You're right, and silly of me to respond to it. He is just an extreme fanboy, really.
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Quinn Simmons has gone full American
Quinn Simmons (LTK) enjoys the dirt roads around Siena:
"It's difficult to beat Mr Pogi, but we have to try. We're not going to sit back and let him fly away on the Strade Bianche. That's the most likely scenario, but we're not going to give him the win."
Quinn Simmons (LTK) enjoys the dirt roads around Siena:
"It's difficult to beat Mr Pogi, but we have to try. We're not going to sit back and let him fly away on the Strade Bianche. That's the most likely scenario, but we're not going to give him the win."
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Pogi is too dominant. Hes 1.30 to win Strade and 1.50 odds to win the Tour, essentially saying only a crash can stop him. He even is the odds favorite to win MSR, a race where the route is massively stacked against him..
The problem is Pog is to good relative to everyone, not the route. Theres noone any team can send here who would change anything. Alter the route and its more suspense, sure its fine, im with you guys, but in reality its a solution equal to pissing your pants to keep yourself warm imo, it wont do much in reality. He would still dominate, maybe not 80km solo but nevertheless same result. Unless you make the entire route pancake flat and make it into a complete new race entirely.
That's the real issue for people complaining about suspense, not the route thats a minor problem compared to the real one. Remove the bogeyman, and Strade is suddenly wide open.
- Aug 29, 2009
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If anyone is bored enough, the interviews from the presentation are on Youtube:
"The legs are turning well", Scaroni says
. He doesn't think the race suits his "out of the saddle" climbing style perfectly, though
"The legs are turning well", Scaroni says
. He doesn't think the race suits his "out of the saddle" climbing style perfectly, though
- Jul 4, 2016
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That's the way Kirby and I see it unfolding also. Of course the paparazzi will say Pog is a sure thing but they're a callow lot incapable of deep analysis.
- May 14, 2011
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I also don't get the complaints that making this race 29km longer has wrecked it? Maybe 40 minutes extra racing. No biggie.
- Sep 12, 2022
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Maybe start by making it like it used to be, before claiming the result would still be the same. MVDP dropped him like a brick in 2021.
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Pogacar finished behind Michael Gogl in 2021. That should tell you all you need to know about how comparable 2025 is.
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This is parallel universe, where van Aert is multiple De Ronde winner, Moscon is race activist and Tiberi is working at the animal care center.
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Yep MVP is so much better. Maybe Remco is too. Can't wait for Remco to show the world how Pogacar is a fraud.
- Sep 26, 2020
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also Gogl is always injured now, unfortunately
Yeah, Pogačar obviously improved a lot since 2021, but Gogl definitely also got way worse. To be beaten by him that day was a bit like losing to Skujiņš last year, which nearly everyone did.
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Someone: 'I like waffles.'
Someone else in response: 'So you hate pancakes?'
This thread perfectly summarised. Some doodle heads just inventing brand new sentences on sight.
Someone else in response: 'So you hate pancakes?'
This thread perfectly summarised. Some doodle heads just inventing brand new sentences on sight.
- Nov 7, 2009
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'There's going to be a lot of dead bodies in the final'
-Pogacar
-Pogacar
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I dont think tomorrow will be as straightforward for pog and uae as most people think. We already saw a change in the dynamics of teams that want to race against him in lombardy last year trying to make it hard for his team. I also expect the same tomorrow with strong guys probably with 2nd tier riders on a 20+ men breakaway from the start which would make it hard for only uae controlling the race.
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We know what you did there.Little wind tomorrow, and it's a tailwind on Monte Sante Marie.
- Apr 8, 2023
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Jim Cotton at Velo gives the extra loop the once over and ...
https://velo.outsideonline.com/road...ent-status-make-strade-bianche-shorter-again/
- Jul 10, 2014
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'There's going to be a lot of dead bodies in the final'
-Pogacar
View: https://x.com/faustocoppi60/status/1898117751505387827
- May 14, 2011
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I think he’s exaggerating - it’s only an extra 40 minutes racing in a one day classic. I don’t think the organisers should be aiming to make the race another monument but the only thing which might have taken the fizz out of this race is Pogacar’s dominance.
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