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That's been stated since the 1980s, still Merckx won 5 Tours, 5 Giros and a Vuelta, 7 MSR, 2 Flanders, 3 PR, 5 LBL, 3 Worlds and 2 Lombardia, so anyway you cut it that's pretty damn good. He looks pretty damn good too here.
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How do you know that?
You can't all rewrite history, it's almost like some "woke" thing here.
He is the GOAT of this sport like Michael jordan is the GOAT of basketball, this is nothing about being the best of each generation.
Yet there‘s few things where Jordan is ahead of LeBron, even though LeBron is playing in a more modern league
Bill Russell the goat , he is Merckx of basketball
Another show! One hard week of training and he is ready to rock in Zurich!
It seems he finished the Tour just yesterday, impressive. He's leaner as ever, clearly in top shape. He will be unstoppable in WC
Definitely. He will follow the usual building up to get to the top in two weeks. A bit like he does for the italian classics, which starts "slowly" as a human being to reach the alien mode . But with these legs it would already be enough. Psychologically today has already dealt a first tough blow to his opponents.
Yes, he knows how to peak for a race. This is not his mutant shape yet.
No gloves today, he was prepared to win this!
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After peaking twice already this season with 2 GT wins this is really impressive. He’s gonna be hard to beat in Zürich. Hope Remco can give us a good battle.
When I saw triple hair tufts today I knew his hair was in peak race winning conditionNo gloves today, he was prepared to win this!
He didn't peak for the Giro. It was a training camping for him.
But you still got almost the same preperation to be at 90-95%. He didn’t have to go too much in his powers but he still did some amazing efforts so it was certainly a peak for me. Just got it easier and saved some extra energy for the Tour.
No, you don't. I'm pretty sure his training camp in April was lighter compared to June and he wasn't even sleeping at altitude in April.
How great was it when Bling came out on the course to congratulate him?
....and he would say Julius Erving was Merckx and PT Barnum. Dr J made the NBA what it is today.
Didn’t he train at altitude before Liege/Giro? He definitely had a first peak already at the Giro and another at the Tour. He just peaks 3 times this season which is manageable if you don’t race too much.
Tadej Pogacar heads to altitude to reach high peak for Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Giro d'Italia
Three weeks in Sierra Nevada follow Slovenian's commanding spring performances
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He wasn't sleeping at altitude, just trainingDidn’t he train at altitude before Liege/Giro? He definitely had a first peak already at the Giro and another at the Tour. He just peaks 3 times this season which is manageable if you don’t race too much.
Tadej Pogacar heads to altitude to reach high peak for Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Giro d'Italia
Three weeks in Sierra Nevada follow Slovenian's commanding spring performances
An unplanned training at altitude too, just there since girlfriend was there.
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