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antipodeanpedalfan
Must be hard to type while tugging Pogi off with both hands05:00
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I feel like Lipo just has to sit back and let Remco make the case for why he (Lipo) should lead their TDF squad via fumbling mountain stages and crashing into.. any solid surface like Wile E Coyote.30-03-2026 08:37
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antipodeanpedalfan
More to the point, Merckx faced a significantly different peloton. Back then, it was almost all western/southern European riders - today’s peloton is pulling the best riders from at least half the globe. So being the best of that is a much more impressive task. Much like how an English Football League player from the 1970s wasn’t facing the whole world the way today’s players do. Which just underlines why it’s really pointless to make the comparison. Apples and oranges.29-03-2026 12:16
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antipodeanpedalfan
Love it, great result!27-03-2026 00:56
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antipodeanpedalfan
Someone really really needs to take this lad aside and break down his ego a little bit. I can see why riders benefit from going through the juniors to learn this kind of stuff - I think he's been so feted by the Belgian media and over-hyped that he's taking on all that pressure to perform as well as a sort of underlying prima donna expectation of respect and deference. The worst of both worlds. But you're completely right, he races every stage like it's a one-day race. Then he's cooked by the high mountains in a GT.26-03-2026 04:31
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It’s a bike race, there are tactics. One of them is not pulling a turn when you want to have the advantage. Risking being caught by the chasing group in order to win. One of Remco’s biggest flaws for me is his inability to accept race tactics like this. Instead of focusing on what he needs to do, he loses his rag, starts waving his arms around, getting distracted and furious and yeah, rides into a pothole cuz he’s stewing on the “injustice” of basic racecraft. Jonas was 100% justified in sitting on the wheel. I do not understand why people get so bent out of shape about it. He’s trying to win. But he’s also one of the most sportsmanly riders around. Never forget him waiting for Tadej, the handshake, so he could whup him on the climb fair and square.26-03-2026 02:45
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antipodeanpedalfan
Weird that both the men’s and women’s races were shaped by crashes, in different spots and for different reasons. But yeah, this one and the Kwiatkowski one both look brutal.22-03-2026 04:12
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antipodeanpedalfan
Yeah, the biggest margin since WW2 according to the stats. But apparently you need to annihilate every stage by 10 minutes or “it doesn’t count”.18-03-2026 15:03
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antipodeanpedalfan
That Vuelta was fantastic. The little team that could, and did!18-03-2026 03:28
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antipodeanpedalfan
He seems to be a very generous young man, and tbh if you're fine with his career being bankrolled by a petro-state with a dodgy human rights record, but suddenly have an issue with one of his many other sponsorships - then I guess "that's a you problem". Sure, sportswashing and all that ain't great - but Pog seems to give a lot back to grassroots organizations so who is to say what is and isn't worth caring about.17-03-2026 01:02