Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

[Cookster15]

4:25, slow down the video.
What the hell is he touching with his left thumb (and maybe his right one, too)? What the hell is he touching?
It's the same strange movement seen at Fleche and tdf.

View: https://youtu.be/1WaIa5tLaQo?si=v74l2y4vQOaVrHRr&t=262



However, he was not credible in 2021, 2022, 2023. with the PDBF 2020, "coal miner".

Occum’s Razor says he is shifting.

Anyway someone should send a letter to the UCI asking if they inspected Pog’s bike according to their own motor doping regs. I’d be surprised if they didn’t for a monument. And nothing is stopping other teams asking the same questions behind the scene - after all they are the ones potentially losing sponsorship money.

 

[Ripper]

The photo in that post is clearly a grimace. Obviously you missed that when watching live. Yes maybe nearer the top. But that is also where the effort of his attack would show as the body switches from anaerobic to aerobic and lactic acid energy systems.

It was also not a seated attack as others complain of.

Again, of course I think he is doping so our concern here is unfair advantages. I just prefer to try to be objective. A lot of stuff gets posted in The Clinic which isn’t.

I get that the photo shows a grimace! 🤣 But if it was near the top of the climb, wasn't that like 4-5 kilometers after his attack? My point was that typically after a strong effort you will see signs of heavier breathing/physical compensation, especially if you continue to ride hard. This is important because it suggests Pog could have gone much harder if he needed to.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

I get that the photo shows a grimace! 🤣 But if it was near the top of the climb, wasn't that like 4-5 kilometers after his attack? My point was that typically after a strong effort you will see signs of heavier breathing/physical compensation, especially if you continue to ride hard. This is important because it suggests Pog could have gone much harder if he needed to.

Pog hardly ever breathes very hard. Recently I saw it during his Rwanda TT so maybe high altitude hit him hard there. It's also true that if you breathe too hard you are too much into the red and your effort intensity is impossible to continue for long.