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If neither Tadej or Remco were racing it then I think MVDP would have a smallish chance still as there would be nobody as willing and able to light it up on the climbs from a long way out.

Pogacar will likely go heavy on the classics and skip the one week world tour stage races in Spring. Likely he gets to do Strade Bianchi (w/wo Pog), TA, Catalunya or Basque Country then Ardennes. All as either co-leader or outright leader.

Could Alvarez be able to do what Ganna has done in MSR in recent years as a heavier rider?

Great sign for him to be in a group like this so deep into his neopro year in a race close to his upper limits in terms of climbing.

Of the races he is slated for next year I like what he could do in Flèche Wallone as that kind of punchy effort could be a good fit.

We might not get the honest answer to this until after he has retired and it’s talked about in an autobiography.

Similar field. Big difference was race duration. Only around 120km for a championship race is a joke. Shows he is a really good rider but still doesn’t answer the endurance question that he will need to pass to make a strong impact in the pro scene in bigger races.

Looking at the consistency of the lap times and how relatively fresh he looked at the end you hear ex pros say he looked like he could have done another 2-3 laps at the same pace whilst everyone else was already sliding further behind with every pedal stroke. If it was the last race of the...

Don’t care. They have won enough this year not to need to only ride for the person most likely to win in a smaller race such as Coppa Sabatini etc

I hope they make him leader in one of the midweek races next week. Deserves one last shot at signing off in style.

Would it be fair to say that aerodynamics were less important relative to power output back before disc wheels and TT bar extensions that created a very different position on the bike. I could see Pogacar being far better against the clock in relative terms back in those conditions as shown by...

Interesting information. When did it become common for there to be specific specialised TT bikes rather than the road bike?

You would love to see him against Indurain in a 50km ITT but yes don’t think there is any doubt he is the greatest this century.

It will likely be a wild extreme of finishing top 3 or stepping off the bike with at least a quarter of the race left like the times when Jonas and Tadej have done Sam Sebastian after the TDF and got dropped before the peloton really got out of 1st gear.

Looking at the PCS updates lots of riders are avoiding Pogacar. Beyond Remco and Jonas the field lacks a lot of depth whilst the field for Emilia is absolutely stacked with riders from the 2nd/3rd tiers looking to claim a notable win. There won’t be that many viable riders to cover even with...