Mauro Vegni

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• Cooldude01-09-2026
  Pog's incredible bike handling skills have saved him a number of times in the past when lesser riders would certainly have crashed. For example, Stage 2 of the 2022 Tour, Stage 5 of the 2024 Tour, Stage 16 (ITT) of this year's Tour and most recently, Stage 6 of this Vuelta. This time, however, he had practically no reaction time to take avoiding action, with the peloton so bunched up and Pog not able to clearly see the road ahead. Was it due to overconfidence? Of course not. He was having a drink from his bidon at the time, but he has done it millions of times in similar situations before. On such a hot day, you are not going to wait for the peloton to string out before taking a drink. Basically, it was a freak accident, which no one could have anticipated. Finally, the law of averages caught up with him and his luck ran out.
• wrsty01-09-2026
  It's really sad that the first Spanish rider to lead the race in 8 years, winning a stage in Red - and he couldn't even get a photo on the front page of this site yesterday - instead it's wall-to-wall hot takes and circular discussions about this crash. I'm waiting for all this home-sleuthing and whatnot to turn accusatory and blame-laying, as someone has to pay for this perfect narrative being derailed. And you know somewhere, there's a design for the GT triple special edition UAE kit being quietly deleted/destroyed. Meanwhile, Enric Mas having the ride of his life, the GC fight completely wide open - but nah, let's fill the space with podcast hot-takes. So disrespectful.
• vappaxbipmv01-09-2026
  How idiotic do you have to be to give this take ffs
• wrsty01-09-2026
  I really hope he doesn't return this season, and takes the time to recover properly and look after himself - not feel pressured by sponsors and armchair pundits to risk his recovery and long-term health. His wins in 2026 alone are a glittering career haul for most riders, so he's got nothing to "salvage" from crashing out of La Vuelta.
• wrsty01-09-2026
  Feels like they are building a super team without a really top TOP-tier wunderkind GC guy in place (no offence to Onley) - perhaps this is all to tempt a certain young Frenchman?
• RidesHills01-09-2026
  @mjj: There's also something about Pidcock and MTB that is different from Van der Poel. Pidcock raced at Novo Mesto and immediately won - he actually con jump on the bike at short notice and win! Also, he has said it's his favorite discipline in a way that Van der Poel never has.
• bike-anarkist31-08-2026
  MVDP should ride his CX bike with 700x50s instead of his MTB! Who knows? Watching his CX exploits I often wondered why I I needed an MTB with 120mm front suspension. Tom has been the premier MTB XC for a while. (disclaimer: have not seen the race yet)
• StuffShredman31-08-2026
  having concussion symptoms serious enough to delay a surgery (cognitive disruption, balance issues, serious persistent headaches) would certainly qualify as a "serious concussion", which is a TBI by the way.
• frieders331-08-2026
  Couldn't have said it better with PogiFanBoy clicks!
• PogiSloFans31-08-2026
  Shush... capish?