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The Giro can still catch up with him tomorrow!
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Hey look. It's me being right for the last 3 months.
lets get some perspective folks. pogacar is fine but he would easily get smoked by the mythical peak padun
That's because traditionally you had to be good at TTs as well to be competitive in the Tour. This new phenomenon of small, featherweight riders like Pogacar, Vingegaard and Remco cranking out faster flat TTs than the big, tanky specialists is indicative of some next-level alien mutant gear being used. How the f*** are they producing all those watts?
The TT Contador won was not flat, and Froome is way taller and heavier than the top 3 in this Tour.That's not really true, TdF winners have often been guys that are great at climbing but can also win TTs. Contador and Froome won TTs in their GTs.
I was saying profile with the wide variety of stages he is superior to everyone else.What? He's 1.76/1.77 and 63kg, that's not crazy. Probably the least crazy part of his entire profile
I can accept there’s gonna be some doping in sport.
This is way too much to take the sport remotely seriously. Gross.
I think I have gotten to the point where anti-doping should just be done away with. It's not solving the doping issue, and it's paradoxically creating a more unequal field than would be the case if everyone had access to standard doping. We're all now (rightfully) skeptical of almost everything these days, so what's even the point?Doped sports are so *** boring. It's not even that they're unfair.
Perhaps, but Jonas won only a single stage last year (the ITT). Even at that, he was up less than 2 mins going into Courchevel. Tadej blew up and Jonas sealed the deal and then coasted into Paris. In fact, Tadej even won Stage 20. It's not like Jonas was up 5 mins and attacking on every stage thereafter.meanwhile Visma & Vingegaard just got what they had coming (including Pog mugging Jorgenson for the stage win today on Isola 2000) after hammering Pog in 2023 (like in Combloux)
as someone who watched the 2007 tour de france, i disagree that doped events are boringDoped sports are so *** boring. It's not even that they're unfair.
Perhaps, but Jonas won only a single stage last year (the ITT). Even at that, he was up less than 2 mins going into Courchevel. Tadej blew up and Jonas sealed the deal and then coasted into Paris. In fact, Tadej even won Stage 20. It's not like Jonas was up 5 mins and attacking on every stage thereafter.
Seems like it was similar to La Planche des Belles Filles. They offset each other imo.Combloux was absurd.
It was the single greatest performance in terms of seconds gained per km in a Tour time trial since the 1960's.
The people who orchestrated that 'performance' get zero sympathy or 'good guy' points.
Pogacar was just *** bruv I don't know why this hurts to admitCombloux was absurd.
It was the single greatest performance in terms of seconds gained per km in a Tour time trial since the 1960's.
The people who orchestrated that 'performance' get zero sympathy or 'good guy' points.
Fair, you said build which made it sound like his physiqueI was saying profile with the wide variety of stages he is superior to everyone else.
Yeah, that tour had a set of very unique circumstances that are very hard to replicate for entertainment.as someone who watched the 2007 tour de france, i disagree that doped events are boring
I guess you're right, it just feels like the exception rather than the rule.as someone who watched the 2007 tour de france, i disagree that doped events are boring
I don't think doped events are boring.as someone who watched the 2007 tour de france, i disagree that doped events are boring