Pierre Barbier

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• Mistermaumau11-07-2026
  MTB making headlines during the TdF, haha. even boring articles about MVDP’s expected lack of results at the TdF will get more clicks. For MVDP going to the TdF must feel like most of us feel having to spend Christmas at the in-laws.
• Mistermaumau11-07-2026
  Welcome to CUTD :-)
• Mistermaumau11-07-2026
  I did that just through cringing at the text :-) And then there are the contradictions like trying to make you think the shallow rise explained the growing gap when elsewhere it’s the descent.
• Jumpyjohn11-07-2026
  I doubt the official narrative is just one thing and there have been plenty of improvements elsewhere, or else why is equipment nowhere like it was back in the days? Coming from another sport, many of us were always quite surprised at how underdeveloped cycling used to be, including in training but recently that seems to have been realised and reversed which accounts for the relatively big improvement compared to more « advanced » sports. If you also follow amateur cycling you’ll see improvement has been across the board. If you’re interested in more than just pro racing you’d also see how the limits are being pushed out in many different directions like training, endurance and aerodynamics and that pros still have a lot of upward potential, hence the arrival of a Seixas after a Pogačar is not really that surprising.
• Jumpyjohn11-07-2026
  I think if you do a proper survey you’ll discover differences between Different types of races Different periods of his career Growth from certain areas/reasons and reductions from others. Before any survey, you should decide why you want or need to know. For sure TdF crowds depend more on the kind of French participation there is than anything else. Despite its global screen reach, spectators are largely locals with a high number of visitors following along a series of stages. Pretty sure none of the Mou aren’t there though and considering his criticism of Trump, I’m not quite sure how they let him in, must have been a sleeper before Tadej’s activity woke him.
• Jumpyjohn11-07-2026
  Pretty easy to imagine scenarios. E.g. 300m out someone goes for it, all try to get into someone’s wheel except one guy not last who unexpectedly just rides on at his pace (whether neatly or not). And hop, he’ll be around 9 seconds off at the finish. Anyone who’s ridden races knows position makes all the difference at sprint launch, one person in front moving in the wrong direction or not participating can make a huge difference over such a small distance as it can deny you of the wind shade others are exploiting.
• Jumpyjohn11-07-2026
  Too much for me, attacking, defending, agreeing disagreeing, understanding or not, hard to tell what he’s really saying.
• mij11-07-2026
  he should be mountain bike racing in the world cups. he would have more fun, get more headlines, and it would serve his personal goals better.
• Renz11-07-2026
  Duh.
• acem8211-07-2026
  I suppose you can show why the studies on athlete fueling are actually BS, right?