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Barnacle Bill

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Barnacle Bill said:
My body is ready

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I shouldn't have skimped on the sunscreen :cool:
 
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titan31 said:
Very different environment when it comes to sport and entertainment now than it was 40-50 years ago. Cycling clearly has an eye on a more casual audience (hence the Netflix series) like F1 did. F1 suffered to capitalise that more than it did cos of Max and RB's dominance (this season is a lot more competitive at least). Cycling is even less friendly for casuals so having it be Pogacar turns up, he wins, is a bit damaging imo (same for the classics with what VdP does).

It's probably been one of the worst seasons for competitiveness i've seen and i'm watching it nearly 30 years. At least even in the Lance years, it was just the Tour, not multiple races being shat on by 2 riders.
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Their logic is that having a few guys winning everything and do battle against each other will draw in a casual audience because it doesn't require the same attention-span and can be condensed into 5 minute YouTube shorts and Netflix documentaries. The problem is that it isn't the reason a lot of us posting here watch, cycling historically has been a long-form sport that rewarded engagement and attention to detail with its massive pool of potential winners and this is what we became accustomed to, the assumption we worked under.

Contrast the discourse of younger posters on reddit/twitter with the mood on here right now, the sport to varying degrees has always required a suspension of belief that is completely gone amongst most fans that have been paying attention for any period of time, but the money keeps on rolling in and the newer fans are pouring in.

The bubble will burst eventually as usual, and these once new fans (the ones that stick around) will become cynical trolls like myself, but for now unfortunately our opinions are a bit irrelevant.

There is still plenty of cycling to enjoy, so I continue to watch, but if any new fan might happen to see this post, don't deify these top guys, don't hold them on a pedestal, because they will just let you down, they always do.
 
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Tim Cahill said:
Their logic is that having a few guys winning everything and do battle against each other will draw in a casual audience because it doesn't require the same attention-span and can be condensed into 5 minute YouTube shorts and Netflix documentaries. The problem is that it isn't the reason a lot of us posting here watch, cycling historically has been a long-form sport that rewarded engagement and attention to detail with its massive pool of potential winners and this is what we became accustomed to, the assumption we worked under.
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I don't think the Tour de France GC, something which has been won multiple times in a row at multiple points, is something that has a "massive pool of potential winners" op. eras like 06-11 are not exactly common.
 
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