Revelations about the past of Mauro Gianetti, Pogacar’s Manager (Radio France Investigation, Translation in post)

[Woz]

I stopped watching or even being remotely interested in pro road racing about 20 years ago. Floyd Landis being thrown off the TDF did it for me. Having said that I do occasionally rewatch classic races (on VHS ) from the epo days,; the 1995 Worlds in Duitama with Indurain aggressively controlling the race ahead of Pantani on a crazy hard course, with massive crowds of spectators everywhere. The 1996 Paris Roubaix with three Mapei riders Bortolami, Tafi and Musseuw off the front for the last 50 miles And the 1997 Amstel Gold where Riis just rides away from the rest as if they are not really racing (they are). Suppose this is my guilty pleasure where I know the riders are charged up but I like the riders, the classic bikes and tech and aggressive riding.

Super charged. In the field. On the road. There are the occasional WTF moments of doom or glory in one day Classics.

And in retrospective it is more of a WTF. Worth watching and historical understanding IMHO.

 

[Rapparee87]

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That's like me, I watch reruns of the 500cc MotoGP golden era races, as the modern version is so incredibly boring.

Same here but with Formula 1. It's like a computer game now.

 

[Rapparee87]

I stopped watching or even being remotely interested in pro road racing about 20 years ago. Floyd Landis being thrown off the TDF did it for me. Having said that I do occasionally rewatch classic races (on VHS ) from the epo days,; the 1995 Worlds in Duitama with Indurain aggressively controlling the race ahead of Pantani on a crazy hard course, with massive crowds of spectators everywhere. The 1996 Paris Roubaix with three Mapei riders Bortolami, Tafi and Musseuw off the front for the last 50 miles And the 1997 Amstel Gold where Riis just rides away from the rest as if they are not really racing (they are). Suppose this is my guilty pleasure where I know the riders are charged up but I like the riders, the classic bikes and tech and aggressive riding.

Me too. Have a lot of VHS, of those Tours back then. The bikes etc. Nowadays I mainly look at the scenery when I look at races. Back then I drooled over the bikes above all else.

 

[RobLoasby]

That's like me, I watch reruns of the 500cc MotoGP golden era races, as the modern version is so incredibly boring.

I blame Ducati. Before they started to dominate, it was much more enjoyable - especially when Vale was on form.