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- Merckx and Hinault raced with 10-man teams, and by the time Indurain won his five Tours, it was down to 9-man teams — a rule that’s stayed in place mostly ever since (until it dropped to 8 in 2018).
Why didn’t they change the rules when these guys were dominating??
- i think most people who follow cycling would agree that a “gift” is when rider A clearly could/would have WON, but instead allows rider B to take the victory.
anyone feel free to weigh in. i don’t claim to have a monopoly on the absolute truth. what counts as a GIFT in our sport?
- If Jumbo Visma had only six cyclists on the team, Tadej would have won at least one more Tour.
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- No Pogi is a master of ceremony for the circus that is the tour Everyone forgets that this is sport and entertainment. I don't think that is lost on him and it is also why he is special
- Bauke Mollema proposes to reduce Tour team sizes to six riders to stop UAE's dominance??? OMG, I just can't believe the measures that are being taken, or want to be taken, just to stop the dominance and supremacy of my compatriot Tadej Pogačar-Pogi-The GOAT!!! Nonstop doping tests, six team riders, salary caps, yellow jerseys are not allowed to work as domestiques... bla bla bla ... What's next?
- Well, Isaac is on the podium, Ayuso is 7th. It's not like he's getting a better deal out of UAE either. Would Tadej work for Ayuso if he stays? I doubt so because Ayuso didn't pull hard for him back in 2024.
- Yeah, but when Pogi starts to win too much, the french fans start booing him, showing their middle finger (caught on camera), throwing chips into his face (also caught on camera). What's gonna be next, spitting on him or throwing urine, like they did on MVDP, at cyclocross last year? So whatever Pogi does isn't good: If he wins too much or if he wins less because he becomes a domestique? Make up your minds.
- Yes, my compatriot Pogi is changing cycling.
1st: Young riders are getting better and better because of Pogi, they want to be like him. Older riders don't have a chance anymore, like in the old days.
2nd: Long range attacks 50, 60,70,80km will be the new standard of winning races (Del Toro and Seixas).
3rd: The yellow jersey can also work as a domestique or waterboy (never seen before until Pogi 2024, 2025 and 2026).
4rth: Tadej Pogačar - The GOAT, has become the knew benchmark, the new standard of reference for young riders.
- OK, now it's time for me to stop this bs. Yes, if Pogi and MVDP both came to the finish line, MVDP would have beaten him. They both know that. But if MVDP was alone, not pulling with Pogi, the peleton would have caught him long before and he would have never won. Here's what Pogi said for the Slovenian media... "I was worn out at the end, my legs were jelly, but since Mathieu and I were pulling alone, I wanted him to win. I pulled as much as I could to keep him going. Mathieu is my big rival, but also my friend. I'm happy he won."
- More nonsense from a pundit whose credentials are riding a lot of km and interviews with the few Irish riders in the peloton.
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