Matej Mohoric, master of gravity and gravel

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CyclistAbi

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Considering cyclists such as Pogačar and van Aert won't participate at Strade Bianche. And considering the current form Mohorič is in.

Fingers crossed!
 
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yaco said:
I doubt Mohoric can climb well enough to win Strade - There's lots of climbing in this race on the gravel.
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He was nearly in a winning position in Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2020. I don’t think he’s a worse climber than Asgreen or Stybar. He lacks punch, but there’s tactical space for more than that.
 
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Decent ride from him. Finished 6th.

I remember him being a phenomenal talent at Junior level.
Perhaps,underachieved a bit so far despite the MSR win but there is still some time to build a great palmares.
 
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the asian said:
Decent ride from him. Finished 6th.

I remember him being a phenomenal talent at Junior level.
Perhaps,underachieved a bit so far despite the MSR win but there is still some time to build a great palmares.
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Wouldn't consider it underachiving considering he just didn't grow into an extreme physiological outlier.
 
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Great ride I think. He needed some gap over the other to have a chance of winning, but at the end with the head to head on the steep climb he didn't have any legs.

Interview at the finish

View: https://youtu.be/mn01CGzfQj0


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CyclistAbi

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Moho was very active today and finished with a great result. For more his team will need to take him more seriously and to offer more assistance. Till the final 10km Moho was already spent. Bilbao likely could have be in a support role for Moho today.
 
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Pursuit of perfection: Matej Mohorič profile

‘I knew there were always many things I was working on improving and that was always my drive: to continue, be better and to fix stuff,’ Mohorič says. ‘Then as I fixed more things, I started to win more races and it was finished. Then you are infected.’
The way he talks about self-improvement borders on seeing man as a machine, as a constant work in progress. He’s the kind of man who, while spending time at home, would devise a dishwasher efficiency system to maximise stacking space yet ensure optimal cleaning quality. Being with Mohorič can’t always be easy for his partner.
 
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He needs to fix his climbing if he wants to win a stage this year as getting comprehensively out climbed by a durable sprinter like Mezgec in the nationals then dropping outside the top 50 at over 3m30s today suggests he will not be there at the end in the breaks.
 
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hayneplane said:
He needs to fix his climbing if he wants to win a stage this year as getting comprehensively out climbed by a durable sprinter like Mezgec in the nationals then dropping outside the top 50 at over 3m30s today suggests he will not be there at the end in the breaks.
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You are correct - Even though he won a stage in Slovenie, his form is average.
 
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hayneplane said:
He needs to fix his climbing if he wants to win a stage this year as getting comprehensively out climbed by a durable sprinter like Mezgec in the nationals then dropping outside the top 50 at over 3m30s today suggests he will not be there at the end in the breaks.
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You are right. It surprised me the lack of climbing ability since he emphasised in his pre summer interview that he is working on that aspect. He showed some signs in last stage of tour of Slovenia but that is about it.
 
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Mohoric was never a climber anyway. His best climbing results, even in breakaways, are on short climbs.
 
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I very much doubt that Mohoric started yesterdays stage with any ambitions of performing great for himself. There were way better riders in the peloton for that stage and even in his team.

Today might be more interesting for him and I can see Bahrain really putting on the pace on the Jaizkibel. Especially with Mohoric and Bilbao both being great descenders.
 
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Red Rick said:
Mohoric was never a climber anyway. His best climbing results, even in breakaways, are on short climbs.
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I very much agree, see the Montjuic break where DeGendt dropped him on every climb and caught up on every descent for an example, however this version of Mohoric would not win MSR as he would have lost too much time on the Poggio to retrieve.
 
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