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- It is impossible to dislike WVAmij19-08-2026
- Orange County CA guy - let's go!mij19-08-2026
- Yeah, exactly. I don't see anyone flinging shade on His Royal Infalible Pogness for snubbing the Olympics because his partner didn't get picked. He's admitted as much. One rule for the people we like, endless scorn for those we don't.wrsty19-08-2026
- UAE man..These guys just insanemiguel18-08-2026
- this is about the most idiotic comment on here - to wish for war to serve one's nation. We're talking about bike racing. which is in part my point about Jonas. it is a bike, you get paid 5 million euro to ride it. You are lucky, go with it.mij18-08-2026
- I am giving my opinion, I think it is an honor to ride for one's nation. My opinion is that if my countrymen asked me to help him win, I would do so. The fact is as a 3x champion, Peter Sagan rode a course he knew he would get crushed on, because he felt it was an honor to ride for his country. And, I'm not the only one that feels this way. Mark Cavendish, Yves Lampaert, Jai Hindlay and more have all said they would never say "no" to their country and the honor of riding for their nation. Jai Hindlay is not a one day racer, he was never going to win last year. But, he said, “To race for your country, there's nothing better . . . it never gets old.” Jai said Worlds was one of the best weeks of his year and said he was “super proud to race for the green and gold.” And again, he is NOT a one day racer, like Jonas. Unlike Jonas, he would never say "no" to represent his country. So, I like Jai better. Maybe it is YOUR opinion that it is not an honor, and you would say no. I don't know Jonas, I'm sure he is a great guy. But I personally don't have respect for a man that complains about making 5 million euro a year for a sport, how hard it is, when 99.9% of the planet will never see that kind of money. And I personally don't have respect for someone that is able to ride but says no to his country, says no to his teammate. You can feel as you wish.mij18-08-2026
- Cavendish in particular is not very fond of Lefevere's often cold and calculative approach to negotiations, rarely willing to pay extra and often letting go of his stars as a consequence. Lefevere was always very fair in how he wanted to compensate riders. Base wage fee, high bonus fee. Perform and you earn as much as you want. Don't perform, and you get a normal wage for a cyclist. What's wrong with that? Makes perfect sense, but I can imagine that someone who wants to slowly burnout and earn based on past performances has a problem with that. Primož Roglič is my compatriot and I respect him for what he's done for Slovenian cycling, but if he can't perform anymore, what then? Like Lefevere said: The teams are not waiting in line to sign up Roglič.PogiSloFans18-08-2026
- I only came on as a fan in 2019, by which time both of them had committed to other teams. So I never did get the story of how the most important classics team in modern cycling missed out on the two best classics riders of their generation. MVDP would have been a perfect fit in terms of personality and programming, but Wout is of course Belgian. It has worked out spectacularly well for both of them with other teams, but it was an epic miss by Lefevere and Soudal.MidnightRider18-08-2026
- So another rider flies the coop, even a 20 yearold can see the mess this team is in. Hope NetCompany buy out the rest of the contract, move to Europe and rebuild from the top. Thomas has to be the 1st to go.
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