I would like to confirm that this is still trueTadej Pogacar has never beaten Fausto Masnada in a grand tour.
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I would like to confirm that this is still trueTadej Pogacar has never beaten Fausto Masnada in a grand tour.
Only since Mianada keeps avoiding Pogacar.I would like to confirm that this is still true
I would like to confirm that this is still true
Wow, thanks for posting a photo of the day where Pogacar had to rely on his sprint to beat Masnada in a 260km hilly classic.
Wow, thanks for posting a photo of the day where Pogacar had to rely on his sprint to beat Masnada in a 260km hilly classic.
This was after Masnada was pulling the many kilometers on the front for Alaphilippe and remco, who dropped, so Fausto has to do the leadership himself and bridge to Pogacar, who then couldn't drop him
This is a proof that Fausto is the only other rider in the category of van der poel and Vingegard, guys who can potentially beat Pogacar in the biggest races
Thanks for a beautiful photo toby
Wow, thanks for posting a photo of the day where Pogacar had to rely on his sprint to beat Masnada in a 260km hilly classic.
This was after Masnada was pulling the many kilometers on the front for Alaphilippe and remco, who dropped, so Fausto has to do the leadership himself and bridge to Pogacar, who then couldn't drop him
This is a proof that Fausto is the only other rider in the category of van der poel and Vingegard, guys who can potentially beat Pogacar in the biggest races
Thanks for a beautiful photo toby
That 13.4 % is actually just a random comparison number, Masnada has only been ahead of Pogačar in 5 out of 43 races or 11.6%.Fausto Masnada versus Tadej Pogačar
Head to head career results between Fausto Masnada and Tadej PogaÄar. The overal score is 12.8% for Fausto Masnada versus 87.2% for Tadej PogaÄar. A comparison on same race results, time trial points and the points per age.www.procyclingstats.com
On the plus side Masnada has finished ahead of Pogacar 13.4% of the time, downside is he has as many wins as Pogacar has raced professionally.
The extra 1.8% is the hype.That 13.4 % is actually just a random comparison number, Masnada has only been ahead of Pogačar in 5 out of 43 races or 11.6%.
First LR to win a stage since Mathieu Hermans in 89 who won the first of only 2 bunch sprints in the 89 Tour, that was on stage 11. Ah the good old days when there wasnt 10million bunch finishes every year.And won a stage to boot riding his slow a$$ around France one last time.
Not the riders fault they take it easy to take advantage of the allotted time limit.First LR to win a stage since Mathieu Hermans in 89 who won the first of only 2 bunch sprints in the 89 Tour, that was on stage 11. Ah the good old days when there wasnt 10million bunch finishes every year.
Speaking of comparisons, in the 89 Tour stage 10 from Cauterets-Superbagneres was 136km and had 4 climbs(including Tourmalet) with 4750 vertical meters. Time cut 12% or roughly 31.40ish.
Stage 20 this year was very similar, 132.8km with 4 climbs and 4748 vertical meters. Time cut 20% or 48.52. Team Astana arrived in 42.03.
No wonder the worst riders are finishing 6hrs+ down when the time-cuts have become a joke.
Well it was the rideres representative, the CPA who argued for a time extension on at least one of the days. Yet the media and several posters were fawning over how brave Cav was to beat the time-cut each day. The front of the race is faster, but the back-markers are at the same level as their counterparts from 30/40 years ago. Like I have always said, take the modern sprinter and put them back to the 80s or before and they would all be at the level of Van Poppel or Hermans. Whilst other riders have gotten better as cyclists with time, the sprinters just got more opportunities.Not the riders fault they take it easy to take advantage of the allotted time limit.
Do you have a good handle of muscle fibre distribution?Well it was the rideres representative, the CPA who argued for a time extension on at least one of the days. Yet the media and several posters were fawning over how brave Cav was to beat the time-cut each day. The front of the race is faster, but the back-markers are at the same level as their counterparts from 30/40 years ago. Like I have always said, take the modern sprinter and put them back to the 80s or before and they would all be at the level of Van Poppel or Hermans. Whilst other riders have gotten better as cyclists with time, the sprinters just got more opportunities.
I would like to confirm that this is still true
Valverde is the only rider to have become world champion and beaten Pogacar in a Grand Tour.
Goat.
Valverde is obviously very high in all-time rankings but there have always been skeptics and haters. Him beating Teddy in a GT should really silence the critics and make it clear who's the GOAT.
Man, Valverde should really have one more than one Vuelta.
Yeah, I mean maybe he would win, but I just wanna turn back the clock and simulate the race with him and see where he'd actually finish and see how delusional we actually were (if at all). No disrespect to the likes of Rigo Urán, Aru and Bardet, but c'mon man. If Froome had raced this year's Tour with 2017 legs, he'd be in 12th, so I think chances would be decent.And more than 0 Tours.
Düsseldorf...
Yeah, I mean maybe he would win, but I just wanna turn back the clock and simulate the race with him and see where he'd actually finish and see how delusional we actually were (if at all). No disrespect to the likes of Rigo Urán, Aru and Bardet, but c'mon man. If Froome had raced this year's Tour with 2017 legs, he'd be in 12th, so I think chances would be decent.
But he should have won more Vuelta. Im watching 2004 right now, and Valverde COULD definitely have won that. Its hard to tell how much the crashedsmeant (he actually crashed twice), but fair enough. Heras would prolly have been stronger anyways, but it would definitely have been closer. 2006.. heartbreak. 2008 he was very good, but lost a bunch of time for fun on that one stage, but would always have been difficult against Contador. 2012.. again, losing stupid time early on for fun, was incredibly strong and could easily have somewhat fluked a win in the Purito-Contador battle. Contador was good in Fuente Dé, but Valverde was honestly amazing. 2013 and 2014 there were just stronger riders, but he was there ready to pounce if something happened. With fresher legs, he wins 2015 even though he was kinda shite that race. 2016, fair enough. 2018? Very close again, cracks in the end, and 2019, again very close but no cigar.
Really, with a bit more luck here and there, he has 3.
I just ran some simulations.
The results show him as the winner of the 2006 and 2017 Tours, the 2004, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2017 and 2018 Vueltas and the 2016 Giro.
Also Rio Olympics and 2003 and 2004 Worlds. And Lombardia 2014.
Are these simulations co-sponsored by the NY Times (or possibly rather Marca in this case)?
As you know, Dauphiné is the single most important indicator of Tour success, so it's clear that Valverde stood no chance in 2017.And more than 0 Tours.
Düsseldorf...
1 Dauphine stage is now a more important data point than the entirety of the Vuelta?
Given that it was immediately before the Tour and before their respective injuries, I'm going to say yes.
As you know, Dauphiné is the single most important indicator of Tour success, so it's clear that Valverde stood no chance in 2017.