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Funnily enough, the original plan last year was for Narvaez to not do any leadout and to simply let the wheel of Pogi go to force the others to close the gap.

That's unfortunate. He seemed in really good form especially on the climbs. At least he was able to finish TDU despite the fracture on the last day.

'25 MSR: Pogi drifted back to try and use the slipstream of both Ganna and MVDP. MVDP saw this and that's why he started his sprint early to catch them by surprise. '22 RVV: In the final kilometer, Pogi already refused to go to the front because he wanted to let MVDP lead it out. MVDP probably...

2023 Il Lombardia? Don't know if that qualifies as "winning based on race intelligence" but that was when Pogi attacked just as the descent from Ganda started and the G2 syndrome just immediately kicked in.

This race, for some reason, is 250+ km long.

His most recent performances in the cold/wet conditions in the Tour happened when he was slightly sick/had that knee issue though. In Fleche this year in the rain, he still crushed his rivals (but that was just a 500 meter max effort).

Looking at how many kilometers he was solo, my immediate first thought was Pogi. But this one was Mads in Gent-Wevelgem.

Pogi completing the back-to-back in Rwanda.

Him possibly skipping the Vuelta due to the Monument-heavy classics season is definitely not as clear cut next year as it was this year. Although yeah, the optimal prep for Worlds next year is the Canadian classics, stay in Canada, then Worlds, the lighter number of race days does indicate he is...

The Powless masterclass and Visma questionable tactics

Yeah I agree. Would've been better if that stage was in the 2nd or 3rd week.

That or Beixalis if someone is ambitious. It is very unlikely but chaos can still happen imo.

Stage 4 is Andorra is really short but it does provide launchpads for long attacks (although it is only stage 4).

From how the quick run-through of the route looked like, I'm assuming stage 20 is the queen stage?

It could be but imo, it's unlikely. Although that would be a nice replacement tbh.