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I'm deadly fucking serious on this one. I've done all that turbo stuff. Got very good at riding on the turbo. You could say it became a bit of a hobby at one point. Not much to do with cycling though. The translation to road form is incredibly limited. Probably good for people who don't go round corners and ride steady state on the flat, most likely without sleeves and in a pair of pants.
Stretching on the other hand - huge benefit to real word cycling, and fits around my cycling time without stealing my cycling energy (unless I happen to stretch in the hours immediately preceding a ride, which I don't, as I know all about the science and shit). My threshold engine doesn't really respond much to FTP stuff on the turbo. If I were a pro, yes, I'd be doing a bit of both; but I'm not, so I'll take the one that happens to be least stressful and yet gives greater gains.
Plus stretching also crosses over to my general well-being - it doesn't just make me good at stretching. I'm not even that fucking hardcore about it. Simple maintenance these days.