Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

[Samu Cuenca]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kYkciD9VjU

 

[MartinGT]

Why is nobody confronting the UCI about Gianetti's history?

They're making too much money off Pogi Mania, same as when Dawg was about. At least with Dawg he didn't hold for for 365 days a year

 

[Netserk]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kYkciD9VjU

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XFe9bD4VNU

 

[Ulle97]

Will Pogi win MSR?

 

[MartinGT]

Will Pogi win MSR?

and RvV and PR

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Will Pogi win MSR?

Van der Poel is still #1 favourite. They will likely try brute force method again on Cipressa but baiting Van der Poel by Del Toro's attack would be refreshing to see.

 

[Notarobot]

He's gonna win everything this year.

 

[Cookster15]

Because his rivals are also juiced.

That's the omerta right there. Seixas for example isn't the Grinch, i.e. he didn't just get magically dropped on someone's doorstep. The whole system is geared towards maximizing youth and finding the super responders in the teen categories - maybe with genetic doping and anything else to spoof the biological passport.

Thanks for that. Always been my view - also on the omerta (why rivals don't complain).

Interesting that some are claiming Seixas is 'legit' [whatever "legit means?]. But maybe the legit rider shows that Pogacar isn't using a motor as gets brought up here after some of Pog's wins.

The bigger concern for the sport is new ways to circumvent the passport. Also wonder how they can identify super responders?

 

[Squire]

They're making too much money off Pogi Mania, same as when Dawg was about. At least with Dawg he didn't hold for for 365 days a year

That's giving a bit too much credit to the Pog and the Dog I think. I'd say they're making money off of their sport no longer looking like Nellcôte on wheels in the eyes of casual viewers, not from any specific rider dominating. And especially not a Slovenian. The British dominance did at least produce some extra 'investment' in the sport there.

 

[Abedfo]

I feel like the cycling fandom is finally cottoning on. Seen lots more "doper" posts on twitter. I mean you'd have to literally have your head in the clouds to think otherwise.

 

[kingjr]

I feel like the cycling fandom is finally cottoning on. Seen lots more "doper" posts on twitter. I mean you'd have to literally have your head in the clouds to think otherwise.

Most of those aren't cottoning on to anything. They're frustrated because they don't get the entertainment they want. They may be correct, but only in the way a broken clock is correct.

 

[meat puppet]

Fwiw, Velon claimed the 80k attack averaged 380w as opposed to 340w last year. Probably normalized power.

Yay.

 

[MartinGT]

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View: https://bsky.app/profile/inrng.com/post/3mgia5g4unk2y

 

[Ulle97]

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Probably his motor

 

[MartinGT]

Probably his motor

Basically what the replies say 🤣

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I don't know about motos, but he will/should get disqualified if it's a glucose monitor.

 

[MartinGT]

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Other riders starting to have enough of UAE and Pog being greedy.

 

[MartinGT]

I don't know about motos, but he will/should get disqualified if it's a glucose monitor.

Apparently others on UAE had it too

 

[kingjr]

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Other riders starting to have enough of UAE and Pog being greedy.

Desperate times, right?

 

[DONCA]

"His medical program only began two years ago and is far from complete. He will become even stronger."

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Pogačar in 2025:

Pogačar in 2026:

 

[Rob5091]

He's stil improving? Nothing to see here, just a guy improving.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cyc...irms-what-pogacars-rivals-never-want-to-hear/

"Tadej is stronger than ever, he's still improving," Gianetti said. "Every rider improves year on year, they have to, otherwise they eventually fall behind. Fortunately, Tadej keeps on surprising us."

 

[Gianetti_Is_The_Goat]

Will Pogi win MSR?

I hope he wins all 5 monuments this season just to hear 'journalists' explain this dominance.

 

[Gianetti_Is_The_Goat]

"His medical program only began two years ago and is far from complete. He will become even stronger."

No. It probably started in 2018 or 2019. It went to a different level two years ago.

 

[AlpRaid]

Tim Rex: “I thought 'what is going on here, am I standing still?' I was doing 500 watts and those guys still came past me, not normal."

That's the thing, the vast improvement of all of UAE so that the doms are putting their top competition in the red even before Pog goes.

It really is laughable now. And feels very reminiscent of rider reactions at the start of epo.