The commentators said something about a headwind on Colombière I think, don't know though, maybe I misunderstood.
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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.
Ah,not quite
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But over a minute faster than Contador and Schlecks together while the Schlecks were taking turns in 2009.
And afterwards?45-48 Yugoslavia was part of the Eastern Bloc.
Yugoslavia was never Soviet state, not even close to being one. And it was socialism not communism - of course socialism is much closer to communism than capitalism so that’s a bit of a nitpicking. But the first one is waaaay offTechnically 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.
The four Visegrad countries are all Central Europe.Poland and Hungary
And there's the source of their current cycling success.Non-Aligned Nations...
You asked - I answered. Do what you want with it...And there's the source of their current cycling success.
Isn't it?
They're winning for non-aligned employers, aren't they?You asked - I answered. Do what you want with it...
Yugoslavia was never Soviet state, not even close to being one. And it was socialism not communism - of course socialism is much closer to communism than capitalism so that’s a bit of a nitpicking. But the first one is waaaay off
No it was not. How was it Soviet state? And what does de facto mean here? It was under soviet influence, sure, but that’s like saying UK use USA state. It’s just not true no matter which way you spin it...It was almost a de facto Soviet state for those first three years. But Tito wouldn't do Stalin's bidding and they broke off from the Eastern Bloc.
However, they were governed exclusively by The League of Communists of Yugoslavia. The separate states ostensibly called themselves socialist republics, but Tito was a communist, the governing party was a communist party, Yugoslavia was communist.
No it was not. How was it Soviet state? And what does de facto mean here? It was under soviet influence, sure, but that’s like saying UK use USA state. It’s just not true no matter which way you spin it...
Or how the young generation calls it - PaduningWait, is it me, or is he big-ringing this climb? Well, this is balls-to-the-walls Riis style at this point, LMAO.
TP don't need no stinkin' small chainring!He looked crosschained. Bad form.
Unfortunately I can't see him go all out again. I think he will just follow the best of the rest.So... Will he restrain himself the remainder of the race or just go completely beserk ala Pantani in the '99 Giro? I'd love to see the peloton suffer under his tyranny on their way to Paris.
Doubt he will need to. Sounds like UAE were a little testy about yesterday. Unlikely to be the case again. We can hope though.So... Will he restrain himself the remainder of the race or just go completely beserk ala Pantani in the '99 Giro? I'd love to see the peloton suffer under his tyranny on their way to Paris.
Contador wasn't near this insane. And he still showed lots of restraint.Contador didn't slow down after he demoralized everyone on Etna in the 2011 Giro.
But I dropped in to the Clinic to see if any conjecture on how Pogi might be avoiding the controls. Instead I read arguments about geography.? This is when the Clinic lets itself down.
I don't care of he's from planet Mars what would be helpful to know is how he could avoid the doping controls and why he has this advantage compared to his rivals? It is clear most who come here have no clue how the UCI passport works (i.e.; it doesn't detect "substances"). But I don't want to wait 8 years to find out if he gets referred for an adverse finding, by then he has wiped clean Indurain's current 5 straight TdF wins official record and also Armstrong's 7 straight unofficial record.