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They have the same time but different distance measured.
I think this is completely wrong. Riders and team will only say something if the guy winning everything is unpopular, and maybe not even then.
And it's not just one guy winning. While Pogi is dominant, so is Van der Poel. Likewise Vingegaard.
That takes not that much energy and Pogacar just trained himself to farm the easy content consistently.
After this Giro we should be vigilant on others
Those narratives to me are just magical bs with 0 plausibility. Retrofitted Marvel storylines.After this Giro we should be vigilant on others
I think its an arms race. 2020 TdF stage 20 wasn't supposed to happen - that Tour was going exactly to JV's plan until that day. So Visma upped the ante. Now UAE / Pog are responding.
On my original comment, there can be murmurs in the peloton. Examples I recall were Vinokourov's 2007 TdF stage 13 TT win and Riccardo Ricco's 2008 (CERA fueled) performances. There was talk in the peloton before it became public.
That's your opinion RR. Since I backed up my opinion with two specific examples which I know happened - so they are not just plausible but fact. Can you flesh out your opinion?
Honestly something is going on since 2020, but my take is they are taking doping.....but legal doping, something who is not banned. Something ethically wrong, but legal.After this Giro we should be vigilant on others
I think its an arms race. 2020 TdF stage 20 wasn't supposed to happen - that Tour was going exactly to JV's plan until that day. So Visma upped the ante. Now UAE / Pog are responding.
On my original comment, there can be murmurs in the peloton. Examples I recall were Vinokourov's 2007 TdF stage 13 TT win and Riccardo Ricco's 2008 (CERA fueled) performances. There was talk in the peloton before it became public.
Public bought Wiggins, Froome, all of Sky they'll buy anything.
2020 TdF stage 20 is like Fleche 1994 or Val Louron 1991.After this Giro we should be vigilant on others
I think its an arms race. 2020 TdF stage 20 wasn't supposed to happen - that Tour was going exactly to JV's plan until that day. So Visma upped the ante. Now UAE / Pog are responding.
On my original comment, there can be murmurs in the peloton. Examples I recall were Vinokourov's 2007 TdF stage 13 TT win and Riccardo Ricco's 2008 (CERA fueled) performances. There was talk in the peloton before it became public.
Somewhat. Less so than they buy Van der Poel, UAE & Visma.
All started during covid, and it's funny in 2019 the level looked worse than in the previous years.
Pre-Covid van der Poel and van Aert were still in the process of transitioning to road cycling, and Pogacar was too young to make much of an impact pre-Covid, aside from his 3rd place at the Vuelta.
And that's crazy to me. Even if you ignore absolute W/kg numbers and buy into all the bs about 'riders are just better now'. Relative dominance going up to the extreme degree doesn't make you question anything?'
The fact that, out of all the riders who have won a GT in the past 5 years, he is the only one participating, may have something to do with it.
It has something to do with a guy riding "away for 2+ minutes on the climbs multiple times"
That may well be the case. I'm glad, at any rate, that you have come around to my point of view.
Are you talking about a dietary supplement(s), or an actual pharmaceutical(s) that's not on the banned list? (whatever that may be).
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