Recent content by Bombarolo

Pogacar needed these. They made him so much stronger. But i have to admit, i didn't think he could improve this much.

Only prime Marco Pantani could attack him.

Another proof that Pogacar has changed tremendously. Sola worked hard on Pogacar weaknesses: - Heat - Sustained effort during climbing (he wasn't bad there, just probably not as good as Vingegaard) Now he doesn't suffer from heat, which was killing his recovery, and he can sustain an insane...

Fair ! Well, the execution was amazing :cool:

Wow, these guys are just in another level. Absolutely incredible. Vingegaard attack wasn't random by the way, Visma played it perfectly. They saw that Tadej was alone so they attacked first and he had to close down the gap by himself more or less. Then Vingegaard counter attacked at the perfect...

I agree but in 2023 Pogacar wasn't as his usual best back then and he improved massively in his weak points since then. So let's see how it goes.

This is true but post 2023 Pogacar is a completely different cyclist. You shouldn't use his previous years as a reference because again he is in a different level.

Pogacar biggest issue pre 2024 was mainly the heat, and this has been a thing since 2019 at the Vuelta. Actually, i have never seen a top cyclist being so much worse/better with a specific weather.

Why? Because he struggled in these climbs in the past?

Yates was not going to pace like that with Del Toro and Carapaz behind. Carapaz after Yates attacked launched an insane acceleration which almost brought Yates back and Del Toro followed him. They should have just marked Yates as well. Not easy i'm sure but they way they approached the climb...

Overall amazing performance. His mistake today was not following Yates.

I'm very impressed by his performance. He didn't even prepare the Giro optimally as he wasn't scheduled to take part and still delivered quite well. His climb in stage 16 was absolutely fantastic and these last few days, despite not having the legs to compete for the win, he never panicked and...

View: https://x.com/cyclinggraphs/status/1927469950878318917?t=LhlLetZC31LLsKmlITLIhQ

Huge improvement from last year. He is just lacking the final bit... Who knows maybe next year if he can keep progressing like this.

Obviously, Roglic at his best is better. Giulio just started his journey and him being Roglic last man was the right choice for this Giro.