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You can ask questions. Not "He's doping", but "how does he do it?", "is this possible while being clean".
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IRL you generally can't make public accusations against someone without evidence, unlike here.
You can ask questions. Not "He's doping", but "how does he do it?", "is this possible while being clean".
I really like this kid and how he races but I remember a time when Contador and Schleck were supposed to battle it out for 10 years. Ended up being what 2.5? (Tour 11 Contador was hampered by crashes and a giro in his legs and schelck was already somewhat waning in my opinion despite his galibier antics).
you never know what will happen
It was cold (/rainy) enough to adversely affect Valverde and Alaphilippe, reliable indicators of such conditions. I don't recall the specific weather conditions for the 2019 Vuelta, but I think Pogi will go fast under any conditions (maybe except extreme heat).Hmm. It could be, but I don't think it was particularly cold today, in that Tirreno Adriatico stage or in that Vuelta stage in 2019. But maybe just the rain is enough to hinder the skinnier riders more.
Very similar conditions. If he did all of his damage on the hills that is within the realm of the possible, particularly after the long stretch of yesterday's stage where he didn't waste much energy.It was cold (/rainy) enough to adversely affect Valverde and Alaphilippe, reliable indicators of such conditions. I don't recall the specific weather conditions for the 2019 Vuelta, but I think Pogi will go fast under any conditions (maybe except extreme heat).
It had definitely rained and been a really hard day overall in that Vuelta stage. Perhaps it's enough to really make gaps explode, like happened on Passo Giau as well this year. But then Pogacar also crushed both the Romme and Colombiere records set in seperate yearsIt was cold (/rainy) enough to adversely affect Valverde and Alaphilippe, reliable indicators of such conditions. I don't recall the specific weather conditions for the 2019 Vuelta, but I think Pogi will go fast under any conditions (maybe except extreme heat).
IBut then Pogacar also crushed both the Romme and Colombiere records set in seperate years
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The fact that no matter how you slice it (and you can slice Europe in many different ways), Slovenia isn’t Eastern Europe.Which map do you want us to look at there, the one that classes Slovenia as Central Europe, or the one that classes it as Southern Europe?
It's almost like you have no idea where it is even with a map.
Edit: Nevermind - I read the post again and I assume you were referring to the other (bizarre) assertion that Ukraine isn't in Eastern Europe.
He wasn't such a great junior. He won the Giro della Lunigiana (GC + stage win) and a stage in the Course de la Paix. He wasn't a Van der Poel or Pidcock, let alone Evenepoel.Glad Pogačar is crushing everyone. I am tired of the usual Sky/Ineos dominance where every season there’s someone from that team winning a GT. It’s not like Pogačar was middling junior racer or someone that was 150th and then all of a sudden started winning tours with that god awful pedaling technique. Pogačar actually has talent.
The fact that no matter how you slice it (and you can slice Europe in many different ways), Slovenia isn’t Eastern Europe.
And Greece and Turkey are West?Not true, there has always been a binary grouping of European countries into Eastern and Western and Slovenia falls in the former.
Yes, there are other categorisations; Slovenia is very much considered Central Europe when you break it down to small subdivisions.
But it's not at all uncommon for European nations to be bucketed into East and West. And no matter what way you slice it, Slovenia is Eastern Europe.
And Greece and Turkey are West?
So why the nope? Neither Greece nor Turkey were behind the Iron Curtain.Nope, because the grouping originated from the Cold War; countries behind the Iron Curtain were Eastern Europe, those that weren't, Western Europe. It's not in the least bit uncommon for any former Soviet state to be called Eastern European.
So why the nope? Neither Greece nor Turkey were behind the Iron Curtain.
This, only Albania was behind the Iron Curtain, not Yugoslavia.For all parties involved: Slovenia during cold war was a part of Yugoslavia which was NOT behind the iron curtain…
Only the ignorant ones…I read it as East for some reason, my bad. Turkey is a bit of an anachronism because it's barely Europe. Greece culturally and in terms of the Cold War were certainly Western European.
I don't make the rules, just telling you that in the UK, France and Spain (and given the nationality of the person who started this discussion, the Netherlands too), when they refer to Eastern European, particularly in the context of immigration (and given the wave of right-wing populism doing the rounds, it's a regular topic of conversation), it includes Slovenia, Hungary, even Czechia.
For all parties involved: Slovenia during cold war was a part of Yugoslavia which was NOT behind the iron curtain…
Ah,not quiteSource? What were his Romme and Colombiere times? (and previous records)
He sets a record on the first climb, then on the second climb still would have obliterated Rasmussen, who in 2007 was riding a super clean. All goodAh,not quite
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But over a minute faster than Contador and Schlecks together while the Schlecks were taking turns in 2009.
???Technically that's correct, although Yugoslavia was briefly a Soviet state until it detached in 1948. However its persistence with communism, albeit not Soviet communism, maintained its perception as an Eastern European region.