Perhaps hope that Remco will give Pog a run for his money in the future.Not Ganna.
Remco I don't know why he's the benchmark here.
But you're right, let's say peak Dennis then.
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Perhaps hope that Remco will give Pog a run for his money in the future.Not Ganna.
Remco I don't know why he's the benchmark here.
I agree, i don't see anything suspicious today by pogacar, maybe in la planche des belles filles, but not today, great performance anyway, but, yeah he only beat by 27 seconds vingegaard, 44 seconds a injured roglic, and kung is perfectly beatable by the best gc riders in the itt. Kung is not ganna. If pogi beat ganna by 18 seconds, that would be very suspicious.You may have a point. He only beat Vingegaard by 27 seconds, and a wheelchair-bound Roglic by 44.
I agree, i don't see anything suspicious today by pogacar, maybe in la planche des belles filles, but not today, great performance anyway, but, yeah he only beat by 27 seconds vingegaard, 44 seconds a injured roglic, and kung is perfectly beatable by the best gc riders in the itt. Kung is not ganna. If pogi beat ganna by 18 seconds, that would be very suspicious.
Contador and froome in the past could fight with tony martin and cancellara, so that could be more suspicious than pogi beat kung.
I'm not sure he would have beaten peak Ganna or Remco today though.
Perhaps hope that Remco will give Pog a run for his money in the future.
But you're right, let's say peak Dennis then.
Today seemed more spectacular than it was. The best references were either not present (Ganna, maybe Dumoulin too) or fully fit (Roglič, Van Aert, maybe Thomas too). Küng is obviously good, but he is no Cancellara.
Pogacar final 3km:/km 4m05s/1m12sWould like to see detailed TT splits as it also seemed to me that Pogacar slowed down over the last few km to avoid taking yellow.
Could be quite spectacular!The climbs are going to be hilarious, I think. I'm very curious to see what happens.
Pretty sure the poster is not saying vdP is clean. But TP is looking pretty serene while he spanks out riders who weight more but are known wattage monkeys (and some who would be considered better at the flat TT).oh yes, the clean red VDP, first time on TT bike probably this year and less than 30sec down on the doper
It's pretty simple, when a guy can win a team sport like TDF by not even needing a team, then there's something wrong.
People will come to regret hate of Sky trains when they realise the alternative is superhuman. At least Sky won with money not drugs.
If there's some new drug in the peloton, everybody is involved in that, not just pogi and gianetti. But yeah, i don't trust on that guys, how is possible that in 2021, gianneti, machin, vinokorouv, riis and others, still work on professional cycling?!So assuming Mauro Gianetti is up to tricks with Pogacar any speculation on what and how? What are they doing and how are they getting past the controls?
The most hilarious part about Pogacar's apparent infallibility is the complete lack of interest in coming up with an explanation. No marginal gains or anything of the sort. The closest we've got is no power meter in the TT last year and a malfunctioning radio in this TT.
Vino is gone isn't he?If there's some new drug in the peloton, everybody is involved in that, not just pogi and gianetti. But yeah, i don't trust on that guys, how is possible that in 2021, gianneti, machin, vinokorouv, riis and others, still work on professional cycling?!
The most hilarious part about Pogacar's apparent infallibility is the complete lack of interest in coming up with an explanation. No marginal gains or anything of the sort. The closest we've got is no power meter in the TT last year and a malfunctioning radio in this TT.
Have L'Équipe done a double page spread calling this *** out yet, free pass been giving?
ha ha ha ha good one mateIt's pretty simple, when a guy can win a team sport like TDF by not even needing a team, then there's something wrong.
People will come to regret hate of Sky trains when they realise the alternative is superhuman. At least Sky won with money not drugs.
Alaphillipe, a good TT rider, lost 1m11s on Pogacar.No one talks about doping anymore, certainly not in the media. It's like 1997 all over again. I said that before the Tour (i.e. it'll be nuclear like the 90's) & it's verified so far. As much as Pogacar looks to be genuinely smug & effortless to the point of hilarity (seriously, at one point during the TT he even turned & looked right at the motorbike camera... & I half expected a wink), he's most certainly not the only superjuiced Dragon Ball Z character in this peloton.
Alaphilippe & Van der Poel for example are equally as funny. And those two benefit from circumstances surrounding their nationality & personal history, i.e. Alaphilippe is French, his girlfriend is a commentator on French TV & also co-organizes the Tour de la Provence (thus he has the right connections) & France has been hungry for a cycling superstar for decades. VdP meanwhile has the huge marketing benefit of the Poulidor connection (but let's not mention the fact his father Adrie was a proven doper...).
And add the fact the casual viewers who watch the Tour enjoy superman performances (like in the Olympics), especially when it's from their favorites or chauvinism related "support" for their national riders, you get an omerta enforced by pretty much everyone for their own specific reasons, i.e. for example as much as the French might not like Pogacar, why would they bring the house of cards down when Alaphilippe would also be caught in he middle? And so on.
And Pogacar is merely the king at the top of a pyramid which has always had dominant winners since the 90's (Indurain, Lance, Contador, Froome & now Pogacar).