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Extremely high temperature was his true weakness. Pretty much each time he got dropped it was very hot, like he was struggling to recover. Sola has been able to fix this issue.

Pantani record was nothing special, but Remco still did a top 20 performance of all time which isn’t normal.

Maybe but clearly there were some conditions that day that allowed everyone to do their best numbers ever: weather, stage layout, wind, drafting, etc.

PdB performance will never be matched. It’s clear that something was up that day with Remco or even Landa outperforming themselves.

Vingegaard looks to be using the S5

Thankfully Pogacar seems okay.

Well managed stage. His improvements in how to manage these stages are absolutely clear. Didn’t waste any energy, always in the middle of the bunch in order to avoid the wind. Only responded to Jorgenson attacks with excellent timing in order to stay in his tow with again the goal of spending...

If Pogacar has a cold or infection it would be game over for him.

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.