Night King will be shattered.But right now he's the one who's starting to look like a tired snowleopard.
Night King will be shattered.But right now he's the one who's starting to look like a tired snowleopard.
As Luis Leon Sanchez said on spanish public TV, he is a light rider, they flying on the flat part of this stage, who was flat mainly excepct the end and it is normal he wanst superfresh at the end. Pogacar is a more complete rider, the same Remco , with more power for an attack, and they took advantage...but in the case of Pogacar, just 2 seconds. · minutes is nothing when the eagle get 3000 metros over the sea, you can lose 10 minutes very easy. You can even lost 40 minutes as Basso on Stelvio.But right now he's the one who's starting to look like a tired snowleopard.
To be fair, he (or his team/pundits) also said how many times that the next day will suit him better than the previous one.Jonas says he feels as if he's still getting better, even though today wasn't his best day. It sounds like he's ready to rumble.
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After stage 21, “the next day looks pretty good for me. I think we can make the race hard. I don’t even think Pogacar will show up honestly.”To be fair, he (or his team/pundits) also said how many times that the next day will suit him better than the previous one.
After stage 21, “the next day looks pretty good for me. I think we can make the race hard. I don’t even think Pogacar will show up honestly.”
That just sounds like bravado and saying as true simply what he wishes to be true.Jonas says he feels as if he's still getting better, even though today wasn't his best day. It sounds like he's ready to rumble.
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Stage 15 was probably a shock to him. He and Visma put all the cards on the table; Jorgenson destroying the field with his crazy climbing and then Vingegaard attacking after that with his best w/kg numbers ever. As he said afterwards: "It worked the previous two years ..." So the fact that it backfired maybe left the team with little idea what to do, and it's my impression that Vingegaard was never a great improvisor - he likes to follow a plan very punctually. And this year, the plan failed (so far). I guess that's something he hasn't tried before.I'm not sure it's the preparation as much as it's a lack of faith at this point. If you're fighting for first, you're prepared to suffer a bit more. Again today he also made the mistake of sitting in front of Pogačar before the attack. Either he should stay behind him, so he can follow the attack immediately, or he should only worry about Remco.
Jonas says he feels as if he's still getting better, even though today wasn't his best day. It sounds like he's ready to rumble.
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That sound is probably his stomach rumbling.It sounds like he's ready to rumble.
That just means the stool softeners are working.That sound is probably his stomach rumbling.
this is the problem with a strategy based on prior training outputs that don't have a backup plan when you opponent forces you to ride that effort + 30 seconds, a minute, two minutes more than you've trained for.Stage 15 was probably a shock to him. He and Visma put all the cards on the table; Jorgenson destroying the field with his crazy climbing and then Vingegaard attacking after that with his best w/kg numbers ever. As he said afterwards: "It worked the previous two years ..." So the fact that it backfired maybe left the team with little idea what to do, and it's my impression that Vingegaard was never a great improvisor - he likes to follow a plan very punctually. And this year, the plan failed (so far). I guess that's something he hasn't tried before.
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Jonas looks pretty rough climbing into the team bus.
yeah, but honestly what plan can you prepare versus this version of Pogacar?Stage 15 was probably a shock to him. He and Visma put all the cards on the table; Jorgenson destroying the field with his crazy climbing and then Vingegaard attacking after that with his best w/kg numbers ever. As he said afterwards: "It worked the previous two years ..." So the fact that it backfired maybe left the team with little idea what to do, and it's my impression that Vingegaard was never a great improvisor - he likes to follow a plan very punctually. And this year, the plan failed (so far). I guess that's something he hasn't tried before.
Just pray for a clean deathyeah, but honestly what plan can you prepare versus this version of Pogacar?
Maybe if Vingegaard hadn't had that crash in April, we'd have seen a repeat of '22 and '23. Vingegaard isn't that far off considering the preparation he's hadyeah, but honestly what plan can you prepare versus this version of Pogacar?
You forgot a "c": ready to crumble...Jonas says he feels as if he's still getting better, even though today wasn't his best day. It sounds like he's ready to rumble.
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Maybe if Vingegaard hadn't had that crash in April, we'd have seen a repeat of '22 and '23. Vingegaard isn't that far off considering the preparation he's had