Yes I saw that, they were roads he trains on, so I guess he knew the route. But he was just head and shoulders above everyone else. It was great to see Girmay win 3 stages and the green jersey. Hats off to Vingegaard who never gave up and to come 2nd if he crash and having only 6 weeks to prepare was some achievement. Special mention to Evenepoel, who is the new kid on the block and to come 3rd behind those two, was a great result.
cycling, and indeed many sports, have always been dominated by a couple of people at a time, what stands out at the moment is just how dominant pogi is, it's rare to see someone do the giro and tour double, his was first for 26 years! And ATM I can't see past hi for la vuelta either which will be absolutely unheard of. There's always the dark side of cycling in the back ground, whispers about doping etc, I'd love to believe it's not true, but we'll maybe never know. He and JV obviously benefit from having insanely strong teams around them, but they're no stronger than the ineos teams of the past who supported Froome, G and wiggins...as for ineos....they've invested poorly in a string of GC leaders, they really need to sort that out! Cycling is far more enjoyable when there's a sharing round of wins and element of unpredictability to the winners of the tours
One would like to think they are clean these days, it's interesting to learn that Pogacar times on some of the climbs are quite a lot faster than Armstrong's were, I think their physical condition these days is a lot better than in the past. At present, the only rider capable of beating Pogacar is Vingegaard when he is fully fit, so it will be interesting to see what happens in the Vuelta.
