I understood you but I don’t think you understood me. All those athletes did use PEDs in a sport that has never taken PEDs seriously. And most people of the ones who got caught/banned/lost their records deserved to be punished. Being pro doping is a pretty shot take dude. “if you’re a pro athlete and you don’t take PEDs you must not take your job seriously enough” is the dumbest shit I’ve heard today.

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And now they have Stake, a very financially powerful sponsor.

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EPO supplier went out of business huh? Tragic.

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I did the same thing and was very confused, "wait, wait.."

Remember when he was leading the Olympic mtb race, but then had a puncture?

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There were a good few years where Sagan could blitz anyone in a bunch sprint, and still hold his own with the GC guys up all but the biggest of climbs.

I mean time has taken its toll and he's clearly no longer that guy, but the world of cycling is gonna be sad to see him go, and worse off for his retirement.

Thanks Peter, very cool!

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Seems too young to retire. What's next?!

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Thought I was in F1 for a second, I was like who in here doesn't know Bottas?

Because they pray on gambling addicts - in a regular casino you can lock yourself out, you cannot do that on Stake.

Remember watching him at the Tour of California 10+ years ago and realizing he was going to be something really special. Hope he gets a nice send off.

Chapeau and thanks for all the memories!

Oh. That actually sounds right.

My absolute favorite bit of cycling writing was along these lines:

>Sprinter Mark Cavendish showed great form in the challenging stage today. For those of you who continually question his ability in the mountains, he had so much energy that he was even helping repair the team car's wing mirror at various times!

I think he has started somewhat? Thought he did unbound last year.

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It was a great era. One of the most electrifying riders of all time.

I remember watching during the past couple seasons and it seemed like every race commentators were saying he was just getting over another bout of Covid. Wonder if it had a lasting effect but it’s not unheard of for people to just simply fall off at his age as well.