Great theory! I didnt even notice before that Pogacar was the ONLY one almost crashing in PR, i thought it happened like 1020395892 times during the race.
If he shows up at 30 because bigger goals (WC much bigger for him and for me), it is what it is. Why are you obssessed over it when he clearly isnt?
Personally, him having the Vuelta or not, changes absolutely nothing in his palmares value.
Yeah, something was off, like Tadej not ridding a suitable bike for him at all?
This theory is even more fascinating than everthing i've hear so far, speechless.
Deepdown they know it, but well, Pogacar rarely loses, so when he does some people will come out and enjoy the moment as much as possible, because it won't last..
It's just so subjective man, the race was harder this year and he had muuuuch worse luck, and spent more bullets than he wanted earlier.
Comparing directly the 2 editions and conclude he was weaker is just too hard to assess.
Agreed. Obviously a 3 week race can be too much, but until we know that for sure, he looks more than capable to fight with everyone who is not Pogacar, and possibly Ving (only saying possibly because he will do the Giro, otherwise not even close yet).
Well, you don’t even need to look any further than the top 10 in 2022, 2024, and 2025.
It’s pretty obvious which World Championship was the easiest (by a huge margin), that might explain something.
Hell, even reformed Sagan finished in top10.
Won’t happen, some people just come up with random theories and present them as facts.
Anything you say in disagreement will be automatically dismissed, because the discussion isn’t based on logic.