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Pogboom
I think other competitors also had great Tours, so it wasn't that Ferrand-Prévot necessarily failed in some way - it's more likely that the other top riders lifted their game and maybe also a bit of luck with no crashes, etc. It's the Tour de France after all. It's not meant to be easy to defend your title (the few exceptions like Pogacar prove the rule).14:13
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Pogboom
How would stats back it up? You realise tactics involved could mean Vine saved his legs for a faster finish? Some riders can choose to go all out and fade later in the ride, others can hold steady state the whole way, and others can have a reserved start and power up later in the ride. You can't judge just by the stats unless you have power data to be able to prove Vine is riding faster even though he is putting out the same or less power (suggesting drafting). I'm sure the stats prove that Vine didn't cheat because UCI would monitor the stats to make sure this exact scenario doesn't happen (and disqualify them for drafting if the stats proved it).19-10-2026 12:01
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Pogboom
It takes two to tango. Riders also have a say. Maybe they didn't see any opportunities on a stacked team such as Visma's? Who knows, but could be a multitude of reasons why deals fall through.14-10-2026 07:22
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Pogboom
Hmm it's an interesting take with certain disclaimers e.g. comparing them at the same age (Pogi wasn't given chances so early in his career so we will never know), the level of the competitors in the race or tour (really hard to compare, as you would be looking at multiple competitors, let alone comparing just Seixas vs Pogi). In any case, Seixas' future certainly looks very bright, especially as he has the advantage of youth, access to new scientific knowledge/methods that weren't around when Pogi started, and most importantly has Pogi as an extremely good example to aspire to (e.g. copying training methods, nutrition, tactics, race craft, etc., to list just a few...).12-10-2026 10:41
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Pogboom
Nothing has changed, even after all these deaths. The UCI has blood on its hands.07-10-2026 11:32
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Pogboom
Calm down mate. Here's your answer: *****://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidl%E2%80%93Trek_(men%27s_team) "In October 2025 Lidl became majority owner of the team. With the majority ownership the teams license will be registered in Germany from 2026 onwards."05-10-2026 09:27
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Pogboom
Crazy take. Tadej was drinking from his bottle so had one of his hands off the handlebar. Really down to bad luck rather than loss of focus.31-08-2026 14:38
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Pogboom
“You will see a couple sitting in the lobby, and anyone who isn’t into cycling would never suspect that the guy in the hoodie is the best cyclist in the world,” This is why I love this sport. No show boating like you would see in F1, football, tennis, golf, etc. On top of this, pro cyclists are some of the fittest athletes in the world and train much more than those aforementioned sports (and get paid much less).31-08-2026 10:58
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Pogboom
As an Aussie, I'm secretly hoping Pogi is so far ahead in GC that he decides to help his teammate Jay Vine get onto the podium like he did for Del Toro at the TdF! Anyway, isn't it crazy that Pogi is already dominating so hard this early in this GT that we are talking about the others who will join him. Leader's jersey from day one!26-08-2026 02:28
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Pogboom
Wow, I only just saw this. It's crazy that in this day and age, we have quite literally the most incredible cyclist of all time being hassled by some nobody influencer who thinks they are the centre of the universe and that everyone should know who she is. This influencer will have their 15 minutes of fame. Pogacar will have a legacy.24-08-2026 16:39