State of the Peloton 2024

[Ripper]

"Apparently."

Apparently not! Allegedly

 

[Rob5091]

So is Cory Williams the 2024 or 2025 Caribbean Champion?

3/11/2024​

1.2​

1​

Caribbean Championships (Georgetown) R.R.

15​

According to the UCI's rules, he's a 2025 champ.

 

[YellowSocks]

I can't wait to read the State of the peloton 2025 thread!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1861430268248100884

View: https://x.com/RichardPlugge/status/1861430268248100884

 

[houtdffan]

2025

Remco does a 50 minute Ventoux only to lose 1:30 to Pog

UCI says: "The whole peloton is clean!"

Nobody is bringing the nukes next year. Question is, do we see monopoles or even Q-ball weaponry, or do the three alien teams decide to tone it down and stick with antimatter for next year?

 

[Rob5091]

2025

Remco does a 50 minute Ventoux only to lose 1:30 to Pog

UCI says: "The whole peloton is clean!"

Nobody is bringing the nukes next year. Question is, do we see monopoles or even Q-ball weaponry, or do the three alien teams decide to tone it down and stick with antimatter for next year?

It'll be full gas for all teams as nobody wants to be left behind. Get your hazmat suit and geiger counter ready in the bunker for next year.

 

[houtdffan]

It'll be full gas for all teams as nobody wants to be left behind. Get your hazmat suit and geiger counter ready in the bunker for next year.

anti matter produces no radiation, nor do monopoles. q balls simply obliterate the planet entirely

anyone bringing nukes is going to be 10 minutes behind the aliens on ventoux

 

[Krzysztof_O]

2025

Remco does a 50 minute Ventoux only to lose 1:30 to Pog

UCI says: "The whole peloton is clean!"

And both finish over 5 minutes behind Skeletor, who says he's just discovered advantages of porridge and Z2 rides.

 

[houtdffan]

And both finish over 5 minutes behind Skeletor, who says he's just discovered advantages of porridge and Z2 rides.

and the whole peloton is still clean

 

[Rob5091]

and the whole peloton is still clean

Damn right! "Never tested positive"!

 

[Rob5091]

As a fitting way to round off this year, a quote from pro Simon Pellaud (PCS stats) about life in the pro peloton - (and confirms in a way, the notion of needing to be on the autistic spectrum to make it to the top)
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...nt-pro-riders-in-pursuit-of-performance-gains

"The World Tour no longer makes me dream, I draw a line under it. I honestly wonder if cycling as it has become is viable in the long term," he adds. "The level, the pace, the risks we take... It's madness. The daily life you have to live to exist in the elite doesn't suit me. So much is demanded that there is no room for anything other than cycling. The new generations have no life."

 

[Rob5091]

anti matter produces no radiation, nor do monopoles. q balls simply obliterate the planet entirely

anyone bringing nukes is going to be 10 minutes behind the aliens on ventoux

If Pogi oblitierates the planet, there could be a lot of upset people. It could also be a fitting end to humanity, in a way. "They all perished because some guy wanted to win a cycle race."

 

[Rob5091]

Bob Jungels reflects also on the state of the peloton -
https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-ro...ainable-i-m-sceptical-if-we-can-still-push-it

“I think we will reach a limit at some point of mental strength and mental capacities of riders,” he says. Are we asking a lot of riders? “I think so. There is a lot less downtime, more time at altitude camps, and all year round you’re required to take care of nutrition and this or that. It’s becoming a tough year every year. I believe there is a time for everything – time to have beers with mates, time to weigh your rice. To have a long-lasting career, you have to find your own balance.”

“I don’t think it’s going to be a thing where people say we don’t want to ride like this anymore, but you see it already with younger riders saying it’s not for me anymore,” Jungels continues. “You didn’t really have this in the past. I believe, and I hope I’m wrong, that careers will be shorter because the intensity is not sustainable. If at some point you want to have a family, it’s tough, very tough, and it’s something we will see in the next five to 10 years.”