Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

[Blobs]

Are we having fun? I look forward to Pogacar winning this race by 5 minutes so we can celebrate his glorious year of credible cycling.

He's not gonna win by 5 minutes. He'll soft pedal from here and only win by 2-3

 

[rghysens]

Pogacar wasn't hot s*** before the year, he won l'Avenir... He did come out of nowhere - at a young age. If you look at his results before that year.

He also won the Giro di lunigiana, one of the most prestigious races, at the juniors (2016), but not in an overly impressive way. Pogačar was a good junior, but there are good juniors every year.

 

[Bolder]

He also won the Giro di lunigiana, one of the most prestigious races, at the juniors (2016), but not in an overly impressive way. Pogačar was a good junior, but there are good juniors every year.

Exactly, I don't put too much emphasis on junior results; for every dominant junior like Remco who fulfills their promise there are 10 Quinn Simmonses who don't.

What we're seeing today...I mean, ofc I don't believe Pog is riding clean but I equally don't believe everyone else is...so we're seeing a super-responder who has found the sweet spot of training plans, diet and PEDs. Plus ofc natural talent, race smarts and an excellent physiology (big legs, small upper body)

 

[Tricycle Rider]

So absurd if Pog pulls this off - at this point I enjoy races when I completely ignore his presence.

 

[glassmoon]

Already looking forward when he is caught at the end of his career... no chance he'll fall until then

 

[Nick2413]

Disgusting, not sure why I bothered tuning in today.

 

[GuntherL1]

Pogacar wasn't hot s*** before the year, he won l'Avenir... He did come out of nowhere - at a young age. If you look at his results before that year.

His first three seasons were far from impressive. He won the Giro di Lunigiana against a mostly local field with few known names. He also won a stage in the Tour de la Paix and the Slovenian ITT against monsters like Cemazar and Primozic.
His first great performance was winning the Tour de l'Avenir, but he had already signed for UAE at that time.
Very similar to Pablo Torres who signed for UAE and suddenly set a new climbing record on the Colle della Finestre in the last stage of the Tour de l'Avenir.
Summary: UAE seems to be able to turn promising, but not exceptional young riders into nearly unbeatable monsters.

 

[GuntherL1]

He also won the Giro di lunigiana, one of the most prestigious races, at the juniors (2016), but not in an overly impressive way. Pogačar was a good junior, but there are good juniors every year.

Did you check the opposition?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Already looking forward when he is caught at the end of his career... no chance he'll fall until then

I sure hope he gets popped, the sooner the better! But realistically I see no chances of that happening either because he's such a fan fave and knows how to play his cards with both the fans and the media.

 

[Monoxidator]

Here we go again, Poggy fans coming out of the woodwork with “what aboutz” but no one is defending Giannetti, who this thread is equally about.

 

[repoman]

UAE is so blatant that they must know there is little chance of getting caught, barring a miracle.

 

[GuntherL1]

Here we go again, Poggy fans coming out of the woodwork with “what aboutz” but no one is defending Giannetti, who this thread is equally about.

Exactly! Gianetti and Matxin Fernandez are the true cancers.
By the way, looking Pablo Torres climb on the Colle delle Finestre, we can expect more of the same in the future.

 

[Heston]

LOL

The most doped rider in history. By very far. Pure Chernobyl levels of radioactivity.

At least its not a surprise. We know that a full peloton of world class riders has no chance against Gianetti's Alien, even on flat roads.

No true cycling fans can say anything positive about this freakshow.

 

[Raest]

Zone 2 FTW

 

[TrekCyclist]

Guy is impressive, sure.
There is the part in Tyler Hamilton's book, where he comes to Europe for racing the first time. And he thought the European racers "defied the rules of physics and bike racing. For instance they could attack, alone, and hold off a charging peloton for hours.They were like Circus strongmen" .
This year, I am getting theses vibes when watching...

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

I know this is going to come as a shock, but I think Pog might be doping.

 

[Bolder]

I know this is going to come as a shock, but I think Pog might be doping.

And no one else is.

 

[zlev11]

lmfao

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

And no one else is.

I mean, don't get crazy here...he's just doping better.

 

[Blobs]

Seems he wanted a challenge today so he came up with the dumbest tactics he could think of, and won that way.

I wonder what he has to do for his apologists to consider him more ridiculous than Vingegaard.

 

[zlev11]

he's the most talented rider and on a state of the art doping program. should be no argument.

 

[solo80k]

Zone 2 FTW

Upper Zone 2 leaving the likes of MVDP, Remco or Hirschi in the dust. I had some fun after all...

 

[Nick2413]

The powers that be are going to have to cook up some better competition eventually. This level of dominance is eventually going to be bad for business.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

To say he is doping on another level is not fair to other levels.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Teddy looked tired on the last lap. Paniagua, guys.