European Championship 2025: Men’s RR, October 5

[Red Rick]

It's interesting with all the comments on riders using the wrong tactics against Pogacar - and yet nobody ever seems able to specify what they should have done instead

Because all DS's and pundits are former riders who are typically in the job because they had the right friends and they never get selected for being good tacticians.

 

[AlfaLum]

France riding this back to group 2 with Seixas being the third best in the race so far is a bit strange no?

 

[bNator]

Only rider i seen beating prime Pogi in a dominating fashion, on when it comes to one day race events, was Rogla.

Which race was that?

 

[ChasingPotatoes]

The only hope is Ayuso is so full of vengeance he'll do a suicide pull for the next 15K.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pogacar gained over 30 seconds on the climb but can Evenepoel chase him down? The next section (downhill + another uphill) suggests Pogacar will increase the advantage further but then there will be more flat sections. Evenepoel may get angry if they don't cooperate with him.

 

[Salvarani]

Only rider i seen beating prime Pogi in a dominating fashion, on when it comes to one day race events, was Rogla.

Mas in Emilia.

And MVDP of course.

 

[Cycling111]

Pogi could also wait untill the last climb(s) and still win solo. But no team tactics if everyone is dropped earlier, even with 4 working together they won’t come back unless Pogi bonks.

Or not. In the final kilometers, it's easier for someone like Ayuso, who's fast. Or maybe he finds that Seixas or Scaroni are stronger than he thought.

The one who's strong always has to secure victory.

 

[Berniece]

Evenepoel may get angry if they don't cooperate with him.

I would get angry too

 

[chickenlips]

Right, im gonna get back to brushing up the leaves in my garden in a gale force wind. There's more excitement at me getting annoyed.

 

[Andre]

nobody can help Remco in the chase...he's too strong

 

[CyclistAbi]

Which race was that?

Emilia.

 

[bNator]

Emilia.

The one where Pogi was doing wheelies while getting ready to win a monument against Roglic a week later?

 

[YavorD]

Emilia.

How about all the Lombardia's then?

 

[Netserk]

Attacking on the flat section has been suggested, I don't see that working.

It's easy to formulate what the worst strategy is. Ride hard, control the race, invest energy to make the peloton small before the most selective point of the race, give Pogi an armchair ride. No riders out in front.

Belgium rode to lose.

 

[Valv.Piti]

200 kilometers Ayuso. 250 Skjelmose.

Why did you translate my post to spanish?

 

[AmRacer]

Emilia.

LBL

 

[CyclistAbi]

The one where Pogi was doing wheelies while getting ready to win a monument against Roglic a week later?

No, the one Pogi tried to respond and failed.

 

[AlpRaid]

ayuso doing a nice descent

 

[Cycling111]

Sivakov now actively chasing his teammate, deport this moron back to Russia and make sure he hangs around near the windows of his top floor apartment.

?

This is what he must do to help Seixas.

 

[solo80k]

Tadej losing ground, the race is on!

 

[CyclistAbi]

LBL

Not as dominant win as Emilia, and some would argue not as prime Pogi. Whatever that is.

 

[Berniece]

It's easy to formulate what the worst strategy is. Ride hard, control the race, invest energy to make the peloton small before the most selective point of the race, give Pogi an armchair ride. No riders out in front.

Belgium rode to lose.

I think they only made 1 mistake, which was closing the gap towards the front of the race. I expected they wanted Vervaeke to get over the last mountain before they got together again

 

[Tim Cahill]

It is coming down but will soon be going back up

 

[Danskebjerge]

So happy I didn't pay to watch this.

 

[kingjr]

Seixas waiting for Sivakov