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Anyone watching Paris-Nice? What a great stage race this is every year. Pogacar v Vinegaard is like Hagler v Hearns every time they compete.
I haven’t gotten to see any of the Paris-Nice race yet, (the wife & I are on a road trip!) but I really enjoyed the TdF last summer and looking forward to the grand tours this summer thanks to the rivalry you mentioned and curious to see if Wout can build on last years success and be even more of a spoiler this year!
I never dreamed he would climb as well as he did last year and he might just develop into a serious threat if he continues to master the different disciplines of cycling!
Moto & cycling are my two favorite sports and I really enjoy the spectacle of Pro cycling! The wife & I drove up to Colorado all three years of the US Pro challenge and followed that race as if it were the TdF! We were really disappointed when that event failed to find another title sponsor and really hope to get to go spectate the real deal TdF one of these days! 😎 👍❗️
Has the sport cleaned up since the Armstrong fiasco?
And if so, how has that changed the sport?
Has the sport cleaned up since the Armstrong fiasco? No, any sport that pays outs for contracts and/or winnings is maxed out on peds and cheating. It’s not even a speculation anymore for any professional event.
And if so, how has that changed the sport?
Mechanical cheating (motors) is the demarcation for most of us. If it starts to happen in an unchecked method at the highest level then the beautiful sort of bicycle racing ends.
That is a great question Titan and I honestly can’t say for certain that the sport isn’t still rife with cheating!?
(I was and still am disgusted with L.A. and consider him to be THE biggest fraud in the history of sport! Although he was just the best at cheating in a sport full of fraud during his era!)
I do think and I hope the UCI is making an honest effort to clean up and keep the sport clean, but I really just have to give them the benefit of doubt and try to enjoy the sport and the spectacle it can be and not let the cheaters such as armstrong ruin it for me! 🤔 😎❗️
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It’s a great time for pro cycling, with many young riders creating intense individual and team rivalries. Paris-Nice has generated some exciting racing, and the grand tours should be memorable.
Like almost any sport, there’s a level of “creativity” that takes place. A 1% gain over a 50 hour event translates into roughly 30 minutes, which is the difference between a podium and falling out of the top 20. The UCI toes the line between strict enforcement and entertainment, as an aggressive rules campaign could overshadow events and mire the sport in controversy. We’ve seen that movie before, and it wasn’t good for anybody.
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