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He was still a remarkable specimen though, more akin to a Cancellara or Evenepoel with more climbing talent. Drugs those days were primitive at best, with Rilatin and stimul or cortisones. They were available to everybody. My point being, Merckx never pushed anything Froome couldn't. What we...

Nothing suggested total and utterly dominance, from spring to fall. Something not seen since the seventies. He was a great prospect until he went to UAE.

We need a rival with no Who is his team manager?

It wasn't particulary bad, this type of mountain doesn't suit him very well. Certainly the last 750m. He did okay, and holds on to his third place.

Wasn't Evenepoel younger when he won San Sebastian. A lot of riders have won the Tour de l'Avenir at 19, a year after Bernal...

He wasn't 18-19 in 2019.

My brother has worked as a doctor at a cycling performance lab on the continent. He's seen a lot of now famous cyclists in the lab at 18-19 years old. And while Pog was impressive, he didn't outshine his peers the way he does now. Some other south-american ex-tour winners, on the contrary, did...

Amazing how nutrition has evolved since Egan Bernal in 2020 or since pog in 2023

Cant waiting for the watts

It's not. Pogacar, and the entire UAE team, has gone up another level. The Pog of 2022 wouldnt is make the top 5 anymore. The only threat to Pog, barring a functioning anti-doping agency,is Del Toro

4 out of 4 for UAE in Austria. Men against boys...

Brutal from UAE in the tour of Austria: first, second, fourth and fifh.

Its the stronger ale.

Any tdf will be easy peasy if you can push 7kg/w for an hour. Dont get your hopes up.

More transferseason angst. Now!