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Xabi posted:Poggy might be on some secret Slovenian power juice but he’s shown himself to be a special talent and not a former wasteman suddenly dropping world class climbers whilst in zone 1 because of “marginal gains”. 🤝
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Also he's a skinny 12 year old boy who weighs like 30 kilos. It bothered the total poo poo out of me when Sky would pull these 7foot tall 100 kilo TT specialists over the top more because it seemed so unbelievable. Tiny dudes climbing hills I am all for.
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algebra testes posted:Also he's a skinny 12 year old boy who weighs like 30 kilos. Sorry I'm still trying to wipe Rohan Dennis shredding the peloton and winning the KOM at the loving Stelvio from my memory
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algebra testes posted:Also he's a skinny 12 year old boy who weighs like 30 kilos. Skinny 12 year old can also take on the field in a flat ITT without breaking a sweat. I do wonder if he is quasi human and just went for it all right now and the field will claw back some time over the remainder of the TDF, kind of similar to Bernal at the Giro this year .
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Pog is probably doped to the gills but so is every other professional athlete and at least he's fun to watch. The years of a final selection of 10 guys riding up a mountain with 4 sky riders on the front neutralizing everything were just incredibly boring and I'll take this any day.
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colonel tom posted:Pog is probably doped to the gills but so is every other professional athlete and at least he's fun to watch. The years of a final selection of 10 guys riding up a mountain with 4 sky riders on the front neutralizing everything were just incredibly boring and I'll take this any day. I dont disagree. Though the Giro was a lot of fun this year with Martinez dragging a clearly exhausted Bernal up the mountain. Not quite the Sky trains of the past, but still fun teamwork.
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The Giro was good because Bernal rode an incredibly un-Sky race. He attacked rather than just reacting, he went solo, he yo-yo'd around in his quality from day to day. He looked good, but not like a robot built to win bike races.
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goatface posted:The Giro was good because Bernal rode an incredibly un-Sky race. He attacked rather than just reacting, he went solo, he yo-yo'd around in his quality from day to day. He looked good, but not like a robot built to win bike races. Also the other teams tried to actually win instead of falling into a race for second once Sky had control of the race. Stage 20 was so fun, it was just Caruso throwing it to the wind despite having a fantastic second place wrapped up if he didn't crack
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goatface posted:The Giro was good because Bernal rode an incredibly un-Sky race. He attacked rather than just reacting, he went solo, he yo-yo'd around in his quality from day to day. He looked good, but not like a robot built to win bike races. We will see if Pogacar actually shows some weakness like Bernal in the Giro. Right now all signs point to him being an Armstrong like terminator.
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The big difference is really just that UAE have a lack of control over the peloton which for many reasons was never a problem with USPS. Like if the group tried to force a big dangerous break like on stage 7 Armstrong would make some calls to have your career ended lol
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algebra testes posted:Also he's a skinny 12 year old boy who weighs like 30 kilos. I don’t really mind because it is fun, but did you miss the part where he did a flat TT in a time Ganna would struggle to beat.
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Jul 4, 2021 08:47
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Roglic seems like such a good guy. The Vuelta will hopefully be an absolute banger now at least
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peanut- posted:I don’t really mind because it is fun, but did you miss the part where he did a flat TT in a time Ganna would struggle to beat. pfft my hero Marco Pantani did that in the Giro in 1998 and he definitely wasn't cheating so I don't know what you are talking about.
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I want to see Pogacar try winning all three Grand tours in a single year
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https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1411401165296832514?s=19 It was a 6.3-6.5w/kg ride so big numbers it But comparable to Bernal at the Giro. Vuelta will be fun
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1411401165296832514?s=19 Thanks- this is what I was looking for. Those numbers look more normal than I was expecting tbh. In retrospect Formolol  did a hell of a lot of work for pog that the guys ahead didn't have. Carapaz wasteman status confirmed.
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VDP not starting apparently. Someone thinks they can win Tokyo.
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Bahrain looks like a pretty strong team. Too bad their main GC guys had to give up both at the Giro and the Tour.
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Whoever placed this sprint point is a hilarious dick
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Jul 4, 2021 12:54
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God Michael Matthews is a prick, hope he gets relegated for that
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Jul 4, 2021 13:00
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Guillaume Martin in the front group, his tdf win starts here
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https://twitter.com/sporza_koers/status/1411656920436547591
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lol Nairo almost got that mountain sprint
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peanut- posted:God Michael Matthews is a prick, hope he gets relegated for that What did he do? Missed it
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Roblo posted:What did he do? Missed it It's in the video two posts up - he swerved pretty badly to try to block in Colbrelli
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Jul 4, 2021 13:48
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Nairo lost his numbers. Now he is travelling as a true freeman on the land
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No more helicopter shots for the rest of the stage. Might get picture breakup at the top. UAE have finally started riding and Thomas has died instantly.
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Jul 4, 2021 14:20
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Smirr posted:It's in the video two posts up - he swerved pretty badly to try to block in Colbrelli Oh. I'm a muppet. Yeh that looks pretty blatant I've been mountain biking in Tignes a few times (great place, as it happens, some awesome trails.). It's a really. Really. Long way up. I cant imagine riding up there, especially after a days riding. Even driving up there seems to take forever.
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Go Nairo
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StarkingBarfish posted:Nairo attacking successfully... that's new. He didn't even flick his elbow at Woods the one time he could keep pace!
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I see movistars tactics of being utter shithouses to everyone to protect Mas' top 5 place has fallen to pieces after hes crashed today.
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It's too bad the weather sucks, the Pre/Roselund is positively gorgeous when the weather is nice.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:It's too bad the weather sucks, the Pre/Roselund is positively gorgeous when the weather is nice. It is beautiful there, but I'm enjoying the absolute misery these poor bastards are powering their way through.
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