Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread

[kingjr]

today is more distorted than the 90s.

pogi and vingegaard are greater outliers than pantani and indurain were

The 90s were distorted by widespread use of the most effective drug the sport has ever known.

 

[kingjr]

It may not have been decades ago, but wasn’t there a significant boom in numbers post-COVID? Yes, so his point remains valid.

Whose numbers? And when exactly does "post-Covid" start?

 

[Netserk]

The 90s were distorted by widespread use of the most effective drug the sport has ever known.

this is not the clinic, please

whatever the cause is, sports science nowadays distorts the sport more

 

[kingjr]

this is not the clinic, please

whatever the cause is, sports science nowadays distorts the sport more

Would you mind going into a bit more detail as to how you think sports science distorts the sport today in ways not related to doping, and more so than EPO in the 90s?

You can respond in the clinic in whatever thread seems appropriate.

 

[Netserk]

Would you mind going into a bit more detail as to how you think sports science distorts the sport today in ways not related to doping, and more so than EPO in the 90s?

You can respond in the clinic in whatever thread seems appropriate.

i dont have a view behind the curtains, so i cant speak as to the mechanics

i can see the consequences, the state of the peloton

gaps are bigger now, dominant riders dominate more. a decade ago was the opposite, much smaller gaps than in the 90s

the long solo of gilbert in ronde was nothing like the long solo of pogi in rwanda. completely different worlds

 

[kingjr]

i dont have a view behind the curtains, so i cant speak as to the mechanics

i can see the consequences, the state of the peloton

gaps are bigger now, dominant riders dominate more. a decade ago was the opposite, much smaller gaps than in the 90s

the long solo of gilbert in ronde was nothing like the long solo of pogi in rwanda. completely different worlds

Most of these exploits come from a very small circle of riders (often just one, in fact). If we compare the performances of Gilbert and Pogacar, the main difference, IMO, is that Pogacar is inherently much better. It's something you see across all sports every now and then.