Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[scribers]

No more years off from this race. From now on all 5 monuments every year. 2 GTs when WC course doesn’t suit him

 

[Medvind]

Yup. I don't remember who (in UAE) said "his legs never hurt" refering to Pogacar but it is very accurate when we see a classic like this where he goes like a mad man every single cobbled climb.

Must be quite demoralizing to race against Pog in big races. Wonder what Vinge, Remco and the rest thinks now, after another otherwordly performance?
And MVDP who is just an amazing rider. Wonder what he thinks? If he wins Ronde a fourth time when Pog doesn't race, no one will say he is the king of Ronde, knowing that is Pog. Unless he beats Pog in Ronde, Pog is the king.

There are not many big races left where Pog can be challenged. MSR, probably PR, maybe FW and a rather flat Worlds.

 

[Peyroteo94]

I wonder what classics will be after MVP retires. Pogacar can win all 5 if he maintains this level.

 

[scribers]

Must be quite demoralizing to race against Pog in big races. Wonder what Vinge, Remco and the rest thinks now, after another otherwordly performance?
And MVDP who is just an amazing rider. Wonder what he thinks? If he wins Ronde a fourth time when Pog doesn't race, no one will say he is the king of Ronde, knowing that is Pog. Unless he beats Pog in Ronde, Pog is the king.

There are not many big races left where Pog can be challenged. MSR, probably PR, maybe FW and a rather flat Worlds.

Merckxian

 

[Mayomaniac]

Yup. I don't remember who (in UAE) said "his legs never hurt" refering to Pogacar but it is very accurate when we see a classic like this where he goes like a mad man every single cobbled climb.

He was suffering a bit on the Paterberg, not fully recovered from the effort that had dropped everyone and in the end he went deeper than usual. Otherwise nothing to say, the strongest guy won, hard to say anything negative about his performance.

 

[hayneplane]

MVP shoulder blades were sunken while looking for wheels. I had not seen him like that since his struggles with back issues

Without Wout he would have dropped at least 10 seconds further back on 3rd Kwaremont.

 

[Peyroteo94]

He was suffering a bit on the Paterberg, not fully recovered from the effort that had dropped everyone and in the end he went deeper than usual. Otherwise nothing to say, the strongest guy won, hard to say anything negative about his performance.

He was not fully recovered but he still gained one second on Paterberg. He probably looked in pain but what I saw after Paterberg is clearly a rider not close to his limit.

 

[jmdirt]

WOW!
Congrats TP!

 

[hayneplane]

A very special performance. Had to launch it with very little whittling down from his team as his 3 strongest domestiques all crashed beforehand then methodically cranked up the hurt on every climb then didn’t panic about others catching back up on the flats between each climb.

I admitted my doubts at 30km to go in the race thread but final Kwaremont was almost a carbon copy of 2023 with a very similar point where separation was made almost immediately.

 

[yaf2]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1908467231077380600

View: https://x.com/CyclingUpToDat3/status/1908467231077380600?t=lOwQwucVsq4j-74Ie-9-OQ&s=19

And this was also said🤣 Tom boonen not only retired from riding but his cycling knowledge had left him bad

 

[Peyroteo94]

And this was also said🤣 Tom boonen not only retired from riding but his cycling knowledge had left him bad

Sometimes I feel they say things like this just to be on the spotlight and this is sad since Boonen is my all time favorite in these type of classics.

 

[Mayomaniac]

He was not fully recovered but he still gained one second on Paterberg. He probably looked in pain but what I saw after Paterberg is clearly a rider not close to his limit.

Did he gain time there? I was under the impression that the group behind rode that one at least as fast, but afterwards they were totally cooked.

 

[Peyroteo94]

His spring season (unless he crashes) is already a success!

 

[Peyroteo94]

Did he gain time there? I was under the impression that the group behind rode that one at least as fast, but afterwards they were totally cooked.

They were 24 seconds behind at the top of Paterberg. They were 23 behind at the bottom

 

[scribers]

MVP was sick. Sorry pogi. Not the goat and not even favorite for P-R now

 

[JoãoRamos]

His spring season (unless he crashes) is already a success!

I will be satisfied, by the end of the year, with:

LBL
Dauphiné
Tour
Vuelta
Worlds
Lombardia

 

[SHAD0W93]

Great win and happy I could watch it on YouTube in English.

 

[memyselfandI]

Must be quite demoralizing to race against Pog in big races. Wonder what Vinge, Remco and the rest thinks now, after another otherwordly performance?
And MVDP who is just an amazing rider. Wonder what he thinks? If he wins Ronde a fourth time when Pog doesn't race, no one will say he is the king of Ronde, knowing that is Pog. Unless he beats Pog in Ronde, Pog is the king.

There are not many big races left where Pog can be challenged. MSR, probably PR, maybe FW and a rather flat Worlds.

There's still one place left: OG's where's there is no UCI.

 

[Peyroteo94]

MVP was sick. Sorry pogi. Not the goat and not even favorite for P-R now

For the second time he just lost because he wasn't a 100%... no more serious, the only time he beat Pogacar was when he was really hampered by back issues in his spring season.

 

[Peyroteo94]

I will be satisfied, by the end of the year, with:

LBL
Dauphiné
Tour
Vuelta
Worlds
Lombardia

I just want the Tour. And a third Velo d'Or on his way

 

[JoãoRamos]

I just want the Tour. And a third Velo d'Or on his way

I want them all

 

[Shortcut]

I will be satisfied, by the end of the year, with:

LBL
Dauphiné
Tour
Vuelta
Worlds
Lombardia

You would be satisfied with best season ever ?😅- 3 Monuments, 2 GTs and WC. I just hope 2 more Monuments and WC or(!)1 GT for this season.

 

[JoãoRamos]

You would be satisfied with best season ever ?😅- 3 Monuments, 2 GTs and WC. I just hope 2 more Monuments and WC or(!)1 GT for this season.

Yes, we can get everything while we can.

We don't know how tomorrow will be.

 

[yaf2]

MVP was sick. Sorry pogi. Not the goat and not even favorite for P-R now

https://twitter.com/x/status/1908921662478663811

View: https://x.com/lucasaganronald/status/1908921662478663811?t=ndrHMqCVbgMrKN0373zGmg&s=19

He said he was sick after E3 and pog posted right away his broken koms through out the day🥵 on 2nd time kwaremont 11 secs faster than vdp on E3 kwaremont and vdp thinks he can follow him on 3rd kwaremont after all this broken records on the climbs🤣

 

[Peyroteo94]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1908921662478663811

View: https://x.com/lucasaganronald/status/1908921662478663811?t=ndrHMqCVbgMrKN0373zGmg&s=19

He said he was sick after E3 and pog posted right away his broken koms through out the day🥵 on 2nd time kwaremont 11 secs faster than vdp on E3 kwaremont and vdp thinks he can follow him on 3rd kwaremont after all this broken records on the climbs🤣

He could be sick but why tell only after he got his @$$ kicked? If he wasn't 100%, don't race or don't cry right after you got destroyed.