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PROFESSIONAL CYCLING'S "NEW NORMAL"

Has cycling's "new normal" made professional cycling thrillling or boring?

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Jonathan E. Kaplan
Feb 22, 2026
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Are we tired of Tadej Pogačar’s dominance? Has cycling become boring?Are we tired of so much winning? Not a chance.

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On the Beyond the Peloton podcast, Spencer Martin, Andrew Vontz, and I discussed cycling’s “new normal.”

What’s the “new normal”?

Well, between 2020 and 2023, a new, younger generation of riders began dominating the Grand Tours, the Monuments, and the Wor…

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