Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

[Gianetti_Is_The_Goat]

"His medical program only began two years ago and is far from complete. He will become even stronger."

No. It probably started in 2018 or 2019. It went to a different level two years ago.

 

[AlpRaid]

Tim Rex: “I thought 'what is going on here, am I standing still?' I was doing 500 watts and those guys still came past me, not normal."

That's the thing, the vast improvement of all of UAE so that the doms are putting their top competition in the red even before Pog goes.

It really is laughable now. And feels very reminiscent of rider reactions at the start of epo.

 

[Red Rick]

Because his rivals are also juiced.

This is beyond omerta. It's not like there's reason to believe the losers were ever off the sauce but they've questioned their rivals plenty of times.

 

[MartinGT]

I hope he wins all 5 monuments this season just to hear 'journalists' explain this dominance.

You'll have the sycophants like Blythe and Stephens just telling us it's all because gels have more carbs and it's all Z2 and now they've added 'robustness' into their training.

 

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[Rob5091]

You'll have the sycophants like Blythe and Stephens just telling us it's all because gels have more carbs and it's all Z2 and now they've added 'robustness' into their training.

Don't foget, cycling has credibility now. Boy, I cann't wait for the new Lance movie to come out.

 

[HashRouge]

You'll have the sycophants like Blythe and Stephens just telling us it's all because gels have more carbs and it's all Z2 and now they've added 'robustness' into their training.

I don't really know what else you expect from mainstream television commentators to be fair. It's not like they can just say "we think he's doped, by the way" while we all watch Pog do a long solo.

 

[KoopaCycling]

I find myself thinking on wether i even want Remco & others capable of competing with UAE.
Clearly whatever program Visma, Decathlon, UAE, Alpecin are running is not on the same level as UAE.

Now do I want their programs to be as good as UAE to level the playing field? On one hand those programs (programs from Visma, Alpecin, RBH, Decathlon) probably already have a certain level of doping/grey areas mixed in, and once science improves on detecting stuff those riders might already be in trouble as well (if my assumption is correct). So maybe it's better they reach the same level as UAE. To even the playing field and have competition again.

On the other hand, maybe what UAE is doing is even more unhealthy than what the other teams are comfortable with doing. Which make you think it's better to not equal UAE program.

If it's just not morally sound to up the game to UAE levels, then one has to take a good look at the schedule and just avoid Pogacar and UAE as much as possible with your star riders. The problem is the Tour is so much bigger than anything else.

Better for sponsors to fight for podium/top 5 in the tour than to possible fight for the win in other GT. On top of that Pogacar rides all the monuments. So those are basically a wash. Add in Del Toro and it becomes increasingly difficult to find a worthy schedule for the star riders of other teams.

Honestly cycling is in a very bad place right now.