There are some things that bother me.
1. What is a race incident? Every crash is a race incident and it's not okay to defend THJ because it was his fault, even him is aware of that. So I don't understand why are some people trying to blame Pogacar.
2. THJ doesn't deserve this hate around him. He is just a normal guy who made a mistake. Unfortunately for him, the rider who got punished for him is the face of cycling and the most popular and important rider in the peloton.
3. How the hell THJ didn't get a yellow card? This is what is driving me crazy right now.
4. Pogacar's crash overshadowed some riders attacking on pee break. For me, this is breaking cycling's unwritten rules. This is way worse than Pogacar's crash (when we talk about attitude).
Is point 3 really 'driving you crazy'? There's a lot of emotional states between not understanding or disagreeing with something to driving you crazy.
It makes me feel that you do not feel so bad for the treatment that THJ receives... Your statement in point two brings up some kind of justification in the sense that Pogacar is the most important rider.
And you are also seeing things that are not relevant, barely anyone is blaming Pogacar for his crash. Crashes happen, unlucky moments happen, lack of concentration at times happen to anyone.
Taking a pee also happens but fun fact, the attacks happened by many and not when Pogacar went on his pee break. People like MVDP who went on a pee break at same time were already long back in the peloton by then.
Sanitation breaks and food is part of the race and no other rider needs to plan his attacks around it. All riders do this at different times mostly. I don't hear you complaining when it befalls other riders. Pogacar deserves no other treatment than any other rider.
But hey I hope you can still holds it together. Your GOAT will most likely be fine and I saw in another post that you have the excuse ready already: of Pogacar looses time it MUST be because of his injuries.
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