crazyLSUstudent

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I see Pog still a huge favorite despite being 7+ mins back so I guess they just didn’t care about stage 4

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Pog could put 30 minutes into those 2 if he really wanted to

Pog teleport, too easy

Tadej interview

Cyclingnews (CN): Following on from what we've already talked about regarding Pogacar's performance, can you explain a bit more about how his low-cadence torque work helps him? Or to put it another way, can we still expect to see Tadej racing in the high mountains, trying to drop people using those ultra-fast accelerations?

Jeroen Swart (JS): Yes we can. But when it comes to the torque work, it is not just about the performance in the moment, though, it's also a very key aspect of durability. Durability is the ability to continue to perform close to your maximum level after a prolonged workload. In some of the highest workload stages in the mountains, after three or four cat. 1 or HC climbs, we're looking at total energy expenditure exceeding 4,000 kilojoules, and that's when you're getting to the point where most individuals demonstrate a loss of ability to produce power for a particular duration.

Most athletes will start to show a decline in that ability after 3,000 or 3,500 kilojoules of energy have been expended.

Previously, that was a weakness of Tadej. When he lost the Tour de France in 2022, that was on a stage that exceeded 4,200 kilojoules of energy expenditure. So one thing that the strength work does is it maintains the ability of muscles to perform.

Tadej normally loses less than 1% of his fresh performance despite having done 4,500 kilojoules of work, which is why he's able to do these long attacks late in a race and get away and stay away. Other riders are starting to have that fatigue and that's one of his key attributes, his ability to have exceptional durability at a very high workload.

Looking at my top 10 makes me think this the most stacked field I’ve seen since I began watching back in 2014. That top 10 is insane

Yellow Jersey (Maillot Jaune):
1. tadej
2. Jonas
3. Del toro

Green Jersey (Maillot Vert):
1. Jasper
2. Benny
3. Merlier

Polka Dot Jersey (Maillot à Pois):
1. Lenny
2. Tadej
3. Jonas

White Jersey (Maillot Blanc):
1. Del toro
2. Sexias
3. Auyso

Highest Ranked American:
Sepp


GC Top 10
1. Tadej
2. Jonas
3. Del toro
4. Lipowitz
5. Sexias
6. Auyso
7. Remco
8. Tobias Johannessen
9. Pidcock
10. Cian

Legend.

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So you want every woman in this country between the ages of 13 and 50, that is a non-citizen, to have to submit the results of monthly / quarterly birth control tests to the US Gov unless they’ve been sterilized?

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Yeah it’s called small government. Ever heard of it?

They over explain the plot so much in the first 4-5 episodes it’s annoying, still an entertaining show though.