Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

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Make sense too risky for him. Too most to lose

Would be sick to see him in PR but I guess we have to wait a bit

 

[scribers]

Handlers should never speak doubt to their champions. Why plant that seed.

 

[Peyroteo94]

PR is too risky for everybody. I hope he races it and just let UAE to destroy the field very early in the race

 

[Monsi]

Thing is though, Gianetti’s reasoning is “you could crash and miss TDF,” but if Pog applies that each season, he will never go PR.

Hopefully he goes this year.

Exactly my thoughts as well. He will always target the TDF every year. If he always lives in the fear that a crash in Roubaix could derail the TDF or the whole season, then he might as well just skip Roubaix for the rest of his career. There will always be risks when he rides Roubaix. If he truly wants to try it this year, he should just go for it.

 

[hayneplane]

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Gianetti can gtfo and stop trying to ruin cycling

 

[hayneplane]

PR is too risky for everybody. I hope he races it and just let UAE to destroy the field very early in the race

If they nuke it like Alpecin did last year the fight for position will be a lot less stressful

 

[KZD]

Pogačar could wait to ride Roubaix until he has 5 Tour wins however by then his legs may not be the same as they are now.

Given that he doesn’t ride the Giro this year I think this is a good year to try it.

 

[Peyroteo94]

If they nuke it like Alpecin did last year the fight for position will be a lot less stressful

Exactly! Arenberg with that chicane is way less dangerous too so he must race it!

 

[Salvarani]

Pogačar could wait to ride Roubaix until he has 5 Tour wins however by then his legs may not be the same as they are now.

Given that he doesn’t ride the Giro this year I think this is a good year to try it.

Maybe he wants to win against MVDP at PR, just like Ronde. He wants that challenge. I believe everybody would want to see it at least once, when they are both still at their best.

 

[YavorD]

Exactly! Arenberg with that chicane is way less dangerous too so he must race it!

I think they are removing the chicane this year.

 

[kn0s]

Afterall the real bald fraud is Gianetti!

This joke hits several layers all at once. Good job.

 

[Peyroteo94]

I think they are removing the chicane this year.

Oh, I didn't see any news about it so I thought they would keep it.

 

[YavorD]

Oh, I didn't see any news about it so I thought they would keep it.

I think it was an emergency decision after the crashes last year, so it wasn't meant to stay.

 

[kn0s]

I think it was an emergency decision after the crashes last year, so it wasn't meant to stay.

Think they take another way in this year. The one that was suggested here before the race actually.

 

[Froome]

This joke hits several layers all at once. Good job.

 

[yaf2]

What is this ginaneti talking about? Wasn't the cobble stage in tdf 2022 more stressful than roubaix? With all the gc teams it was more stressful in the tour and what did pog do that day🤔

 

[Peyroteo94]

What is this ginaneti talking about? Wasn't the cobble stage in tdf 2022 more stressful than roubaix? With all the gc teams it was more stressful in the tour and what did pog do that day🤔

I understand his point but one day Pogacar will have to race PR. I can see him racing the Tour until he is 32 years old (at least) in order to win it so he can't wait until there to start in PR.

 

[hayneplane]

Maybe he wants to win against MVDP at PR, just like Ronde. He wants that challenge. I believe everybody would want to see it at least once, when they are both still at their best.

I agree. The competitor in him would not value the race win as much if it came after MVDP has k on largely moved away from road racing.

 

[Netserk]

I think they are removing the chicane this year.

They needed more time to have the road ready for the new solution:

 

[hayneplane]

They needed more time to have the road ready for the new solution:

Those two 90 degrees turns just look far more dangerous than straight on at high speed to me as the battle for position will be even more intense.

 

[Netserk]

Those two 90 degrees turns just look far more dangerous than straight on at high speed to me as the battle for position will be even more intense.

I'm not sure. It wasn't bad last year, if anything it was a major success.

 

[Gigs_98]

I'm not sure. It wasn't bad last year, if anything it was a major success.

I think they were extremely lucky though with how thinned out the peloton already was. We never saw how that chicane plays out for a more or less complete peloton.

 

[pastronef]

I think they were extremely lucky though with how thinned out the peloton already was. We never saw how that chicane plays out for a more or less complete peloton.

this year they added 2 more sector iirc before Arenberg, to thin it out even more

 

[snipeheem]

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[scribers]

Best way to avoid the effects of the seeds of doubt planted by supervisors is to punch them right in the face with a stronger defiance