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- Onley has been pulled out sadly.
- I do not think it is mentioned that articles go behind a paywall. On the contrary. I think Ruben mentions that they want to offer all articles always for free. The question is whether you want to browse ad-free for 4 euros a month. Like this article, I do not see ads in there :-)
- Ask the staff on GAN, they beg to differ.
- What nationality? I'm from Slovenia and damn proud of it.
- ???? Who's Mouse?
- It's free tht's why I'm here.
- Last year Visma kept attacking Pogi...no good... they themselves ran out of fuel. Even in week three, when Pogi had an injured knee, they couldn't break him. This year they tried attacking late...no good...Pogi demolished them. It's hard to find a new stragedy when an extraordinary rider- The GOAT... is not one, but two steps higher then everyone else. Pogi can only lose if he crashes and hurts himself... becomes ill... or becomes old in the process, when his youth and passion for racing fades away.
- Quite the contrary!
- Greg Lemond doesn't have to bash Armstrong's legacy, Lance is bashing his own legacy. It doesn't matter what Greg Lemond or commentators are saying about Tadej Pogacar and Lance Armstrong. More important is, what Pogi and Lance are saying about each other, and that is: Pogi is not saying anything, he just doesn't care, he wants to race. But what is Lance saying:
Lance Armstrong: "Tadej Pogacar is the best of all time. I don’t even have to go that far back. He can simply do everything. It doesn’t matter if it’s a flat stage, if there are cobbles, if we’re racing in the high mountains or on the white roads of Strade Bianche. He doesn’t care about the time of year either. He just wants to race. He is, quite simply, the best of all time.
Sometimes people compare my career to his and ask where I’d stack up against him. It doesn’t matter. This guy would beat the crap out of Lance Armstrong. I’m serious. For me, he is the most dominant athlete in the world. He knows what the real record is. He’ll keep going. And I hope he gets it. I don’t mind either way. I’m an athlete. You play, and records get broken from time to time. They’re there to be broken."
- OK @urbantoreador, now don't you get me wrong. I agree with some things you wrote in your comment, but some of it was far off. Your statement, that "Pogi doesn't embody the same level of character as a racer quite like MVdp."... You see, this is utter BS!!! What about Pogi's character in the high mountains, or MSR, or Tour of Flanders, or even Paris Roubaix, even though he hasn't won it yet? The "fight" they have in Flanders is epic, but I would never say MvDP doesn't embody the same level of character as Pogi in this race. After they go over the Kwaremont for the third time, Pogi usually breaks him... but hell yes, MvDP has character, he just loses, just like Pogi occasionally loses.
And one more thing, stages 18, 19 and 20 in TdF were crazy, and Pogi worked his ass off in these races, while MvDP was taking it easy and preparing for Montmartre. Now do you see the difference? Never again say that Pogi doesn't embody character. The biggest cyclists of our time that have character are Pogi, MvDP, Wout van Aert, Mads Pedersen, Carapaz, and Remco. OK, maybe I left some out, unintentionally, but that's my take.
PS: Cyclists, cycling experts, cycling podcasters, the media are saying that we are watching historical greatness by watching Pogi. He's writing his own history, changing cycling, some say he's the best athlete in the world. He just loves racing and respects everone that beats him and the fans love him. He embodies a lot of character, maybe more than any other sportsman.
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