IMO Sportswashing teams are probably funneling cash to the UCI.The UCI cannot allow an Armstrong like reveal, with Pog. It WOULD destroy the sport.
I know I get accused of wearing a tinfoil hat, but I genuinely believe that the reason Visma took a real nose dive, is becasue the UCI caught them with motors, and said they'd bring them down if they didn't stop. (Remember there was a rumor that a major sponsor left because the team was caught with motors...goodbye Jumbo) It may be that Wout doesn't look as much like Wout because he doesn't have magnets in his wheels anymore, and I'm a Wout fan. I am convinced that in 2016, he was racing with a motor in CX. The videos are just too odd to ignore, and then look at Kuss in 2023...
Whatever Pog is doing, the UCI cannot stop him.
'all in vein'
Might be the defining moment of this tour...Politt pointing to his veins lmaoooooo
IMO Sportswashing teams are probably funneling cash to the UCI.
Motors are like flat earth level tin foil to me but whatever.
Right... the stage race that he won after he signed with UAE, in which he didn't win a single stage and which was also won by other unbeatable monsters like Jan Bakelants and Romain Siccard.That's what Pogacar looked like winning the Tour de l'Avenir, the most important stage race in the World for juniors/semi-pro.
And then you want to tell me it is unbelievable this guy developed so much ?
He looked like a 10yo kid riding his bike to elementary school, so of course once he developed he was going to become a legend.
I don’t think this is a very strong argument tbh. People develop physically at different speeds, so it’s very unlikely results will transfer from juniors to u23 to pro races in a linear fashion.Right... the stage race that he won after he signed with UAE, in which he didn't win a single stage and which was also won by other unbeatable monsters like Jan Bakelants and Romain Siccard.
Yeah, that explains his rise.
That's the same guy who couldn't beat legendary Slovenian rider Isidor Penko in the European ITT that same year where he finished... 16th.
Generational talent![]()
I can cherry pick results as well. He was on the same select group with Mohoric, Majka and few other WT riders before that ITT.Right... the stage race that he won after he signed with UAE, in which he didn't win a single stage and which was also won by other unbeatable monsters like Jan Bakelants and Romain Siccard.
Yeah, that explains his rise.
That's the same guy who couldn't beat legendary Slovenian rider Isidor Penko in the European ITT that same year where he finished... 16th.
Generational talent![]()
I think this isn't a very strong argument either. It is true that people develop in different speed and there are always late bloomers that will have a great career even they weren't the "best" in juniors. On the other hand generational talents, legends and the absolute best of sports are basically always known from a very young age. They are also dominating and standing really out already in the juniors. Phelps, Bolt, Messi, Ronaldo, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Merckx's, Lemond, Gretzky, McDavid, Doncic, Jordan, LeBron just to name a few.I don’t think this is a very strong argument tbh. People develop physically at different speeds, so it’s very unlikely results will transfer from juniors to u23 to pro races in a linear fashion.
In fact, its quite common across sports in general to see dominant juniors struggle into their 20s as their peers catch up in physical development.
Jumbo left for own reasons, change in management, change in strategy and their previous head is charged for financial fraud or something.The UCI cannot allow an Armstrong like reveal, with Pog. It WOULD destroy the sport.
I know I get accused of wearing a tinfoil hat, but I genuinely believe that the reason Visma took a real nose dive, is becasue the UCI caught them with motors, and said they'd bring them down if they didn't stop. (Remember there was a rumor that a major sponsor left because the team was caught with motors...goodbye Jumbo) It may be that Wout doesn't look as much like Wout because he doesn't have magnets in his wheels anymore, and I'm a Wout fan. I am convinced that in 2016, he was racing with a motor in CX. The videos are just too odd to ignore, and then look at Kuss in 2023...
Whatever Pog is doing, the UCI cannot stop him. It would kill the Pro Tour.
Yep. Cyclists and their team managers who’ve had their teams busted before, and who went to extraordinary life threatening lengths themselves during their own career as a rider to gain an advantage over their rivals. The idea that biological doping is somehow acceptable but that such people wouldn’t use mechanical doping because they have at least some sense of decency is laughable. In fact such thinking shows how far we’ve fallen when cycling fans accept this argument because it means they view biological doping as at least semi-acceptable, and that all is good because the guy who is light years ahead of everyone else is just a better responder or has a better programme. They are cheaters cheating clean riders of their glory and livelihood. And cheaters and their fans tell themselves that cheating is acceptable because everyone else is at it as well. That was how Armstrong ultimately defended himself. And if cheaters can find another way to cheat and win with minimal risk of being caught then they will do it,It's even stranger to me that there is a segment who believes that cyclists have no qualms about sticking needles in their arms to gain an advantage, or alter their genes, but wouldn't use an undetectable motor?
I only cherry pick results because people continue to claim that this guy is so exceptionally talented. Sorry, no. There are exceptions, but most top riders show their exceptional talent at a very young age and at least in the specific discipline they excel in. Pogacars ridiculous time trial on La Plance de Belles Filles in 202 remains a prime example. Where was his pre-UAE ITT talent? I can't find it. In nearly all other riders, it showed at a very young age: Evenepoel, Ganna, McNulty, Tarling, Armirail, Plapp...I can cherry pick results as well. He was on the same select group with Mohoric, Majka and few other WT riders before that ITT.
As nightowl mentioned, different riders progress differently and its not like had zero notable results before joining a WR team unlike many past dopers.
Again, it's very obvious that he is super changed, and he can be also a big talent like many proven dopers before
The only science fiction going on are from those who argue Pogacar is some some sort of mutant super human with superior genetics. Like a cycling Wolverine, he’s got a metal exoskeleton and can push out ludicrously high watts for hours on end with no apparent fatigue.this thread is becoming a science fiction novel mixed with some very good humor; no Seinfeld no problem, we got the clinic for you
He still beat guys like Bissegger, Asgreen, Jorgenson, Hoole, Vingegaard, and Bjerg, I suppose they should never have achieved anything in that discipline either. It's almost as if teenage TT results are not very useful, and determined to no small extent by stage of physical development. (Reminder that Marcel Kittel is a 2x Junior World Champion, 1x U23 European Champion and 1x U23 World Championship bronze medalist in that discipline).I only cherry pick results because people continue to claim that this guy is so exceptionally talented. Sorry, no. There are exceptions, but most top riders show their exceptional talent at a very young age and at least in the specific discipline they excel in. Pogacars ridiculous time trial on La Plance de Belles Filles in 202 remains a prime example. Where was his pre-UAE ITT talent? I can't find it. In nearly all other riders, it showed at a very young age: Evenepoel, Ganna, McNulty, Tarling, Armirail, Plapp...
To me it is. It helps to be an expert in drone technology to see what is feasible today. The UCI apparantly understands it too (or better: knows that it happens). I am not 100% convinced that Pogacar uses it but I am not ruling it out either.Jumbo left for own reasons, change in management, change in strategy and their previous head is charged for financial fraud or something.
To me the motor theories are simply not feasible.
I don’t know about Rozman other than the Sky/Ineos links and that his also maybe worked with Slovenians. Gianetti&Co are running the show in team UAE and this is their thread.what you mean Gianetti, in other thread they proved Rozman is the missing link
His performances say it flat out. It’s happening in plain sight and anyone with an ounce of knowledge of cycling history and sports performance knows it’s a complete crock.I don’t think anyone is insinuating that Pogacar is cheating. They say it flat out.
But time trials are the race of truth, and the truth don't lie!It's almost as if teenage TT results are not very useful, and determined to no small extent by stage of physical development.