This frames the episode as a reality check. We analyze Pogačar’s dominance and then immediately present the contrasting reality of an everyday cyclist.

Tadej Pogačar just executed an 80km solo alien abduction of Strade Bianche, and the entire professional peloton is currently existential. But while UAE Team Emirates is rewriting the history books, over here in the Packfiller bunker, we are just trying to survive the algorithms.

Tonight, Pat officially launches "Project Reclamation."

Following three years of A-fib and two heart ablations (recently detailed in Cycling Weekly), Pat is publicly documenting the grim reality of rebuilding a 350-watt engine at 56 years old for the Tour de Bloom road stage race. We are doing this completely un-sponsored, on a retro rim-brake Giant TCR, fueled purely by cynicism ...