Very hard to know his w/kg when there is so much draft.
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It's a crime against cycling if they don't give the one the best riders in history the opportunity to race PR.Tadej Pogačar to decide on Paris-Roubaix imminently after Milan-San Remo defeat
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After yesterday i am convinced that pog should stick to his original plan by skipping roubaix and focusing on what suits him best for now i.e flanders and liege. His total power is just not better than vdp,wva & ganna. With roubaix being even more flatter than msr i dont think he drops either of the 3 on a total power test rather than a watts per kilo test.
He just wasn't explosive enough to drop MVP. His engine is completely better than everyone else, including MVP.
I think he will just ride a first attempt/participation in PR to see what happens. See where he ends up and go from there in the future.
I have a feeling you would see Pogi's 4th place as bad? Also why does he need to attack ? I think he should follow MvDP without attacking. I am 99% sure that would be enough for podium.
Its not about how much explosive u are its about the total power you have that matters on low gradient climbs. Even the most explosive rider vdp can't drop anyone on a 2% climb but he could win a sprint due to his explosiveness on such gradients and the same works for pog he cant drop vdp on a 4% climb because he is 65 or 66kg and 10 kg lighter than vdp. As he said at the finish line the laws of physics restricted him from dropping vdp.
UAE are an ambitious team and maybe the idea is that with Pog in the lineup
Pogi not attacking doesn't seem to be in his DNA. If he feels good he will try because going solo is probably his best chance of winning considering he would likely be up against MVDP and/or WVA in a sprint. But otherwise I agree with you, UAE should go on the offensive with Politt and Vermeersch and force Alpecin and MVDP to chase.
There are some challenges with doing RP as a stick-figure. Pog is physically incapable of doing the watts of the guys in the final select group. MvdP puts it in the other ditch and does 1000w plus for a minute, what is he going to do? He has to make it a TT somehow and hope for some group two shenanigans.
There is a lot of draft in Roubaix. He doesn't need to produce the same watts. He needs to follow and play defensive and try a sneaky attack later.
The margin of error is just so unbelievably small. Being out of position or on the wrong wheel and the gap is there. What do you do? You are not capable of closing it in the short-term as you can't do the watts, very quickly you become a donkey for group two. Things can happen in RP, it's a battlefield but my guess is he will be wishing for the shallow gradients of MSR before the race is over.
Pace hard capo berta. There is the only thing left they can do better next year.
They cannot simulate a race day in training. Are they going full gas to Cipressa with 100 riders in training sessions? Of course not. But I agree with you. He just needs Wellens and Narvaez, all other riders should race just to position Pogacar/Wellens/Narvaez.
He just needs a hard race all day. Then, do what MVP does every time he races against Pogacar in MSR.
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