Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

[Rechtschreibfehler]

A sport with a failed business model (or a nonexistent one) has been bailed out by money from a sportswashing government. Of course everyone that relies on the status quo to pay their bills is going to be reluctant to blow the whistle. The way this changes is likely with a police investigation, criminal charges etc, the same as it did 25 years ago. The MUCH less likely change agent would be a reinvented business model where the sport makes money without relying on the charity of sponsors.

Maybe I missed something, but how did one sportswashig government bail out pro cycling?

 

[Gwbert]

A sport with a failed business model (or a nonexistent one) has been bailed out by money from a sportswashing government. Of course everyone that relies on the status quo to pay their bills is going to be reluctant to blow the whistle. The way this changes is likely with a police investigation, criminal charges etc, the same as it did 25 years ago. The MUCH less likely change agent would be a reinvented business model where the sport makes money without relying on the charity of sponsors.

It’s almost always a police investigation that gets it done in the end. The question is, what will they find? Yet more blood bags with some nicknames?

 

[zlev11]

Maybe I missed something, but how did one sportswashig government bail out pro cycling?

because it's keeping at least 3 major teams afloat?

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

because it's keeping at least 3 major teams afloat?

Yeah but that's not bailing out pro cycling per se, this is why I was asking. It's not that I am unaware of the sports washing teams existence, but I never got the impression that without these teams stuff would collapse financially.

 

[snipeheem]

'I don't know what it is' – Tour de France leader Tadej Pogačar brushes aside question on carbon monoxide rebreather use.

 

[Stablo]

'I don't know what it is' – Tour de France leader Tadej Pogačar brushes aside question on carbon monoxide rebreather use.

Really intresting cause UAE admits that they have the rebreather in use as testing equipment. So the "I don't know what it is" could well be "yes I have been inhaling it as much as possible this season" 🫠
https://escapecollective.com/exclus...ing-carbon-monoxide-in-super-altitude-recipe/
The article is behind a wall, but can be read for free with an email address. It's a long one, but worth the read.

 

[repoman]

Really intresting cause UAE admits that they have the rebreather in use as testing equipment. So the "I don't know what is" could well be "yes I have been inhaling it as much as possible this season" 🫠
https://escapecollective.com/exclus...ing-carbon-monoxide-in-super-altitude-recipe/
The article is behind a wall, but can be read for free with an email address. It's a long one, but worth the read.

Uno-X pro cyclists hospitalised due to carbon monoxide poisoning after team bonding session

Team doctor found rider in a state of drowsiness after he raised alarm following visit to kart track

road.cc

"go karts"

 

[Ripper]

'I don't know what it is' – Tour de France leader Tadej Pogačar brushes aside question on carbon monoxide rebreather use.

I posted about this in another thread, but to me Pogo's response is disingenuous. It's a pretty bad look that his team uses it, almost guaranteed that they used it on him, and he cracks some jokes like he doesn't know what the f*** it is. It smells like BS

 

[Monoxidator]

I posted about this in another thread, but to me Pogo's response is disingenuous. It's a pretty bad look that his team uses it, almost guaranteed that they used it on him, and he cracks some jokes like he doesn't know what the f*** it is. It smells like BS

Smells like car exhaust

 

[Rackham]

200 pages & Gianetti's name is still spelt wrong, I love the disrespect.

 

[Bolder]

I posted about this in another thread, but to me Pogo's response is disingenuous. It's a pretty bad look that his team uses it, almost guaranteed that they used it on him, and he cracks some jokes like he doesn't know what the f*** it is. It smells like BS

The reflex is just to dissimulate when asked about anything that could be seen as offering an unfair advantage. Ofc he knew what it was and also that he used it.

 

[Ripper]

The reflex is just to dissimulate when asked about anything that could be seen as offering an unfair advantage. Ofc he knew what it was and also that he used it.

And of course today he is admitted that now

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Teddy going to the Vuelta. If Visma can with all 3 GT's with 3 people, Teddy can do it with one. Gonna win the Vuelta by 30 minutes. Totes legit.

Who knew all I had to do to get faster was suck my car's tailpipe??!!

 

[snipeheem]

So yesterday he doesnt know what it is but today he knows.

'It's just a pretty simple test' – Tour de France leader Tadej Pogačar confirms use of carbon monoxide rebreather​

 

[lenric]

if pogacar goes thermonuclear on the ITT on sunday and puts like a 1.5 minutes or whatever on aquaman, what are we going to say?

 

[SHAD0W93]

if pogacar goes thermonuclear on the ITT on sunday and puts like a 1.5 minutes or whatever on aquaman, what are we going to say?

Vingegaard cracked from his poor base due to the injury, Pogacar annd UAE were just that much better, and he will be happy to even do that well after his injuries.

 

[lenric]

Vingegaard cracked from his poor base due to the injury, Pogacar annd UAE were just that much better, and he will be happy to even do that well after his injuries.

 

[Gratemans]

Because he's Quasimodo. He predicted all this

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmhVw6q-KOA

 

[Hombre]

First crack in the armor. Never felt he was on the back foot until now.

 

[lenric]

First crack in the armor. Never felt he was on the back foot until now.

 

[pelotonIQ]

First crack in the armor. Never felt he was on the back foot until now.

You are watching the wrong race or posting in the wrong thread amigo

 

[Cookster15]

if pogacar goes thermonuclear on the ITT on sunday and puts like a 1.5 minutes or whatever on aquaman, what are we going to say?

Why would that be worse than Vingegaard at the Combloux stage 16 TT last year putting 1.5 minutes into Pogacar in just 22km and 32 minutes?

 

[Hombre]

You are watching the wrong race or posting in the wrong thread amigo

Apologies, I meant the responses to the rebreather question in the span of 24 hours, not the race results.

 

[sam6]

Do you reckon this Mou thing is a smokescreen for doping? They know there will be huge questions on Pogi's improvement this year so they release these explanations about his training improvements. But they know it will be dismissed if it comes from official channels, so they post it on this forum as if written by some lunatic. This way people will love it and make it some weird cult thing. People will also think that if there are leaks over this there would be leaks over doping. This also provides some explanations as well that people will believe

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Do you reckon this Mou thing is a smokescreen for doping? They know there will be huge questions on Pogi's improvement this year so they release these explanations about his training improvements. But they know it will be dismissed if it comes from official channels, so they post it on this forum as if written by some lunatic. This way people will love it and make it some weird cult thing. People will also think that if there are leaks over this there would be leaks over doping. This also provides some explanations as well that people will believe

100%, and it’s working based on twitter interactions.