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  • Age ranges of Multiple Tours de France?

    From Kenneth Litwak@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 17 18:22:42 2022
    Of racers that I've seen when several Tours de France, most have been around 30 years old. None of them were previously 21,22, and 23 (we know Pogrcar is going to win). This empirical fact has always made me question what Pogacar is doing/taking to be so
    dominant at such a young age compared to anyone else. Ever since Pogacar beat Roglic massively in his first TdF, I"ve had doubts that Tadej is relying upon natural ability only. My impression is that young pros have to spend several years to build up to
    where they win a grand tour. What do you think?

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  • From Kenneth Litwak@21:1/5 to Kenneth Litwak on Mon Jul 18 10:32:19 2022
    On Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 6:22:43 PM UTC-7, Kenneth Litwak wrote:
    Of racers that I've seen win several Tours de France, most have been around 30 years old. None of them were previously 21,22, and 23 (we know Pogrcar is going to win). This empirical fact has always made me question what Pogacar is doing/taking to be
    so dominant at such a young age compared to anyone else. Ever since Pogacar beat Roglic massively in his first TdF, I"ve had doubts that Tadej is relying upon natural ability only. My impression is that young pros have to spend several years to build up
    to where they win a grand tour. What do you think?
    I couldn't edit my initial post. It should read "win," not "when."

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