap below 30 sec. Jonas was recognized as a real gravel specialist as well, glued to Pogacar almost all the time. Strange times...
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It was a really interesting stage. I mean, three of the 'Big 4' caught the break, no? And then it re-broke

Remi getting PO's was funny. I mean, I get it, but he is still a bit hot headed and really, he was focusing so much on riding on the gravel (good job) that he kept messing up his position and then burning matches to get back on Taddy's wheel. And Taddy post-match was also funny.

Glad Piddo did not win. He is a really fun MTB-XCO racer to watch, and obviously very talented, but with multiple interviews and clips from Netflix, etc., he just seems like a super entitled pr!ck.
 
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It was quite funny listening to ex-pros and other commentators talking about saving energy ahead of the big mountains, then UAE put Yates in the break (while losing Ayuso), Visma burn the team securing another 2nd place sprint for Wout, everyone races at a crazy pace all day. Who needs to worry about boring stuff like saving energy, this is NuCycling™!

It's certainly more entertaining than a careful, calculated approach, I'll give it that.
 
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State of the Peloton:

Exclusive: Tour riders are inhaling carbon monoxide in ‘super altitude’ recipe​


"That research, plus other studies dating back years, strongly suggest that CO inhalation can itself provide similar effects to altitude training. By inducing hypoxia – a state of oxygen deprivation – CO inhalation can be used to prolong or even replace the performance-enhancing benefits of altitude training. It can also be used in conjunction with altitude training to maximise gains, as part of an approach called “super altitude.”
 
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