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- It's always great when your favourite rider wins. That's the reason why my favourite rider is not Pogačar, otherwise the jubilation disappears. Something a certain Dalmatian Dog won't understand.
Lorenzo Finn is in a similar position to where Paul Seixas was last year, but better. He can do a good GC here, while supporting Giulietto to victory. And Red Bull could very well take all three spots on the podium
- If they judged it based on what is physically the toughest there's no contest.
And though Alcaraz is a great tennis player, he is nowhere near as dominant as Pogačar - he and Sinner are equal.
Alcaraz needs to go to Eivizza after every tournament otherwise he bonks, and, as Nadal said, he needs to "like every girl photo" or his mental health takes a hit. Cyclists are much tougher. You may say Jonas Vingegaard needs too much time at home, but the time away for cyclists is way more. The mental pressure is also way more. The danger is also way more. Cyclists have be in top shape all year long. From every angle that you look at it, cyclists are so much tougher.
- Alcaraz won the award for the best athlete in the world and he's not even the best in his sport. It's like Remco being declared the best cyclist in the world next to a living legend Pogacar, with 0 major titles in the last two years. WTF???
- I agree with you, but WTF is the case with pole jumping? Pole jumping isn't even close to being more popular than cycling.
- Dalmatian-Dog
21 April 2026 at 15:41
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Last night we learned that Pogacar lost again for the Sportsman of the year award (the Laureus) to Alcaraz. Pogi with 3 monument wins, podiums in all five of them, Tour de France, World Champs, European Champs… what more does he need? Can a cyclist even win this award? Yes he can if you're American and your name is Lance Armstrong (the doper). I think cycling is just less relevant for the fvcking media if there are no Americans amongst them. Pogi is clearly one of the most dominant sports figures ever, where as Alcaraz isn't really coming close to Novak, Federer or Nadal. Not yet, maybe in the next 5 to 6 years, but not yet. It was all a farce. Ad acta!!!
- one of them will bonk
- A great performance, congrats to Giulio. Also very impressed by Lorenzo Finn's performance. It will be all out between Red Bull and Ineos now
- Pogačar can win the entire UCI World Tour Calendar races, and he still won't win the Laureus Award because Cycling is not a major sport in majority people's opinion. It can't compete with Football, Tennis, Golf or F1 or several other major sports. For Cycling fans, he's the deserving winner by far...It's not even close.
- I think Seixas has improved a ton from the Strade Bianche race where Pogi won by a minute over Seixas. LBL will set the hierarchy between Pogi, Seixas and Evenepoel. It's going to be exciting.
- Ah well, I won't bother this time
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