Fair enough. I've been in the same camp for Jonas...and Wout, though the more I listen to the motor doping podcast, and then watch the videos from Wout's 2016 CX campaign, in particular, I am tempering my fandom. For some reason, if they're traditional doping, and the mutantness of that is starting to evenly spread, I'm more okay with that...motor doping is a death sentence for my fandom, for anyone.
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It's like watching all the biggest dopers from their best days, but in one person. Of course Jonas is doped to the gills, but somehow his performance is more believable, probably because he rides a typical schedule of several one-week stage races during the spring, then the Dauphine and the Tour, maybe the Vuelta at the end. On the other hand, I can easily imagine Pogačar winning all the Classics, all the Grand Tours, the UCI World Championships road race and the ITT in the same year.
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I disagree. Jonas is in fact the major factor that keeps Pog's other performance clearly more believable. Jonas already crushed Pog twice in TdF and will crush him this time on stages 19 &21 as well. In fact, the toughest questions will be asked towards Jonas since he made the outstanding campaign from Intensive Medical Care to crushing everyone's on TdF in just 4 months.
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Pog's and UAE's tactic was ok given the circumstances. He got over 30 seconds of advantage and it looked good. Vingo came back but it looked far from guaranteed at that point of the race. But I'm expecting UAE to get more defensive from now on, in the Pyrenees they will wait for what Jonas does and attack probably at the end of MTFs.
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The Tourmalet stage on Saturday could be a massacre. The climb comes after 70km of false flat. I expect a huge battle for the breakaway but it's highly likely neither UAE nor Visma will be able to send anyone into the break before the climb because the terrain doesn't really allow for it.
What I mean by this is UAE & Visma could drill it at the front of the bunch on the Tourmalet & our 4 heroes could find themselves fighting out there again like yesterday except this time they'd be 60km from the finish with 2 climbs to come (including Pla d'Adet). Imagine the imagery, the monster time gaps... & the Dragon Ball Z-esque battle where 4 men fight with their respective superpowers which defy the norms of accepted bike racing constraints & reality.
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Maybe Gianetti's biggest mistake was assuming he had something figured out that no one could replicate, i.e. because year after year Pog races the Tour like he's the ultimate boss. But Vingegaard just keeps on delivering.
It's a crazy spectacle in any case.
What I mean by this is UAE & Visma could drill it at the front of the bunch on the Tourmalet & our 4 heroes could find themselves fighting out there again like yesterday except this time they'd be 60km from the finish with 2 climbs to come (including Pla d'Adet). Imagine the imagery, the monster time gaps... & the Dragon Ball Z-esque battle where 4 men fight with their respective superpowers which defy the norms of accepted bike racing constraints & reality.
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Maybe Gianetti's biggest mistake was assuming he had something figured out that no one could replicate, i.e. because year after year Pog races the Tour like he's the ultimate boss. But Vingegaard just keeps on delivering.
It's a crazy spectacle in any case.
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Well, looking at the way they are riding brain doping is still not being used at UAE...
Or maybe they’re using too much of it
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For a top 10, it‘s 75% positioning and 25% not launching too early. Positioning was easy today.
Most likely people think his some kind of super bard, that are a master of everything.
I guess that would make him one of a kind.
One thing is for certain, he wont be the last to get the label. It will be interesting to see what happens today.
Come on guys. Let's congratulate team Gianetti in this clean and completely normal performance yet again.
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LOL
The most doped doper that ever doped. The most turbocharged alien to ever sit on a bike.
The most doped doper that ever doped. The most turbocharged alien to ever sit on a bike.
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Cycling is changed now, the riders they are clean. Gianeti and Maxtin stopped dopping riders. It's just a good breakfast and passion
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I believe he just trains harder than anybody. Thats why he destroys people whole year
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What level of absurdity does this cheat need to reach before mainstream media starts seriously questioning his credibility? What will it take, all three grand tours in the same season? All monuments in the same season? He is capable of doing either and I won't be surprised if the vast majority of people will still just laud him for his courage and "ciclismo." It's a *** clown show at this point. Watch him win the Worlds and the Olympics as well this year.
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He honestly should just go for all 3 GT's, all 5 monuments and the WC next year. When he wins all of it his fanboys will still pretend he is clean anyway.
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