World Championships 2024: Men's Road Race (September 29)

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In today's cycling, it seems like everyone is still intimidated by the stars and has forgotten the power of the group. No one cooperates anymore. I remember the years when Cancellara would lose the cobbled classics, even though he was clearly the strongest, because the others cooperated against him.
The power difference is greater today.
 
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Is it, though? The G2 dicking-around stuff is predictable. Pog can ride at a high rhythm for, near as I can tell, forever.
Normally yes. Eventually there will be some group that can cooperate. And 100 km solo for Pog sounds like a lot even for him.

But maybe I'm underestimating this:
In today's cycling, it seems like everyone is still intimidated by the stars and has forgotten the power of the group. No one cooperates anymore. I remember the years when Cancellara would lose the cobbled classics, even though he was clearly the strongest, because the others cooperated against him.
Which is very true. Can't remember group 2 dynamics being as bad as they've been in the last few years when I started watching cycling in the late 00s.