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Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

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Review positions again at the base of the cipressa. I’m too bent to do it at this moment. I’m sure mvp and ganna are in the top 10 or less
I’m a sucker for punishment. There was a crash. Cameras never see any of what happens in the bottleneck. MVP came out if it like in 5th position and ganna maybe 2 places behind him at all times. They drafted behind wellens when he got to the front and just waited for pogi to burn watts to get back to the front
 
MVDP made a great sprint, not really a "smart" sprint. Strong sprint.
He started his sprint in the perfect moment. Ganna wasn't ready. Pog was too far behind trying to come out of Ganna's slipstream.
In my opinion that doesn't change the outcome. It was a smart sprint. And looking at the gap he created also a really strong sprint. Produced by far the best numbers.
 
He started his sprint in the perfect moment. Ganna wasn't ready. Pog was too far behind trying to come out of Ganna's slipstream.
In my opinion that doesn't change the outcome. It was a smart sprint. And looking at the gap he created also a really strong sprint. Produced by far the best numbers.
I think dont think it was "smart".

He reacted fast to what he saw and was strong/great enough to hold them off. Won deservedly.
 
Pogacar doesn't have the sprint of heavy guys. He will never have, his weight is 65 kg and he is racing against riders 10 kilos heavier. But he is by far the best sprinter against other gc riders or even in classics like GdL or LBL.
Yup. This is just another animal.

But that is he there to compete in a race like this. That is what is truly incredible.

What a race today.

Best edition in a long time.
 
How can people blame positioning, there are 50 guys fighting to be first at the bottom of Cipressa, no way you can have a perfect 6 man train like in a Tour mountain stage. Pog seemed def pissed and that's a good thing, I want at least 5 San remo like this before he retires!
Top steps of the podium were well positioned at the start of the cipressa. This was not a coincidence
 
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And some thought polit would position the whole team for the foot of cipressa😓 never gonna happen! Its a full bunch coming to cipressa and u cant position your whole team because of the washing machine effect you are gonna lose some teammates as a result. Even alpecine and ineos could position 1 or 2 of their guys( in todays case vanderpoel and ganna). In my opinion polit did a great job in positioning wellens to the front because the pace should be already high from the bottom and imagine if it was pog instead of wellens at the front we wouldn't have seen this spectacle.

Conclusions from today: pog is never gonna drop vdp on a 3&4 % climb at least on a low kilojoule day. So they better think about capo berta as a leg breaker for an attack on cipressa. Second, i dont know if im the only one who thinks this but he looks more comfortable on v4rs than y1 aero bike.
 
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Top steps of the podium were well positioned at the start of the cipressa. This was not a coincidence
Having del Toro would have changed the outcome? Can he drop most of the peleton like Narvaez did? Pog had the two best riders of his team in the first 15 positions, enough to destroy a peleton of ruleur on a 5 km 4% climb. You can't ask for a better scenario in a race like san remo.