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Superheroes Are Boring

The Age of Pogacar

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Erik Raschke
Jul 30, 2025
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I took a little break from Barney the Butler to write about the latest Tour de France.

Superheroes dominate our theaters, while real greatness, human greatness, in this day and age, seems to bore.

Here we are experiencing one of the greatest cyclists ever, yet the more Tadej Pogacar wins, the fewer people seem to watch. In countries obsessed with cycling …

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