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LumbarDeniro
Let's hope this doesn't end up like UAE's del Toro/Ayuso tactics in the Giro.16:08
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LumbarDeniro
Perhaps the problem isn't Pogacar's tactics so much as MSR being a monument in the first place. It's a ridiculously long race where nothing happens till less than 30km to go, and the final two climbs aren't selective enough. "Tactics" is an armchair racer's pastime; in the real world, VDP was too strong for TP for the given course, and no amount of "tactics" was going to change that.02-01-2026 16:31
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LumbarDeniro
I don't think Pogacar feels the same way after MSR and P-R. Thank god Pogacar exists and is keeping Evenepoel from the top step. I'd gladly have boredom than preening narcissism and melodrama.06-10-2025 16:25
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LumbarDeniro
By this logic, Israel Premiertech has gotten a lot of ROI on shots of Froome getting shelled on climbs.06-10-2025 16:22
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LumbarDeniro
Vingegaard finished a stage of the Vuelta on a teammate's bike -- maybe RE is lacking balls to race.28-09-2025 21:58
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LumbarDeniro
If the second bike wasn't a problem, why should we believe the first really was? For those watching RE over the years, it seems that his biggest weakness are the screws in his head. The Belgian media have given him an overinflated sense of his superiority, and when reality makes an appearance, he crumbles.28-09-2025 19:34
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LumbarDeniro
The Tour organizers are whistling in the dark if they think Spain is the problem. Rabid fans have long turned GT summits into disgusting spectacles that barely leave room for riders; the Vuelta has only shown how easy it is for protesters to shut down summits and stages completely.15-09-2025 01:22
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LumbarDeniro
I've been unsurprised by the lack of outrage at what happened in the Vuelta. When top riders are sporting 300,000 euro watches, you know the sport has become gentrified, and along with the gentrification is the curse of group think in polite circles, and an aversion to calling a spade a spade. Today it's the Vuelta and Gaza; tomorrow, the Tour and Extinction Rebellion, or whatever flavor-of-the-month group that sees how much attention is easily obtained at such little cost. Applause to Kwiatkowski for stating the obvious.15-09-2025 01:09
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LumbarDeniro
The Evenepoel fanclub is very limber mentally.07-09-2025 16:28
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LumbarDeniro
Spain doesn't seem to be paying attention to how these protests are viewed by regular people. Garcia may think pressure to make IPT leave is the safe stance at the moment, but he and the Left in Spain will find out the hard way that the blowback will suck. Caving now will reward extremists and make stage cancellations more frequent.04-09-2025 14:42