Iban Mayo

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• mikebeast28-10-2026
  Exactly the same jarring quote that drew my attention too. Whenever Pedersen is mentioned I always recall the late great Richard Moore depicting him as an uncooperative pain in the backside on The Cycling Podcast. Never heard him disparage another rider in that manner which I think says it all really.
• Ketterechts28-10-2026
  largely agree. but then he destroys all of his arguments with saying that 'It is what puts food on the table'. i don't know how in many 3star restaurants you have to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner every day to spend your 2.5 mio € from that crivit deal alone ... how much more out of contact with the real world can you get?
• Ketterechts28-10-2026
  next year, there will be at least 3 riders in front of jonas at the tdf: remco, seixas and lipo. maybe lipo does not really benefit from the long TTs. but i find it hard to believe that people still cannot see the trend. until 25, there was never a doubt that pogi and jonas would share 1 and 2. but last year jonas made such an insecure impression that - although still at 2 at the time of his crashout - he was unable to put distance between himself and some of those mentioned above on mountain stages. all you need to do is to extrapolate this trend ... no rocket science.
• PogiSloFans28-10-2026
  When it comes to stage racing like the the Giro, Tour and Vuelta, Jonas is still No.2. The only cyclist, at this moment, that might push him back is Seixas, but he still has to prove that. Remco will NEVER be better than Jonas in long and steep climbs. He isn't consistent enough, which he proved once again in Il Lombardia, where young Seixas beat him with his left foot. @wrsty, you're absolutely right in saying: "That the people running the Tour (ASO) have a vested interest in aiding a French challenger who goes by the name of Seixas." I have nothing against young Seixas, he's a great rider and will keep getting better every year. I like his way of thinking. He said: "I want to beat Tadej now, when he's at his best, not when he will start to decline because of his age." Now that's how real champions think. I just hate when someone wants to meddle (ASO) by making courses for "someone special" or maybe sending doping agencies after riders at two o'clock in the morning. F*** them all !!!
• PogiSloFans28-10-2026
  OK, I agree with you, anything is possible when sh** happens, but I still think Jonas is better on the big climbs. Seixas will soon be better than Remco. We all saw he had no chance against Seixas in Il Lombardia.
• mij28-10-2026
  or they pick the right races that somehow Tadej isn't in, likely Seixas, and Jonas too.
• wrsty28-10-2026
  Well stooging him completely on their 2027 course isn't exactly helping either is it. "hmm this guy likes long climbs, let's have none of those" smashcut to them saying he's washed. Could it be that the people running the Tour have a vested interest in aiding a French challenger? hmm no way, surely not!
• Lars7528-10-2026
  A bit sad that the second best GC rider should miss the Tour. But the course really doesn't suit him. Maybe they should go for Giro - Vuelta and the two Swiss races he miss in his palmares. Time waits for no man and chasing the Tour in these circumstances could end up being an exercise in frustration and a waste of time.
• awp28-10-2026
  You had to mild injury I would suspect. A C7 fracture will cause sever impact on your racing ability in an extreme TT position between a sustained 300 watts and 400 watts over longer distances like we will see in next years tour, you will see Tadej taking a new TT position during next years early racing calendar that he participates in that incorporates a time trial. I've already spoken to people in that circle who are discussing it based on how he reacts as he starts training again on the tt bike. You will see this soon enough, call me out next year if I'm wrong. I'll be here.
• acem8228-10-2026
  @PogiSloFans Yeah, I'm talking about what's possible, ignoring the "quality" question entirely. All Remco needed to win the Tour this year is Pog to crash 6 weeks earlier. That means Remco CAN win the Tour, even if it's not very likely.