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yeah man

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@deidaart Who cares man. Cycling is already an incredibly exclusionary sport, and all of these unwritten rules or expectations of new riders just make that worse.

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@DinDiin31 @Keneth_Micheal @EvenepoelRemco @RBH_ProCycling How did he get to the 43km mark? Perhaps maybe sitting on some wheels?

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@JaCorke @DinDiin31 @Keneth_Micheal @EvenepoelRemco @RBH_ProCycling Go ahead and enter a bike race and sit in the wind for a while and see if you think it's a smart thing to do nobby

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@DinDiin31 @Keneth_Micheal @EvenepoelRemco @RBH_ProCycling Do you fucking retards not understanding that literally everyone drafts off of everyone else and it's the most important part of the sport. "Wheelsucking" is literally the entire strategy of bike racing. Pogi does it all fucking day until the last few K's just like everyone else

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@EO_Halloran @LosBrolin He is already an all time great dude... You're delusional

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@Tratnikstan Yeah totally, he should've blown himself up on stage 19 of the tour and potentially risked his 2nd place spot to chase a guy who has proven so many times that you can't beat him. Shit ass take dude

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@Pro_sthesis @ReichOrder @RNBWCV Yes, but that's also irrelevant. You don't have to like somebody to work with them and maintain a professional relationship. I doubt they are best of friends. They are just coworkers man.

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@Reemsterrrrr @tigzdaka @faustocoppi60 Yeah man it's like he went to altitude camp, lost weight, and trained specifically to climb. I truly can't believe he got better at climbing

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@ReichOrder @RNBWCV You're just making shit up dude. You cannot achieve the level of success he has in the modern WT without being a good teammate and a professional.

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@JimPanzen @faustocoppi60 Holy shit man do you not understand the concept of a team at all? They are literally paid to help each other out. The DS's would have obviously had Lipo work for Remco. In what way was his attitude douchey at all?

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@cothamboy54 @PuncheurCycling "nursed" him up the final climb by blowing up the entire peloton and dropping everyone except for Remco lol

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@nicomusiani @BelgSportsFan @NairoInGreen All of these fuckass calculations and algorithms will not change the fact that Remco crossed the line first and is in fact the winner of the stage

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@Spunkjensen @OlsenCycling Dude. Out of anyone on earth, Remco 100% knows more than anyone that Tadej didn't go all out today. He has been losing to him for years now. Don't pretend like he is being delusional about this. He just had probably the best climbing performance of his life, he should be proud.

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@EatonKrist88217 @LouisTillieux @OlsenCycling Pogacar was specifically working for del toro, of course he was there too. And then he lost the sprint fair & square to Remco

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@CyclingWerewolf @robyn_emz @BenjiNaesen I mean he did ride all the mountain stages within the time cut up until now, which is still insanely impressive. It's not a big deal tbh

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@Hispeedlowdrug @wrowclif Also the consequences of this behavior are extremely benign in regards to the safety of others. The only person truly risking their personal safety in this situation is the cyclist. That's why it's never enforced and it's not actually a big deal

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@mycatiscutehehe @escapefrommelos This argument may hold up on the pretense that people in cars are following the rules but we both know that's fucking bullshit.

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@kof_mju @lucxsronald Kind of a flex honestly

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@OldToolMan @0xJirachi Beautiful machine 😮

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@LucGrefte I'd imagine there would be some intentional interest from other teams in making sure Pedersen loses out on as many bunch sprint points as possible by washing him out of contention. However, he's not a pure sprinter anyways. Juice not worth the squeeze perhaps