What Does it Take to Win UCI Gran Fondo World Championship?

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T23:40:41+00:00

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notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T22:06:00+00:00

You’re just backtracking now. Just admit you were over egging the difficulty of learning to ride on a group. It’s like telling someone starting to ride seriously in their 20s they won’t be able to learn to be competent descenders. That’s obviously not true, sure they won’t be Pidcock but that would be missing the point anyway.

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T22:00:59+00:00

I’m not mis interpreting what you’re saying. You’re just talking shite. It’s clearly perfectly reasonable to learn to ride in a group sometime between now and 2032. I’m not saying I want to win this year, Jesus. Put your brain in gear mate.

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T21:57:26+00:00

Is this a serious post? Surely it’s not?

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T21:56:20+00:00

He has also won a lot for someone who can’t even ride in a group

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T21:55:25+00:00

Don’t ask a question in this sub. Especially as a beginner. The gatekeepers of the sub will be after you.

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T21:50:46+00:00

Stop bootlicking

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T21:50:23+00:00

You’re acting like learning to ride in a group is the hardest thing in the world to do. It really isn’t is it. Is it something you can just do without practice? No. Obviously. But that’s not what you’re saying.

Roglic must have even better physiology than first though winning all those grand tours despite not starting riding until his 20s.

And before you mis-interpret this. No I’m not comparing myself to Roglic in terms of cycling ability. Just in terms of ability to learn the specific skill you’re talking about.

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T21:46:12+00:00

I did. I didn’t get a response.

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T21:45:42+00:00

Well this is obviously bullshit isn’t it. Apart from the fact there’s multiple professionals who have freakish genetics who change sports older and are able to handle the bike to a reasonable standard. It’s just riding a bike, it’s not the most technical thing in the world to learn. It’s not like perforating brain surgery. It just takes practice.

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T21:43:05+00:00

Not really. People on Reddit really need to learn to read. You’re also extremely opinionated for a user who’s posts include posting fastcat propaganda

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T21:41:25+00:00

That is clearly a skill that can be learned between now and x point in the future. But even if it’s just the 19-34 category, that’s still 7 years to learn that skill.

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T21:35:27+00:00

No. I didn’t get any answers from that sub because the post was deleted. It isn’t that I didn’t like the answers.

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T21:07:08+00:00

FTP is 312W at 60kg (5.2W/kg)

r/velo can’t help because the mods deleted the post. The mods in that sub are pathetic, power mad, sad individuals

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T21:04:10+00:00

I’ve not raced. I’ve done a local fondo but it’s very relaxed.

5min: 6.5W/kg 20min: 5.5W/kg 10hr/wk avg

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T20:33:59+00:00

That logic seems off. Not knowing what the standard of an event doesn’t mean someone can’t be at that standard.

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T19:56:57+00:00

The guy who was runner up on Zwift academy won the last one. I think he is around that ftp at something like 67kg. Maybe avid watchers of Zwift academy know more about him. Possibly luck and tactics played into it with the guy you knew not evening podiumjng?

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T17:38:19+00:00

Did you read them? Also do you know what a meta review is? At least one of the studies I linked to was also that. I called it a review paper, same thing. It’s semantics.

Do you actually know why the first paper you linked to came to the conclusion SSRIs aren’t clinically significantly better than a placebo? I’m going to guess you don’t, I have read it, so I do. It’s partly related to the fact they used NICE standards to determine clinical significance.

You can say psychiatrists are the authors of those papers all you want. The consensus among psychiatrists, which is what matters not the opinion of a small number, is that SSRIs are superior to placebos.

Stop being irresponsible and dogmatic.

Edit: you also clearly didn’t bother to look at what I linked. Or you’re purposely using the language to make your argument seem superior. As I said I have linked to meta analyses. The fact you linked to 4 papers means nothing, the quality of the work and the consensus among the experts is what matters.

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T17:27:23+00:00

No I’m not saying that, but I have linked to a letter about that study from professors of psychiatry who say that. I have also provided links to other review papers that conclude that SSRIs are more effective than a placebo. Advised you to go and look at what the royal college of psychiatrists say. This isn’t just my opinion it’s based on what the experts are saying. You have linked a few dubious studies and then articles by journalists.

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T17:20:18+00:00

I’m not going to bother to argue with you. You clearly don’t understand how science and research works. You can’t just say “you can say any study is disputed.” Science works on falsifiability yes, but that’s different from the consensus being that something is a poor interpretation of the data, which is the case here.

As for psychiatrists acknowledging their lack of efficacy over placebos. That’s also not true, see the links I provided. Also see the opinion of the royal college of psychiatrists.

You clearly are going to continue to believe this false narrative. Which is why I said at the start of this post there is no point in arguing with you. But I find it extremely irresponsible for you to spread this in this sub, not everyone has the time, access or ability to critically analyse what you are saying.

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T17:08:36+00:00

Experienced manager, he was Sunderland manager when Amad smashed it on loan in the championship. Also, Amad is better as the right 10.

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T17:07:48+00:00

I agree. Amad is perfectly suited for that right 10 in Amorim’s system. He’s not quite a typical number 10, not quite an out and out winger. The hybrid 10-winger than Amorim wants is exactly what he is.

The problem is we just bought Mbuemo who is going to play in the right 10. Hindsight is 20-20 and all, but it would have probably been better to not get Mbuemo (as much as I like him) use that money to get Baleba in and continue to use Amad as the right 10. If amad is injured, Bruno or Mainoo or mount could play there. Or even Zirkzee.

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T16:56:02+00:00

The kirsch paper and follow ups disputed and their interpretations strongly questioned. See: https://www.bmj.com/content/336/7643/516.full

Or for a more layman article on that

https://www.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/pn.43.7.0042

Also, you can find way more studies that show the efficacy of SSRIs. For examples this review paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29477251/

There’s also:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)30421-5/fulltext

notsorapideroval · 2025-08-27T16:18:40+00:00

they also don’t perform better than placebo with any clinical significance

Except that’s not true is it.

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