Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

[Peyroteo94]

Another ebike assist attack! Just pushes the button and rides off at the same cadence.

That wasn't even an attack.

 

[Ripper]

He really doesn't seem all that happy in the interview.

 

[Casual cyclist]

I don't want to believe it bro that's why..

I see. If the numbers in your forum name hint at your birth year, then it is fully understandable: the youthful optimism has not worn off yet, dear bro.

 

[Casual cyclist]

That wasn't even an attack.

That's right: just a slight lift of pace, with lots of reserves to spare if needed.

 

[Peyroteo94]

That's right: just a slight lift of pace, with lots of reserves to spare if needed.

Yup. His opponents didn't even try, of course they wouldn't have a chance.

 

[E_F_]

I see. If the numbers in your forum name hint at your birth year, then it is fully understandable: the youthful optimism has not worn off yet, dear bro.

Hey, I'm younger than that..!

 

[Casual cyclist]

Hey, I'm younger than that..!

Good for you. Enjoy your optimism while it lasts.

 

[E_F_]

Good for you. Enjoy your optimism while it lasts.

I'm not an optimistic person...

 

[markene2]

He really doesn't seem all that happy in the interview.

Im starting to think he is getting bored, thus more blatant with the seated attacks etc. He dosent really care anymore.

 

[SorelyBoy]

That so called attack today, I mean WTAF? Even the TNT commentator seemed flummoxed and, if anything, borderline upset by what he was watching. As he said, there didn’t even appear to be any big effort involved, yet he just glides away as if all the other *WORLD CLASS* riders are under fourteens. And then keeps going into a headwind with zero drop off on energy. At the end he looked as if he’d been out for a nice ride along the tow path. This is utterly repellant and is killing the sport, possibly for good.

 

[topcat]

I don't like it. It will not kill the sport if it continues and it will. It will not kill the sport even if it is exposed that he has a motor. Cycling will have a dip, "clean up its act" and the show will go on.

 

[Blobs]

So he said he just wanted to test the legs on Redoute and yet he ended up breaking the record on the climb by 12 seconds.

 

[ashhutch1997]

I see. If the numbers in your forum name hint at your birth year, then it is fully understandable: the youthful optimism has not worn off yet, dear bro.

Thats not fair, dear bro, I been watching cycling since the the Armstrong days and I've spent many hours watching races from the 80/90's, and I'm very educated on the history of cycling.
I accepted over a decade ago that all top athletes are using PED's. But using a motor is beyond that, even for cycling dirty past, that is next level.

 

[topcat]

So he said he just wanted to test the legs on Redoute and yet he ended up breaking the record on the climb by 12 seconds.

More like testing his blood bag.

 

[ashhutch1997]

That wasn't even an attack.

Just some zone 2 training.

 

[Raest]

There can’t be motor doping without UCI being complicit. If that’s the case then there is no point and no sport.

 

[ashhutch1997]

There can’t be motor doping without UCI being complicit. If that’s the case then there is no point and no sport.

This is how I feel, it seems too hard to believe. If it is Motor doping, the sport could be finished, that's beyond having a few extra red blood cells.

 

[markene2]

There can’t be motor doping without UCI being complicit. If that’s the case then there is no point and no sport.

UCI has been complicit in normal doping. They tried to cover up Contadors positive, Armstrong got a test covered up 2003. Thats just stuff we know about for a fact imagine what else has been covered up. What makes you think they would not be complicit in motor doping?

 

[Casual cyclist]

That so called attack today, I mean WTAF? Even the TNT commentator seemed flummoxed and, if anything, borderline upset by what he was watching. As he said, there didn’t even appear to be any big effort involved, yet he just glides away as if all the other *WORLD CLASS* riders are under fourteens.

There was the same comment on TV during his FW "attack". The guys literally said: "The world champion just sails away as though everybody else have their brakes on."

And then keeps going into a headwind with zero drop off on energy. At the end he looked as if he’d been out for a nice ride along the tow path. This is utterly repellant and is killing the sport, possibly for good.

Yep. That's their style for the last couple of years. Very blatant.

 

[ashhutch1997]

UCI has been complicit in normal doping. They tried to cover up Contadors positive, Armstrong got a test covered up 2003. Thats just stuff we know about for a fact imagine what else has been covered up. What makes you think they would not be complicit in motor doping?

They've never been complicit when it comes to Mauro Gianetti before, his teams have been popped many times.

 

[markene2]

They've never been complicit when it comes to Mauro Gianetti before, his teams have been popped many times.

True, but this time you have a bunch of oil money in the background that would disappear. I dont know, just a thought experiment

 

[Raest]

UCI has been complicit in normal doping. They tried to cover up Contadors positive, Armstrong got a test covered up 2003. Thats just stuff we know about for a fact imagine what else has been covered up. What makes you think they would not be complicit in motor doping?

I wrote another post in the motor doping poll thread that answers your question. I don’t want to have parallel discussions. I don’t disagree with you it would just be beyond my comprehension

 

[Casual cyclist]

Thats not fair, dear bro, I been watching cycling since the the Armstrong days and I've spent many hours watching races from the 80/90's, and I'm very educated on the history of cycling.
I accepted over a decade ago that all top athletes are using PED's. But using a motor is beyond that, even for cycling dirty past, that is next level.

I take it back then. I fully agree with you in that motor-doping is well beyond any biological enhancement which could be considered acceptable while keeping the nature of the sport intact. Unfortunately, as one well-known Guardian sports journalist wrote last year, cycling may be drifting towards WWE these days. And the general public seems to like it so far.

 

[Ripper]

They've never been complicit when it comes to Mauro Gianetti before, his teams have been popped many times.

And here is where it gets interesting for me. What you say is true, and yet he is still in the sport, and no one seems to question him or Matxin. I mean, c'mon ... Riis got shiit all the time. Johan is not even allowed in the actual race world (and was totally shunned for a while). But the Vampire and his Assistant are just given a complete pass? That is what I find striking and it makes me think that Gianetti has learned how to play the game.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

More like testing his blood bag.

Or someone else's. Who knows?