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- If the man is chasing records, he has to fit the Worlds and Il Lombardia into his calendar. If he wants to race the Vuelta, that requires a certain kind of preparation after the Tour. Will that actually be possible for him? Would he actually try to win 4 Monuments, 2 Grand Tours, and the Worlds in the same year? That would be something Merckx never did. Does that matter to him?RidesHills27-05-2026
- Some say the Giro is the second best and most prestigious race in the world??? NEVER!!! Why does every monument have a better starting list by far than the Giro? Why don't the best in the world want to compete in top races like the Giro every year? I will give you one example: Flanders is very close to Roubaix, but Flanders has the best starting list... and Roubaix has the best starting list. Get it? The Giro would be 100 times better than the Tour if the Giro had a start list like the Tour. Italians have better food, better mountains, terrain that offers 100 race profiles and 100 times better fans. The Giro has everything better, but it doesn't have the most important thing- the START LIST!marco-thomson27-05-2026
- If you were Pogi the G.O.A.T. ... you would not be nervous, you'd be smiling :)marco-thomson27-05-2026
- TDF 2024 - Plateau de Beille - Pogi: W/k-6.88 ... Vinnie: W/k-6.71 TDF 2024 - Isola 2000 - Pogi: W/k-6.78 ... Vinnie: 6.35 TDF 2025 - Hautacam - Pogacar: W/k-6.75 ... Vingegaard: W/k-6.30 TDF 2025 - Peyragudes - Pogacar: W/k-7.35 ... Vingegaard: W/k-7.08marco-thomson27-05-2026
- Not really... Poga has it covered...Knickout27-05-2026
- agreed. he has won every mountain stage easily. he is pacing himself perfect for both the overall win and to be ready for the TdF. The scary thing is for the TdF, these are almost like training rides. If I was Tadej, I would be very nervous.mij27-05-2026
- There’s a premise here that must be challenged - that JV is riding his max on these giro climbs — why ride 7w/kg when 6 is plenty to put time into rivals?Crashjames27-05-2026
- the naMe changes but the nOnsense remains Unbroken.antipodeanpedalfan27-05-2026
- Vingegaard is good, there's no doubt about that. Arguably the third best GC rider today, but no one can convince me that if Seixas was at the Giro, that he would be in the lead in GC over Vingegaard after 16 stages. OK, Pogi is another dimension! Don't let yourselves be influenced by the media about the best Vingegaard ever. Numbers don't lie. He is currently below his Tour 2025 level and two levels below his 2024 Tour where he was destroyed by Pogacar. If anything unpredictable doesn't happen to Pogi, Vinnie will never win the 2026 Tour. He will even have fight with Seixas for 2nd place. TDF 2024 - Plateau de Beille - Pogi: W/k-6.88 ... Vinnie: W/k-6.71 TDF 2024 - Isola 2000 - Pogi: W/k-6.78 ... Vinnie: 6.35 TDF 2025 - Hautacam - Pogacar: W/k-6.75 ... Vingegaard: W/k-6.30 TDF 2025 - Peyragudes - Pogacar: W/k-7.35 ... Vingegaard: W/k-7.08marco-thomson27-05-2026
- The GC contest is only one part of the overall race though. I think it's been a great and unpredictable GT in terms of almost everything else. The first couple of days wiped out so many high prospects for stages, points contest, sprints - who knew what was going to happen next. It really threw the cat amongst the pigeons, and now look at the other jersey contests - the "sprint" jersey is a fascinating face-off between the Narvaez and Magnier - then you've got the KOM jersey with Ciccone throwing himself at the impossible task with verve and pluck, and the youth jersey showdown between the slowly-sinking-down-the-board Eulálio and Piganzole who on a blinder, but having to tread a very fine line between being a fantastic last man for Jonas and trying to rip the white jersey away. Sure, the GC winner might be all-but wrapped up, but the battle for 2nd to about 7th is completely open.antipodeanpedalfan27-05-2026
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