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Biniam Girmay in Tour De France...

Ayenmol 7/26/25, 3:47:24 PM
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debut: 5/4/03
19,726 runs

Is now over 5hrs down on the leader and eventual winner Tadej Pogacar!

Pogacar is 26 and already considered to be the best rider ever! A ridiculous Slovenian rider who can climb a hill at the speed some riders ride on flat!

Biniam is actually better than many sprinters .... The Green jersey wearer is a further 15 minutes down from Biniam.
The second place rider is 4 minutes down. Two time winner, Dane, Jonas Vingegaard!

The third place rider is 11 minutes down. The 24 yr old German, Florian Lipowitz.

Tenth place sits French rider Jordan Jegat....33 minutes down.

Three weeks of racing! It aint easy and only few can do it with the best!
KTom 7/26/25, 9:09:35 PM
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debut: 7/22/22
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Within living memory, a figure of 5 watts per kilo would have been enough to make a professional rider competitive in a multistage race such as the Tour; and at his blood-doped peak, two decades ago, Armstrong was averaging an estimated 6 watts per kilo. In 2004, on that same climb in the Pyrenees, he took nearly six minutes longer than Pogačar did last year. In other words, Armstrong on dope then would be an also-ran next to Pogačar today.


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Ayenmol 7/26/25, 10:36:55 PM
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debut: 5/4/03
19,726 runs

In reply to KTom

So you do not follow the sport but choose to throw shade at it based on what?

What if i applied the same logic to the current 100m sprinter record??
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KTom 7/26/25, 11:38:19 PM
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In reply to Ayenmol

If you bothered to read the article, it might occur to you that I'm agreeing with the author's belief that the current generation of cyclists are clean and that the general standard within the sport is higher than ever. At some point, of course, these marginal gains will level off.
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