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Yes, i concure, though to me thinking that one cracks top 10 in any GT completely clean is mental. what I'm sincerely puzzled about is that most clinic regular posters don't know how a level playing field cycling would look like but one thing they are 100% certain about - there wouldn't be a space for donkeys like froome and thomas on top.DFA123 said:This is a good point and kind of takes us back full circle. Winning the Tour is really, really hard. Even for a rider as obviously talented as Bernal - there is absolutely no guarantee he will ever win it. Maybe once every ten years there will be a weak edition, but generally you have to be the best GT rider in the world and on top form, and still avoid bad luck in order to win the Tour.dacooley said:It's unknown, though bernal not winning the tour is more likely him finally doing it at this point whatever team he'll be riding for. otoh, bernal might not have looked so magnificent, if he hadn't performed for sky.Saint Unix said:I have no doubt Bernal will never win the Tour while riding for Team Sky.
Yet Sky have quite literally manufactured three British winners in less than a decade - riders who showed nowhere near the GC potential that Bernal has, until sudden transformations in their mid-late 20s. Even with doping, that is some achievement. To think they could have done it clean though, is absolutely preposterous.