Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

[Ripper]

BTW, it is interesting to watch how immediately Taddy drops folks when he lays it down. When it is 100%, I cannot even compare it to races I have been in. More like when someone sprints from a group going at a moderate pace

 

[Apolitical]

BTW, it is interesting to watch how immediately Taddy drops folks when he lays it down. When it is 100%, I cannot even compare it to races I have been in. More like when someone sprints from a group going at a moderate pace

Right?

I'll add that when he attacks and goes solo, not even a group of very good riders working together, including using disposable teammates, can catch him.

 

[James M]

This is awesome is this the dark side of the forum? Have I stumbled upon the dark knowledge here? Teach me the way I wanne rip my soul to 9 pieces and live forever.

 

[snipeheem]

This is awesome is this the dark side of the forum? Have I stumbled upon the dark knowledge here? Teach me the way I wanne rip my soul to 9 pieces and live forever.

The bright side of the forum haha the Real forum starts here haha

 

[Ripper]

This is awesome is this the dark side of the forum? Have I stumbled upon the dark knowledge here? Teach me the way I wanne rip my soul to 9 pieces and live forever.

About 100 LoLs

There's a lot to be said if you have raced against folks who are popped for doping and seen firsthand what happens in races where some folks are enhanced. It is ... unpleasant 🤔 🙂

 

[Froome]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1810365722964476311

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Great job in terms of propaganda. Emirates are being more smart than US postal in the past.

Emirates created a very good machine of propaganda, and i am talking serious, but they have to be careful with some details for the less distracted.

 

[Heston]

LOL

Even Landis or Horner were never this obvious

 

[Samu Cuenca]

LOL

Even Landis or Horner were never this obvious

If Horner had been 25 instead of 41, he would probably have crushed Nibali completely, too.

 

[AttaqueDeRolland]

Just imagine for a second, if you will, how people and the media would have reacted if Armstrong, Contador, or Froome had been delivering results like the ones Pogacar is delivering these years. Nobody, and I really mean nobody, would have taken them seriously. But when Pogacar is literally the new Eddy Merckx it's somehow just "CICLISMO!" It's all one big fat joke.

 

[Slavique Nuke]

The trolls right now

 

[Ripper]

That initial acceleration was highly entertaining. Might have burnt out the motor with that one

 

[Ripper]

The trolls right now

Who is trolling?

 

[Slavique Nuke]

Who is trolling?

LOL

Even Landis or Horner were never this obvious

 

[Heston]

Why would that be trolling? Pogacar humiliated the classics specialists in Liege, won the most superior Giro win since Basso 2006, and even with that in his legs he comes to the Tour and beats the lighter climbing specialists on Galibier and beats the time trial specialists in a time trial.

I have watched cycling since 2002 and I have never seen anyone this obvious.

 

[ppanther92]

Why would that be trolling? Pogacar humiliated the classics specialists in Liege, won the most superior Giro win since Basso 2006, and even with that in his legs he comes to the Tour and beats the lighter climbing specialists on Galibier and beats the time trial specialists in a time trial.

I have watched cycling since 2002 and I have never seen anyone this obvious.

So according to your post - Pogacar is neither a classics specialist, nor a climbing specialist, nor a time trial specialist.
What can this loser even do then?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

So according to your post - Pogacar is neither a classics specialist, nor a climbing specialist, nor a time trial specialist.
What can this loser even do then?

An all-rounder, clearly not specialized

 

[ppanther92]

An all-rounder, clearly not specialized

Ok, and what would be the argument that an allrounder shouldn't beat a classics guy, climber, or time trialist to not make it absurd?

 

[Zen Master]

I have watched cycling since 2002 and I have never seen anyone this obvious.

I've been watching cycling long before 2002 and I've never seen anything like this. Nope, not even close to this kind of alien like performance. All the best cyclist of their eras had some kind of flaw, some type of terrain that didn't suit them, except Pogačar.

 

[Ripper]

LOL

Even Landis or Horner were never this obvious

So you mean posters like Heston are trolling?

 

[Ripper]

I've been watching cycling long before 2002 and I've never seen anything like this. Nope, not even close to this kind of alien like performance. All the best cyclist of their eras had some kind of flaw, some type of terrain that didn't suit them, except Pogačar.

Pretty weird stuff going on

 

[Ripper]

So according to your post - Pogacar is neither a classics specialist, nor a climbing specialist, nor a time trial specialist.
What can this loser even do then?

He is an everything specialist, even better than an all-rounder. He is an awesome at everything all around kind of racer

 

[Slavique Nuke]

His most outstanding speciality is losing to Vingegaard

 

[noob]

Listening to Hincapie, Wiggins and Lance roasting Pog tactics and I must admit I tend to agree. Sad.

They talk about Pog needing to be controlled by his DS. How he won't make teammates happy racing this way bc it also kills him.

 

[zlev11]

Listening to Hincapie, Wiggins and Lance roasting Pog tactics and I must admit I tend to agree. Sad.

They talk about Pog needing to be controlled by his DS. How he won't make teammates happy racing this way bc it also kills him.

they're right. btw Wiggins is so good on that show. i didn't like him as a rider but he comes across as very smart and thoughtful. he's already running laps around the other two.

 

[Froome]

Listening to Hincapie, Wiggins and Lance roasting Pog tactics and I must admit I tend to agree. Sad.

They talk about Pog needing to be controlled by his DS. How he won't make teammates happy racing this way bc it also kills him.

They are based on the assumption that Pogacar doesn't need to attack because he has a gap of 1 min and 10 s, but obviously Emirates and Pogacar knows they need to take advantage of the opportunities, like gravel stage and this stage 11 to increase the gap to Vingegaard, plus the fact Vingegaard came from injury, so they smelled blood.

Like i said, 1 min and 10 s is not confortable, and just wheelsuck Vingegaard in the last week plus the TT, is not safe against the best climber in the world.

If he attacked today more later on col perthus, nothing suggests things would be different.