Il Lombardia 2025, monument, October 11

[pablohidalgo7]

CyclistAbi still tries his hardest while the rest of the Roglic crew have tampered their expectations accordingly

Its obvious that Roglic won't be anywhere near the three best riders.

1. Pog
2. Remco
3. Del Toro

He will be with the best riders behind Pogi in Ganda (he is in much decent shape than you and others claim) but he will blew up trying to follow Remco in the flat due to the legnth of the course and the crazy power and aerodinamic of Remco there.

A similar perfomance to Ayuso the other day in France I would say.

 

[ashhutch1997]

For the first time in my 27 years of being a cycling fan, I will not be watching a monument. We all know exactly what's going to happen, and who will win. I'm not wasting anymore of my time watching the same result.

 

[MJR]

For the first time in my 27 years of being a cycling fan, I will not be watching a monument. We all know exactly what's going to happen, and who will win. I'm not wasting anymore of my time watching the same result.

I'm inclined to agree. It's every bit as impressive as it is boring.

 

[Savant12]

For the first time in my 27 years of being a cycling fan, I will not be watching a monument. We all know exactly what's going to happen, and who will win. I'm not wasting anymore of my time watching the same result.

I feel the same way about time trials. We know who's going to win so why watch everyone else trying to win.

 

[Tim Cahill]

If they had any brains the non-UAE guys would commandeer my tactic of allowing Del Toro to go ahead and not chase to sow dissention in the ranks like they accidently did to Vingegaard on that Vuelta stage in 2023, you think Pogacar wants to gift a monument?

 

[Berniece]

If they had any brains the non-UAE guys would commandeer my tactic of allowing Del Toro to go ahead and not chase to sow dissention in the ranks like they accidently did to Vingegaard on that Vuelta stage in 2023, you think Pogacar wants to gift a monument?

No, Pogacar will close that gap and still win. Del Toro will be pissed, but that has no effect on Pogacar, just like Ayuso never had any effect on Pogacar.

 

[CyclistAbi]

CyclistAbi still tries his hardest while the rest of the Roglic crew have tampered their expectations accordingly

Its obvious that Roglic won't be anywhere near the three best riders.

1. Pog
2. Remco
3. Del Toro

I mean as long as Rogla is sucked on their back wheel and doing 0 work, that is fine with me. Plus if there would really be such combo then best to try out 2 on 2 already (teams RBH vs UAE), no need to wait for next year. And lets see on how it goes.