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Glorified friendly between Italy and Belgium at the time. With random appearances from another countries.
Just like Paris-Roubaix was a glorified Belgian NC.
A victory is always a victory. As much as pogacar fans want, they can't rewrite history, and who is the GOAT. It looks they want to cancel merckx.
I didn't claim Pogacar is GOAT or something. Just pointed out that compensation was rather poor to say the least.
Wether the level of competition should be taken into account when discussing GOATs (in any sport, not just cycling) is up to a debate.
Besides, IIRC you didn't say that "a victory is always a victory" during the Giro, you were bashing the competition back then.
Someone commented that she said that in a sarcastic manner on this instagram post and she replied to them.
He is 66 kg. He needs 2 or 3 kilos of pure muscle to produce 20/30 watts more.
Maybe he knows he is not suited for Paris Roubaix against the heavyweight guys. He was 13th when he did PR as a junior. In terms of comparation, Merckx was more suited for PR. He won the race when he was 23 years old.
I don’t think you can just add and subtract muscle. Let’s say he does add, how does he also compete in the tour? Why not just run P-R without all of this physiology theory and see what happens?
He can shred 2 kilos of muscle in 3 months. But it will be hard, specially if some of his muscles are in his upper body
If he went to PR this year I would expect him to be in the Top 5. Yes you need luck in a race like that but Pogacar is a unique rider, winning big races first attempt is something he is proven to do.
You can shred fat. Removing muscle is a totally different thing that impacts energy and condition
You're right. For that reason I said 3 months to shred 2/3 kilos of muscle. It is way harder but possible. If we are talking about shredding fat, in a month they lose 2 kg easily.
I don't think anyone but sprinters can win those sort of stage. You'd have to look at stage races with things such as cobbles and gravel and it is understood he was quite competitive in those, even though it isn't worth the energy expenditure in a race where mountains are decisive on other days
Physiologically for someone who is already that lean to lose 2kg it would be very difficult to shed much fat and any lean muscle mass loss before something like a grand tour is very risky.
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