u/Sea_Ebb_41

You can be mad about the competitive dynamics without blaming Jonas

Tadej is the best rider in the sport. Possibly the best rider ever. He can dominate the classics, time trials, grand tours, and one-week races. He can win in a group sprint or win from an 80k solo escape. He can put in a hellacious 10 second effort and 60 minute effort.

Despite all of that, Jonas has carved out a really impressive palmarès of his own. He has become a really well-rounded rider. He can win mountain stages, time trials, and can now beat everyone in the world except one rider on GC-contested punchy grand tour stages.

I can appreciate Tadej while also getting frustrated by his dominance from a pure race entertainment perspective.

But it's a bit crazy for people to say stuff like Jonas isn't even trying for not launching attack after attack on a punchy stage 3 of a three week tour. He has a very narrow path to winning this tour (e.g. how he won in 2022/23), and it's not by putting himself into the red after three days.

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u/Sea_Ebb_41 — 12 hours ago