That is genuinely extraordinary. I’m struggling to wrap my head around just how complete he is as a cyclist. There are no weaknesses, no gaps, no terrain where he looks out of place. Climbing, time trials, one-day races, stage races… he doesn’t just compete, he dictates.
It’s not just dominance, it’s control. He makes the best riders in the world look like they’re a level below, and that almost never happens in modern cycling where margins are supposed to be razor thin.
When you step back and look at it like that, it actually reframes the past. What once looked like untouchable dominance now feels almost narrow in comparison. This is something different entirely.
And then there’s that little voice cycling fans all seem to have now… shaped somewhere in the era of Lance Armstrong. The one that quietly says, “this is incredible… but we’ve been here before.”
Not enough to take away from what we’re watching, just enough to raise an eyebrow while you’re applauding.
Either way, what we’re witnessing is on another level.
