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Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

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From the Move, Bruyneel thinks Pogi will again not be able to drop MVP at Flanders. Says climbs are as more about power than climbing. Hincapie disagrees citing the race is different via death by 1000 cuts.
Pogacar can drop MVP in Flandres but it depends on how MVP will race. If MVP races in a smart way i don't think he can be dropped by anyone there.

If MVP don't race in a smart way, Pogacar have a chance of drop him.
 
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It would make sense that the one glued to the wheel would benefit more from the tailwind and be dragged by the one in front. Two handicaps for the one in front.
Tailwind favors the attacker. It was all anyone could talk about in the 2023 finale.

Or, perhaps more precisely, if the attacker can get a gap the tailwind makes it more likely to stick. Pog never got a big enough gap on any of his attacks to take advantage.
 
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This is was probably said earlier in the thread, but why on earth did Pogacar spot Mvdp a few bike lengths going into the sprint? Seems like he should have either taken a flyer from back there or been glued to his wheel.

Pogacar was about to take a flyer, but MVDP either saw him start to take one (or try to take one, he couldn't even threaten to pass Ganna) or anticipated it perfectly and started his own sprint at the same time. Smart.
 
Tailwind favors the attacker. It was all anyone could talk about in the 2023 finale.

Or, perhaps more precisely, if the attacker can get a gap the tailwind makes it more likely to stick. Pog never got a big enough gap on any of his attacks to take advantage.
Exactly this. Tailwind is important to increse the chance of attackers in maintaing a gap to other riders, specially a peloton of 40 riders.
 
I think Pogacar has never been so strong in MSR. Not only a thermonuclear attack on Cipressa but he basically lead almost the whole Poggio (attacking a few times) and yet he managed to neutralize a late attack by MVP at the end. Flandres should be a great rematch but generally 2025 doesn't look good for Pogi's rivals.
I thought the same. He closed the gap to MVP when he attacked after doing so much work (a lot more than MVP). A fail to see where is MVP able to follow Pogi in Kwaremont, specially when his team is miles better compared to 2023.
 
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If pidcock who was held in the crash at the start of cipressa was on their wheels he would follow them easy on such gradients and probably would have been the most dangerous in the group with his descending abilities but we all know what happened to him on a harder race two weeks before today. So stay calm! vdp following pog easy on cipressa & poggio is irrelevant for whats to come in E3 and flanders
 

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Tailwind favors the attacker. It was all anyone could talk about in the 2023 finale.

Or, perhaps more precisely, if the attacker can get a gap the tailwind makes it more likely to stick. Pog never got a big enough gap on any of his attacks to take advantage.
Yes, I was talking about an attacker without a gap.