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brightn'ove

cringe
Apr 12, 2011
9,137
London
Pogacar is doing this pretty much all on his own ... using the work jumbo are doing and then binning them off when they inevitably self implode. Pretty embarrassing for the 'big' teams.
 




Hamilton

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Jul 7, 2003
12,507
Brighton
Mighty impressive, but Tour over?

Hope he’s not on drugs.


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Bold Seagull

strong and stable with me, or...
Mar 18, 2010
29,832
Hove
Funny old stage today. Yellow in the break most of the day. Main GC leader going for a stage win when it didn't create any time gaps.

Bit like the cricket where old tactics and ways of doing things seem to be going out of the window.
 
















Bold Seagull

strong and stable with me, or...
Mar 18, 2010
29,832
Hove
Where did he find the energy to win that ?

He was well protected by his team, Majka got him right up there. Still has to deliver though. I fear Ineos's inability to commit to a single leader may cost them. Appeared Yates and Thomas both had to find other wheels and neither stayed with the kick.
 






Motogull

Todd Warrior
Sep 16, 2005
9,892
Today's women's Giro was great too.

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Man, I love Vlooters.

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Bold Seagull

strong and stable with me, or...
Mar 18, 2010
29,832
Hove
The same place that bike racers always find that extra energy from???

There will always be suspicion, but he didn’t ride off from everyone, he just saved enough to get a wheels length ahead of Vingegaard and just broke the GC group to 12 secs. He’s in great form and the team are well motivated for him. Compared to some past riders disappearing up the road I think it’s been ebb and flow stuff.
 




Hamilton

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Jul 7, 2003
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There will always be suspicion, but he didn’t ride off from everyone, he just saved enough to get a wheels length ahead of Vingegaard and just broke the GC group to 12 secs. He’s in great form and the team are well motivated for him. Compared to some past riders disappearing up the road I think it’s been ebb and flow stuff.

We need to take it stage by stage. At the moment he’s a prodigious talent.

I hope to God that Giuseppe Saronni hasn’t been up to his old tricks, and at the moment I think Pogacar is just loving cycling. I wonder if he might have gone early and may tire later in the race - but I doubt it.

He is head and shoulders above everyone else, and when that happens people ask questions, hence we have David Walsh to thank. As long as the data backs up Pogacar then we’re ok.


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Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
73,870
West west west Sussex
There's every chance Pogacar will win his third Tour de France before Merckx had even competed in his first.

With 11 stage wins already, our assumption that the Merckx/Cav record was one for the ages, doesn't look so certain.
 


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