Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

[markene2]

e-bikes go wroooom

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Shock-horror, a not so stick-thin GT winner can TT better than a Gesink-build dutch climber and a Track cyclist from a retirement home. Must be motors, but it‘s only ever one guy using motors because otherwise my motors don‘t explain the bigger time gaps. So sad that Pogačar is gatekeeping motors, except for when Ganna needs to beat him. Or is Ganna simply Superman and can beat a guy on an e-bike?

 

[BullsFan22]

Ganna is squeaky clean. A true hardworking, honest, clean professional bike rider from Italy, which doesn’t really produce dirty athletes, in any sport.

 

[Ripper]

Ganna is squeaky clean. A true hardworking, honest, clean professional bike rider from Italy, which doesn’t really produce dirty athletes, in any sport.

Ooohhh, you should start a thread on Gannaman.

 

[Netserk]

Ooohhh, you should start a thread on Gannaman.

Filippo Ganna

First there was Riis, then there was Hincapie, then there was Thomas, then we had van Aert, now we have Ganna climbing with riders 2/3rds of his weight. Thermonuclear.

forum.cyclingnews.com

 

[Ripper]

Filippo Ganna

First there was Riis, then there was Hincapie, then there was Thomas, then we had van Aert, now we have Ganna climbing with riders 2/3rds of his weight. Thermonuclear.

forum.cyclingnews.com

Thanks @Netserk !!

I stand corrected, BullsFan should comment on the Ganna thread!

 

[QuickZulu]

Well well well....

 

[Luthor]

Of course Netflix has doping insinuations when on these hype level stages all I see is this "miracles" type of ***. Sad state of cycling since 2020.

 

[Ripper]

I think the battery died with a few hundred meters left to go

 

[GuntherL1]

Pogacar in full b*llsh*t mode. It reminds me of his raid in the TdF of 2021 to Grand-Bornand where he took 3 minutes on the elite group on his own.
The biggest similarity will be the reaction of the majority of journalists, celebrating the talent and working ethic of this amazing athlete.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Was a little on the ridiculous side today, still doped, gotta love the people who have to insinuate he slowed down on purpose in the end because three minutes gained doesn‘t get them to climax anymore.

 

[Ripper]

Was a little on the ridiculous side today, still doped, gotta love the people who have to insinuate he slowed down on purpose in the end because three minutes gained doesn‘t get them to climax anymore.

Wait, wut?

 

[Savant12]

Pog with all the effort of a Z2 ride. Fresh as a daisy!

 

[Ripper]

Nice to see the true bald fraud giving hugs at the finish line

 

[SorelyBoy]

Dead giveaway for me is that he never seems to go into the red. He accelerates and then just keeps it there for kilometre after kilometre with very little drop off. That’s not normal, especially not at altitude. With everyone else, except maybe Vingegaard, the body pays for its extra effort and therefore other riders have to ease back or risk blowing up altogether. It’s obviously breaking the laws of human physiology, yet not one commentator calls out the elephant in the room.

 

[solo80k]

Pog with all the effort of a Z2 ride. Fresh as a daisy!

He thought there's another climb in the final...

 

[Red Rick]

It was to be expected when sportswashing team #1 re signed him for a million years.

But hey, the media got their talking points

 

[Extinction]

Motor

 

[ppanther92]

Dead giveaway for me is that he never seems to go into the red. He accelerates and then just keeps it there for kilometre after kilometre with very little drop off. That’s not normal, especially not at altitude. With everyone else, except maybe Vingegaard, the body pays for its extra effort and therefore other riders have to ease back or risk blowing up altogether. It’s obviously breaking the laws of human physiology, yet not one commentator calls out the elephant in the room.

Why would he go into red when he is clearly the best rider? And your argument really makes no sense, when we saw the "I am dead. I am gone." Pogacar two years in a row at the Tour. So he goes to the limit and beyond. If he has to. But why should he do here?

E: maybe I should say I am not naive and have no illusions. But I honestly don't get the specific argument.

 

[solo80k]

Motor

It's a blood bag + maybe some extra ingredients. No way they could risk using mechanical doping...

 

[Extinction]

Why would he go into red when he is clearly the best rider? And your argument really makes no sense, when we saw the "I am dead. I am gone." Pogacar two years in a row at the Tour. So he goes to the limit and beyond. If he has to. But why should he do here?

E: maybe I should say I am not naive and have no illusions. But I honestly don't get the specific argument.

Alright, it's only the Giro, the competition is weak, however you look at it, but Wonderboy doesn't suffer. He kept Ganna in check yesterday and now this. There's something going on. It's too much.

 

[Extinction]

It's a blood bag + maybe some extra ingredients. No way they could risk using mechanical doping...

I'd like to think so, but this is just ridiculous.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Nice to see the true bald fraud giving hugs at the finish line

I know who you mean, but bald fraud doesn't exactly narrow things down when it comes to cycling.

 

[acm]

Show must go oooooon

 

[QueenStagiaire]

It's a blood bag + maybe some extra ingredients. No way they could risk using mechanical doping...

They could if others could as well or if there‘s some special interference with the UCI, where Pogačar‘s so far up their arse that he gets special conditions. Option 1 doesn‘t explain these differences and Option 2 requires a larger explanation, for why Pogačar has a motor and the others don‘t. I think if the motor guys are for real, they should camp in front of the UCI headquarters until Pogačar‘s bike is publicly disassembled directly after he crosses the finish line when he does a big performance like today.