State of the Peloton 2024

[Escarabajo]

Sean Kelly it appears no longer gives a f***

https://twitter.com/x/status/1829529353027506202

(Rich from him I know but hilarious to hear on a broadcast)

That was before Pablo Castrillo happened!!!! LOL.
I didn't know he was pissed. Wow. That is a first time I hear a commentator of this stature calling it out like that. At least everyone try to brush it under the carpet!

 

[Nick2413]

Even if Kelly didn’t intend his words to come across as calling out doping it’d be nice if commentators would start dropping some real talk like that with just enough ambiguity to claim innocence. That’s some trolling I’d pay to see.

 

[Escarabajo]

what was the name of that rider that INEOS contracted but never put a pedal forward because of doping issues?

 

[Rob5091]

Whatever rocket fuel the peloton is using, has obviously reached down to the pro teams.

 

[noob]

Even if Kelly didn’t intend his words to come across as calling out doping it’d be nice if commentators would start dropping some real talk like that with just enough ambiguity to claim innocence. That’s some trolling I’d pay to see.

My commentators gets questions about doping all the time for every big race and talks about it. Sometimes they do some trolling but the next day or race it's back to all the long explanations 🤐 Sometimes it's like they're itching 😁 I'd say this year they were in more disbelief behind the lines.

 

[ontheroad]

Spanish rider at Vuelta, contract year, oversized for winning this type of stage well yeah it's not a little suspicious in my mind.

Cheered for him when he won the first stage thinking it was a rider from a small team putting everything on the line for one day and stars aligning. After today though? Not so sure I feel the same.

Like an unholy mix of WvA and Voeckler.

That's exactly how I felt. His first stage victory was from the break and he looked genuinely cooked at the finish line. Coming from a small team I was happy to see him sticking it to the bigger world tour teams. But to repeat the dose and if you look at the amount of breakaways he's been in, he must have super recovery powers. Add in the Spanish rider in Spain angle and his contract situation and there are too many red flags for my liking.

 

[pastronef]

I didn't think even for a moment about doping while watching the stage and Castrillo's win.

I am not joking. I just didn't want Vlasov to win and I didnt for a single moment think about doping while watching the climb.

 

[awavey]

Wouldn't give Carlton that much credit - he was reading off the stats he had in front of him on PCS because he didn't know a thing about him. He has previous for this when a lesser known rider wins, you can literally hear him reading off key results in the order they appear on the rider page on the website.

Oh I know he was reading them off PCS,

what I meant is he's reading them and his brain is going wait, what!!! this guy noone had heard of till last week is 74kg 6ft tall , and he's just done this climb quicker than some of the sports best recognised climbers who have between 5-10kg less weight and several inches less, to carry up a mountain and he didn't look half as knackered as Vaslov did at the end.

Cyclists built like him aren't usually that good up mountains

 

[Rob5091]

X post on climb times on Cuitu Negru - Mas & Roglic fastest ever! (Pablo Castrillo managed to complete the climb in a time of 12:38)

 

[noob]

X post on climb times on Cuitu Negru - Mas & Roglic fastest ever! (Pablo Castrillo managed to complete the climb in a time of 12:38)

Isn't it too funny how Rogla is seen as "washed" by some...

It's just the whole peleton and their aunts are going faster and faster 😓🤐

 

[E_F_]

Isn't it too funny how Rogla is seen as "washed" by some...

It's just the whole peleton and their aunts are going faster and faster 😓🤐

Isn't it too funny how Froomy is seen as "washed" by some...

It's just the whole peleton and their aunts are going faster and faster 😓🤐

 

[gunara]

what was the name of that rider that INEOS contracted but never put a pedal forward because of doping issues?

John Locke!

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Kern Pharma being a bit too upfront with their team name?
Toying with WT riders, think a lot of big teams will be proper pissed after that. One win is fine, two already pushing it with Vlasov not being able to keep up but now a 3rd win? Did the W52 expertise cross the border?

 

[Andon]

Kern Pharma going nuclear with no shame, nice. Excellent name.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

They're like Euskaltel on drugs, so exactly like the original Euskaltel team. Lovely stuff.

 

[Mayomaniac]

They're like Euskaltel on drugs, so exactly like the original Euskaltel team. Lovely stuff.

We need more wildcard teams like this, not just the super budget teams being on the good stuff.

 

[Rackham]

I called it last week. It was almost 1-2 Kern Pharma today as well.

 

[Tim Cahill]

It's far funnier and more entertaining when some randomers do it isn't it.

Future entry into the smash and grab hall of fame thread.

 

[NFTtiddies]

Paniagua (and some pharma)

 

[Froome]

Even kern pharma discovered the new magic potion.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pharmstrong!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Paniagua (and some pharma)

I think there's quite a bit of pharma... I'd like to be excited for Kern but this is a little too much.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

This is the kind of doping that is way more excusable than UAE and Visma dominance, but will actually turn more heads even though it should turn fewer.

 

[topcat]

I'm loving the Kern Pharma revolution. It feels like a massive up yours to the UCI. Pablo from the breakaway tomorrow pulling faces.
Would Pog make the starting lineup for KP?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

I'm loving the Kern Pharma revolution. It feels like a massive up yours to the UCI. Pablo from the breakaway tomorrow pulling faces.
Would Pog make the starting lineup for KP?

They should be grateful that Pogi the King shared his porridge recipe with them. All hail the King!