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I don't understand. If you were to say this about Vingegaard, i could understand, but surely Pogacar has shown both his interest as well as his talent go beyond exclusively TDF.

Its saying Remco also isn't the big thing as one did upthread. Both Pog and Remco are the big things. The alpha males.

Remco just came off a season where he outperformed Pog bit a small amount. How can he not be a big thing when he beat the big thing over an entire season?
 
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Pogacar is THE big thing now so can’t be the next big thing.
They are basically the same age and Pogačar is the most complete Racer on the planet. He's the big thing now and can be the next big thing for years. Winning 2 TdF, podium Vuelta, winning 1 week long Races and monuments. Missing world title yet. Remco is not on his level. He barely won Vuelta against an injured guy that crashes a lot.
 
They are basically the same age and Pogačar is the most complete Racer on the planet. He's the big thing now and can be the next big thing for years. Winning 2 TdF, podium Vuelta, winning 1 week long Races and monuments. Missing world title yet. Remco is not on his level. He barely won Vuelta against an injured guy that crashes a lot.

I'll quote James Hunt, as his quote is appropriate to your post

"All I'll say to that is bull sh*t"

I take it you missed Remco schooling Pog at the worlds.

Those like you are those who I was mentioning, looking for anyone to overshadow an obviously superior athlete
 
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I'll quote James Hunt, as his quote is appropriate to your post

"All I'll say to that is bull sh*t"

I take it you missed Remco schooling Pog at the worlds.

Those like you are those who I was mentioning, looking for anyone to overshadow an obviously superior athlete
Oh you didn't see Pog schooling Remco on the biggest race in the world? Right, Remco wasn't there. He's not obviously superior athlete by any stretch of imagination.
 
What an absolutely bizarre comment.
I mean rEmCo is bigger than the Tour, as the Tour has to make a Tour route specifically to get rEmCo to come.

Seriously, I think it's perfectly fair to say Evenepoel is a better rider than Van Aert, Roglic and Vingegaard. But then when you have to trash Pogacar to make rEmCo the #1 rider the hilarity comes out.
 
I mean rEmCo is bigger than the Tour, as the Tour has to make a Tour route specifically to get rEmCo to come.

Seriously, I think it's perfectly fair to say Evenepoel is a better rider than Van Aert, Roglic and Vingegaard. But then when you have to trash Pogacar to make rEmCo the #1 rider the hilarity comes out.
Remco has never lost Liege, Pogacar has

Remco has never lost la Vuelta, Pogacar has

Remco has never lost San Sebastian classic, Pogacar has

Remco has never lost le Tour, pogacar has

Remco is world champion

Food for thought
 
I'll quote James Hunt, as his quote is appropriate to your post

"All I'll say to that is bull sh*t"

I take it you missed Remco schooling Pog at the worlds.

Those like you are those who I was mentioning, looking for anyone to overshadow an obviously superior athlete
Remco is so better than pogacar that he is running away from the tour this year, because he knows he can't beat pogacar and vingegaard in a grand tour race.
Pogacar wouldn't get dropped in a grand tour by Mas.
 
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Remco is so better than pogacar that he is running away from the tour this year, because he knows he can't beat pogacar and vingegaard in a grand tour race.
Pogacar wouldn't get dropped in a grand tour by Mas.
He did get dropped by Mas on a parcours tailormade for someone with Pogacars qualities however. And that shortly after Mas got schooled by Remco for 3 weeks.
 
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It's Mas we are talking about here. 5 to 10 position GC rider that never wins anything. If you guys want to prove Remco is nr. 1 and the biggest thing in cycling since the invention of a wheel you should stop comparing him with second class riders. You just don't get it, that he's not as good as you want him to be. And that doesn't mean he's bad at all.

He's top 5 GC rider (4th place right now with chances to move up to third), around top 5 in 1 week races and top 3 classics rider. And world champion. Good enough in my book but NOT the best in the peloton. Not even if you put it all together.
 
It's Mas we are talking about here. 5 to 10 position GC rider that never wins anything. If you guys want to prove Remco is nr. 1 and the biggest thing in cycling since the invention of a wheel you should stop comparing him with second class riders. You just don't get it, that he's not as good as you want him to be. And that doesn't mean he's bad at all.

He's top 5 GC rider (4th place right now with chances to move up to third), around top 5 in 1 week races and top 3 classics rider. And world champion. Good enough in my book but NOT the best in the peloton. Not even if you put it all together.
No idea who besides Vingegaard you put in your top 3 GC riders. Hindley? Carapaz?