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RidesHills
That was incredible, what a podium! I love Longo Borghini, but my o my did Vollering deserve this win!!20:04
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RidesHills
I think the issue with van der Poel, Van Aert, Evenepoel, and Simmons may just be the weight. Some of them are likely too heavy for this amount of climbing - yes, Van Aert has won some major climbs, but that's in a GT setting with more than one race going on at a time and major climbers part of the GC race behind him. None of them has won in Montreal or Il Lombardia. Simmons was great at Il Lombardia not too long ago, but ran out of energy. They all have the goods to win, as do several others. It's just that del Toro and Seixas were the ones who got away 2 weeks ago, they climb, and del Toro sprints. I make no predications, I'm just really excited for what I hope is a great race!25-09-2026 20:14
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RidesHills
What a clear win, well executed attacks, and enough endurance to make it to the end. Alvarez was angry at the end, winning the sprint for second, but not having timed his attacks well enough along the way. Congratulations, Ashlin Barry!25-09-2026 19:31
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RidesHills
I don’t recall him getting angry ahead of his winning move in Paris, but that’s a flaw of my memory more than anything else. Did he? If so, there’s precedent for it happening.25-09-2026 18:33
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RidesHills
My question is always whether he can have a productive temper tantrum rather than a petty one. He seems to get super powers when he has them, but he loses so much time and energy having them that he has to catch up. Imagine him using one to lead instead. Without Pogačar there, his string of (angry chasing) second places could end. I doubt it will happen, but I keep waiting for it to happen!25-09-2026 12:44
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RidesHills
Sagan was long part of the discussion as one of greats, what with three RR world championships in a row. Fabian Cancellara had the monument wins to go with the TTs, while Tony Martin was simply amazing in his own way. Ganna, between his wins and seconds, is the one who suffers from living in the wrong era. Evenepoel has plenty of time to win a 5th, 6th, and 7th time. He's won the European and the Olympics TTs, he's won at the grand tours, he's just an incredible time trials. In my mind, his career may not be done (may not even be at a half way point!), but quite clearly, he's the greatest time trialist we've seen. Time to attack the hour record, sir - both on a bike Merckx's and on a modern bike. Just because.21-09-2026 17:41
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RidesHills
One of a long line of amazing Slovenian riders. My family is from right across the border to his hometown of Kranj, via the backroads to Eisenkappel, and I suspect he may end up biking those (amazing) roads in his retirement. Enjoy!!21-09-2026 17:36
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RidesHills
Bäckstedt is a phenom, but Reusser was simply far better. On PCS they had a chart of the first 5 in comparison to each other. Of them, Reusser started tied for slowest and then sped up over the last 3/4 of the race. Fabulous!20-09-2026 21:21
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RidesHills
One performance after the next sets up next weekend as a fabulous road race20-09-2026 21:18
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Seixas is my surprise, and Evenepoel was as usual dominant. What a ride, power and form better than anyone else. Congratulations!20-09-2026 21:17