Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

[TourOfSardinia]

Gendarme raided the wrong hotel

 

[Bolder]

The guy could have ridden another 100km uphill without breaking sweat. Embarrassingly easy.

That was my reaction, too.

So many of his competitors have not been up to snuff or crashed/injured, so I don't have a great sense of what his actual level is. But he's demolishing the entire peloton with ease. so....

 

[lenric]

cool sprint today

 

[fbjim]

Le Patron strikes. That "eff you" turn by UAE to shut down the Ineos train was so satisfying to watch.

 

[lenric]

the dude next year should do the double

 

[F_Cance]

Playing with his opponents. Guess the team learned to hold back a bit and not go full nuclear.

 

[IndianCyclist]

If the Police look at UAE team, then it tarnishes the reputation of the TDF. Ergo no go. So Bahrain looks to be the scapegoat for the optics of warning the rest of the peloton obliquely

 

[Mayomaniac]

Today he gave me 2004 Armstrong flashbacks.
Yesterday he wasn't just playing with his opponents, he attacked many times and looked irritated when he wasn't able to drop his opponents.

 

[roundabout]

Today he gave me 2004 Armstrong flashbacks.
Yesterday he wasn't just playing with his opponents, he attacked many times and looked irritated when he wasn't able to drop his opponents.

I am not sure today was majorly different than yesterday. Or at least with Kuss being there to help, the audience did not get to see if Pogacar could have dropped everyone before the finishing burst.

 

[BlueRoads]

I am not sure today was majorly different than yesterday. Or at least with Kuss being there to help, the audience did not get to see if Pogacar could have dropped everyone before the finishing burst.

No, I didn't see a big difference either, the effect was a bit different, maybe because of Vingegaard's and Carapaz's slightly different level or because there was a headwind yesterday.

 

[ice&fire]

If the Police look at UAE team, then it tarnishes the reputation of the TDF. Ergo no go. So Bahrain looks to be the scapegoat for the optics of warning the rest of the peloton obliquely

+1000
For all the police raids since the Festina case, the only time I recall they popped a rider in podium position it wasn't because of the police but because of Cassani.

 

[Escarabajo]

If coaches, doctors, UCI and other riders don't put their sh!t together, we are witnessing Armstrong 2.0.
The similarities are incredible.

Enjoy if Pogacar is your favorite rider.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Well after today, its quite clear Brailsford is going to have to go to Slovenia to bring back newer jiffy bags if Ineos are going to compete next year

He should hurry then - Israel Start-Up Nation have already booked a trip.

 

[Froome]

Well after today, its quite clear Brailsford is going to have to go to Slovenia to bring back newer jiffy bags if Ineos are going to compete next year

He's gonna buy a young slovenian called kristof froomic.

 

[masking_agent]

If coaches, doctors, UCI and other riders don't put their sh!t together, we are witnessing Armstrong 2.0.
The similarities are incredible.

Enjoy if Pogacar is your favorite rider.

yes we are witnessing Armstrong 2.0, but the bigger problem is there is no David Walsh.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Neither today's nor yesterday's performances were good clinic stuff (neither by dominance nor by absolute numbers). Vingegaard and Carapaz are in the same boat as far as Pyrenees are concerned.

 

[staubsauger]

+1000
For all the police raids since the Festina case, the only time I recall they popped a rider in podium position it wasn't because of the police but because of Cassani.

Frigo?

 

[lenric]

I’m soooo looking forward to the vuelta

 

[Avoriaz]

If the Police look at UAE team, then it tarnishes the reputation of the TDF. Ergo no go. So Bahrain looks to be the scapegoat for the optics of warning the rest of the peloton obliquely

I think the police are going in alphabetical order. Last year it was Arkea and this year it is Bahrain.

Cofidis need to be vigilant next year

 

[IndianCyclist]

Frigo?

Rasmussen

 

[topt]

If coaches, doctors, UCI and other riders don't put their sh!t together, we are witnessing Armstrong 2.0.
The similarities are incredible.

Enjoy if Pogacar is your favorite rider.

we will, thank you

 

[staubsauger]

Rasmussen

No, I meant Dario Frigo actually abandoned or was excluded respectively from the 2001 Giro d'Italia because they found doping substances in his hotel room during a raid.

 

[BlueRoads]

Neither today's nor yesterday's performances were good clinic stuff (neither by dominance nor by absolute numbers). Vingegaard and Carapaz are in the same boat as far as Pyrenees are concerned.

He didn't drop everybody by a few minutes, no doping?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

He didn't drop everybody by a few minutes, no doping?

I meant these weren't suspicious performances as some like to say so not the best for the clinic. No doping among top TdF riders? I've not been that naive for a long time.

 

[ice&fire]

No, I meant Dario Frigo actually abandoned or was excluded respectively from the 2001 Giro d'Italia because they found doping substances in his hotel room during a raid.

I was talking about the Tour only. The Tour seems less tolerant to that kind of drama than the Giro. So they pretend to do something but only go after the small fish.