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DoctorNurse71
Pogi is tired and over Visma's wierd tactics. they talk about fighting till the death and then ride at ridiculous speeds at illogical times and then Jonas just sits in Pogi's wheel all day. Also the man has ALREADY Won 2 RvV, LbL Fleche Wallone and Strade Bianche, Podiumed at MsR, Amstel and P-R, Won GC, Points 3 stages and KOM at Dauphine, GC Points and 2 stages at UAE Tour and of course, 4 stages and very likely GC and KOM at the TdF... .... In the last 6 months!! This is a whole career for an exceptionally talented rider, and this is just a random Spring and summer for Tadej. The man is probably BONE tired and even his infections enthusiasm has its limits when Jonas rides like a coward by wheelsucking then sprinting in the last 100m. And with full respect to Politt, Wellens, Soler and Narvarez, it absolutely does not help when The Boss is missing a prime, in-form Almeida, Ayuso or Del Toro to give him a hand when the music REALLY starts on these brutal mountains... And they are saying he is going to the Vuelta.... Most people could never... I am actually really happy to see Grumpy Tadej, as this gives me confidence that he is in fact- Human like the rest of us... Enjoy the last 2 days...26-07-2025 00:06
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DoctorNurse71
Yes, but he does not race very often and his one big target he'll never win again, so I think Jonas needs to think about changing his strategy. He is in the prime of his career now, and unless he finds a Froome magic solution will not beat a healthy Pogacar, so maybe time to do some Italian Fall Classics or look into some of the Ardennes races and the 1 GT that Pogi does not target? Because if not, then you can be sure that the exodus of brilliant riders (Valter, Benoot, et al) from Visma will continue as the younger riders seek their opportunities to win and the current crop ages out of first line GT Domestique duties... Visma cannot allow Vingegaard's very limited racing scope, calendar and ability drag them down in the long term25-07-2025 13:54
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DoctorNurse71
...Not if that 2nd best GC rider only rides 1 GT a year and always gets spanked like a naughty child by a dominant champion.. JV will never beat a healthy Pogacar and we will never have to speculate about that ever again. If Jonas stays at Visma, he is going to eventually justify to Van Aert, Jorgensen and Yates why they should continue to sacrifice their palmarés for a man who won't ever win another race that Pogacar wants to win. Visma has already lost riders like Valter and Benoit to other teams and that trend will continue as these champion riders see the man they dedicated all their hard work and sacrifice for get an 11 second time loss in 500m like today .. Jo as does not have the Charisma or the palmares to keep champions working for such a lost cause. He and Visma both need to rethink their approach and make other targets. Their time winning the TdF against a healthy Pogacar is over, sooo... What's next?25-07-2025 12:08
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DoctorNurse71
Visma is riding in hope that they can remix their 2022 tactics and bait Pogacar into beating himself... But the good thing about Pogacar losing the way he did is that he learned his limits and is both stronger and smarter... Vingegaard's career becomes more interesting. This man tends to shut his season down after the TdF... Perhaps he will need to start preparing for the GTs that Pogacar does not target and racing beyond the summer because he is on a really big salary for his current level of performance and he has too many bad days to ever beat a healthy Pogacar over 3 weeks ... Funny how Visma paced all day two days running and lost time at the line on both days..25-07-2025 04:27
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DoctorNurse71
Obviously Visma has accepted that Jonas can't win this TdF and that their "high pace to tire Pogi out strategy" is a failure that only blew themselves up. So, they are going for stage wins with the understanding that Jonas can look after himself with Depp Kuss on transitional stages like this... Pogi knows this and this is all a bit of PsyOps to destabilize Visma just that little bit more It's the same dysfunction that UAE sees whenever Pogi is not there. These dudes are on big salaries and need to get UCI points for their own contracts/careers. Very normal21-07-2025 03:05
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DoctorNurse71
Don't forget that Ayuso ALSO refused to admit that he was seriously injured, compromised IdT by insisting on full team support even while his legs went Adios and then refused to turn a single pedal stroke in support of his teammates... Ayuso did ALL of those things in this Giro as well...30-05-2025 17:16
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DoctorNurse71
Let's all just calm down until after the TT tomorrow... If one of them have a bad day, then that's the leadership question solved... If not, then Ayuso will have to explain why IDT needs to work for him when he would not do the same for the world champ last year...19-05-2025 12:30
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DoctorNurse71
And it conveniently forgot His salbutamol doping positive, dodgy use of other performance enhancers and his laughably fake bilharzia diagnosis used to cheat his way from obscurity... Trash article that is an embarrassment to this website17-10-2024 02:14
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DoctorNurse71
I think that Rasmussen criticizing Froome is one mediocre rider who depended on chemical assistance to perform and was busted with a positive doping test criticizing a other. Froome is as much of a cheat and a doper as Rasmussen. He just made better decisions about his agent (from the McQuaid clan) and his lawyer (based on his bank account) so he was able to slither away from punishment in a way that Rasmussen did not. There is NO DIFFERENCE between the two beyond the consequences for their doping activities...15-10-2024 21:57
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DoctorNurse71
True, but yesterday that was an implicit, unspoken agreement, based on the racing context... Today, the Patron made an ANNOUNCEMENT... The context is slightly different, but that difference is important, no? Cheers!19-07-2024 20:26