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Would you ride for a team director/CEO who had a horrific doping record? Team performance is holistic. I wouldn’t.

Great Show, and topic! Ask Eddy M if Pog should win when he can, or give everyone in the break a trophy! 🤷‍♂️

People complaining Pogi is greedy need to either get smarter, get better or shut up

Loved the detour to Gabon via Algeria

Honestly these complaints the last days piss me off so much. Completely kills the joy of cycling as a sport for me if its not a competetion but just random teams crying for stage wins. How are people begging to have gifted wins is beyond me. As Patrick says its pathet ic.

Not at all convinced Pog chose not to try and win the stage just to placate whingers - more likely he was happy to take an extra day off and then raised it afterwards just to limit the moans and/or spark this debate 🤷‍♂️ He'll be having a good giggle now if so, and I'm sure he'll keep going for wins when he wants to.

Good effort for speaking out on this nonsense!

Oh fuck them. Be the cannibal.

Ok, so I get the DS's asking Pog to slow down, not ride as aggressively etc. There's the Giro/TDF double to consider. However, as a fan I love seeing him just going for every stage. I will rein in my enthusiasm, though, because I want him competitive at the Tour. I don't get the greedy comments. So they want gifting? If he gifts, he's wrong, if he wins, he's greedy. I know there's always going to be haters. I hope he can brush off the negative and just be the kid who loves to race his bike. Thanks, guys

Serious question, but who in the peloton has been complaining? I thought most of the chatter was just from fans/analysts/podcasters/etc Have riders been throwing subtle shade at Pog and I missed it?

At no point did he say that any rider or team complained and I would find that hard to believe. However the press and fans have been very vocal and the diplomatic decision was his own team I believe. It’s up to him what he does but don’t sulk about it

I see things differently. Firstly, there is a long history of GC teams letting stage wins go to non-GC teams in order to share the spoils (eg, the reason Armstrong/Hinault were in the news for saying “pas de cadeux” in 2004 was precisely because it was unusual & therefore noteworthy). And secondly, the reality is that pro road cycling is advertising first, entertainment second, pure sport third (vs. say track cycling where i think that order is reversed). If team X is coming at the Giro from a “best rider always wins” (sport) perspective while team Y is more from a “we all need exposure” perspective (advertising) I think it is natural that some conflict might occur if UAE try to take every stage. I certainly don’t see it as whining, i just see it as having different perspectives and needs.

Pogi bullied? Really? Maybe more UAE pressured, no? And I don’t think Pogi needs anyone going after whoever on social media. He’s got that nailed too

Mark Cavendish would already be the greatest ever if Eddy Mercx wasn't such a greedy so and so 😂

Cian said yesterday after the stage that he was sick but getting better, but apparently it got worse again :/

everyone in the comments protecting the all beloved Pogi like a bunch of sheeps. I am sure that mountain stage 8 he won will drastically change his palmares. Poor guy rarely wins anything. VPP should have 2 giro stages by now. Also single-handedly preventing that narvaez win. Boys and girls Lance Armstrong gifted an epic mont ventoux stage to the pirate, sharing is caring. I am starting to really dislike him despite being Slovenian. He definetly aint winnig the tour like that, another bonk on one of the big hard mountain stages in the tour incoming.

So now there are SJW asking for equity even in the peloton. 😁

I don't blame Pogacar for winning or wanting to win. I find it boring when he wins often during a race though - in this Giro its not too bad yet though. And it doesn't apply only to him

Poggie tells us the names of the bullies in the peleton and us fans will sort them out on social media.

I just started listening to this because I thought it was the full podcast XD

Not about Giro, but just now Mc nulty won Itt National Championship in USA.

"an endless cycle" = Lease-a-bike?

Whiners. Just a bunch of whiners. Get stronger. That's it.

We should bully Trek to stop being greedy and going for sprint stages

I remember Contador gifting a stage to Euskaltel (I think it was Sanchez) and later in the grand tour they pulled at the front for seemingly no reason but to help Contador back. But that's the only time i ever saw a team paying back

If you can't beat them, bully them. That's what my old man used to say

Its the right decision, but I don’t see it as a show of Commissaires courage and integrity……that they relegate the second-placed rider.

Britains Eurosport cycling-GCN and Armstrongs american podcast WEDU THEMOVE are saying that Pogacar is too greedy??? I mean WTF, Armstrong, the biggest doper in history of cycling, and Johan Bruyneel are saying that Pogi is greedy. Shame on everyone thar are attacking Pogi just because he's the no.1 cyclist in the world. The people love him...the italians love him!!!

No consideration for Powless over Sheff for the US Olympic team?

It’s an absolute joke saying Pog is greedy. The people that tell him not to ride for the win are greedy, because they know they can’t win if he rides like he wants too. This is professional sports at one of the biggest events in the sport and the best athlete is told to not race?!? Absolute farce

The Australian team will be Matthews, Plapp and groves.

Mezgec can get around this course based on how he performed in the stage won by Pelayo Sanchez.

Every chance that Ewan will retire if he does not regain form.

I've been pretty annoyed by the whole group that have been whining about his wins from the very beginning of the whining. It is quite ridiculous from both inside the peloton as well as outside the peloton. And because democracy/bullying won the day and he wasn't able to take more time yesterday on stage 10, if he loses next week because of a bad day or his team somehow doesn't make it through next week because of sickness or crashes, they will rue the day they made that decision. They should have been racking up as much time as they could knowing the following two days were sprint stages. And on another note, if they make these concessions now, and lose the Giro as well as the Tour it will be a complete disaster. The best place to be is at the front period.

Contador is the only instance where I can remember a rider benefitting from giving away stage wins, but it was a very different scenario

Love the pod! Did I imagine the dog nearly wiping out the entire huge breakaway group?

Krieger also dropped out on stage 9 due to a very nasty crash, unfortunately. Wasn't really shown on the cameras.

Enjoyed so much Benji not knowing which way West was…completely saved his professionalness points back though handling the Ethernet drop out. 5 star handling

Someone get a message to Pogi! Calcifedol works in 2 hours to boost immune system. And if already sick… Ivermectin! Don’t listen to the narrative!!

nooo, there goes my podium. after evenepoel last year, this time uitdebroeks needs to leave the giro with a virus. giro not smiling on the belgians last couple of years.

Starlink from Elon Musk is what you need, works great in mountainous areas I here

“You need your tuggers!” I see another t-shirt coming!

I'm sorry, but I have to tell you: calling them the "PP" brothers is funny, because in French "pipi" is a child's word for pee... 😅😂😂

Patrick and Benji have the best race analysis! Love you guys.

Ethernet-ing Trainingplan has to be added to JOIN for PAtrick.

You guys should really start adding the lanterne rouge category (last place) in your picks before grand tours!! :)

LOL Benji crediting the doggie with a "THERMONUCLEAR catch"

The reason that honore has been invicible is becuse he broke a rib on stage 7 or 8

Your Decathlon World tour wins preddos TRASHED

Ineos doing something you guys don’t understand again 😂