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Pogboom
It's actually normal. Most pro riders train alone. This is because each rider has their own training programme so it's difficult to be riding together e.g. if one is doing a Zone 2 ride and another is doing intervals.11:12
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Pogboom
I seem to recall him blaming the time trial bike for a poor showing when he was at Bora. It was one of many reasons why he moved to Visma i.e. for the better equipment (Cervelo S5 is arguably the fastest bike on the World Tour). Now he has run out of excuses... It's also quite a bad look to blame the equipment when you're at any World Tour team with the best of the best at your disposal (equipment, coaches, nutrition, etc).22-01-2026 10:14
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Pogboom
I reckon if he shaved his head, he could save about 50W lol...04-01-2026 01:17
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At the Vuelta this year, I remember Vine pulled for the team and definitely made sacrifices. He won a few stages but even pulled for Ayuso I seemed to remember. Ayuso on the other hand, pulled for the team for like 20 metres and then dropped out lol...30-12-2025 15:42
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Yeah, it's basically a form of clickbait to make you click on the headline and spend a few seconds reading to find out who it is. That helps with the analytics that advertisers are looking for (i.e. how long readers are spending on the page).16-12-2025 10:21
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Pogboom
Jay Vine gets singled out only because of how he got into the World Tour. If we want to talk about pros who crash all the time, I would say hands down the name that sticks out is... ROGLIC. But even the greatest cyclists of the past ten years have crashed including Pogacar (TDF 2022, 2023 and 2025, Strade Bianche 2025), Vingegaard (Basque Country 2024), Evenepoel (so many, but TDF 2020 where he literally rode off a freaking bridge sticks out, I honestly thought he was dead/dying... and he also suffered a bit of bad luck crashing into a van door when out on a training ride in late 2024), then there's Froome and Bernal who both suffered such devastating crashes that it could be argued it ended their careers!06-12-2025 05:17
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Pogboom
"What did we have to do with it? We were a cycling team" Ironic... The same question could be asked of you: What has the country Israel have to do with your team? They were not sponsors and did not provide any money to the team at all.06-12-2025 00:23
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Pogboom
You have to admit they are mostly correct and that this is a huge dilemma. The beauty (and curse) of cycling is that anyone can literally walk out their front door and watch the best cyclists in the world - for free - race past within centimetres of them. Almost all other sports receive money from stadium tickets and tv broadcast rights (the English Premier League being the obvious multi-billion pound example). I must admit I had no idea tv broadcast money wasn't distributed to the participating teams - I would expect some form of payout, but I guess the flipside is that tv subscription fees may increase as a result...17-11-2025 02:21
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Pogboom
I think this could work but needs much more thought. Perhaps a VIP area at the finish line for sprint stages - those spots are already hard enough to claim without paying (I went to the 2024 TDF so I have some experience). However, charging people to watch on Alpe d'Huez, Mont Ventoux or other famous climbs will kill the sport - it is iconic watching those crowds and the atmosphere they create. So charging a fee will mean fewer people on those slopes to cheer on the riders, which creates a very bad look on tv screens.12-11-2025 13:08
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Pogboom
I'm sure money has already changed hands (or at least instalments), as the team needs the money upfront to be able to operate.11-11-2025 04:50