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PR is dangerous until Mons en Pevele. Between 130 - 60 km he must avoid any crash. Race is probably too ripped after this period.
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Imagine
Thats how the sport has changed regarding specialization. If you now ask gall if he can do roubaix & compete with vdp & pedersen he would offend you with his answer. Thats why we should never compare merckx with pog and expect pog to do what merckx did on stone age.
Imagine
Thats how the sport has changed regarding specialization. If you now ask gall if he can do roubaix & compete with vdp & pedersen he would offend you with his answer. Thats why we should never compare merckx with pog and expect pog to do what merckx did on stone age.
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Are these results for that 2016 race correct? Everyone finished together aside from the first 6 riders?
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This photo shows how riders who are training and behave like pros since early age, get burn when they actually become senior riders.
Both have a decent amount of fat.
What a rainy Roubaix will do is make the race more like Milan-San Remo in its randomness. There will be more crashes, and not just from the worst bike handlers. When a rider in front of another crashes, unless they're Peter Sagan, they are going down too or into the ditch.I also believe, despite being more dangerous, it will be to his advantage.
Can you imagine a mud version, total carnage, and Pog winning, cracking everyone?
Can't wait anymore
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Rain forces a selection earlier (more attritional race, more chaos, more chances for a sneaky attack).
Several of you are so ***-sure about him winning in any conditions. Perhaps you're right, but I wish this website had an internal wagering function so you'd have to put your money where your mouth is.I also believe, despite being more dangerous, it will be to his advantage.
Can you imagine a mud version, total carnage, and Pog winning, cracking everyone?
Can't wait anymore
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He desires that scenario but he is not sure at all. This is what I understood from his post.
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Absolutely. Vingo is one of the best climbers ever and MVP one of the best one-day racers ever.
OTOH losses against them are nothing to be ashamed of.
BTW I don't understand people who belittle their fave's rivals - by doing this they belittle their fave.
If it's going to be a rainy day, chances for Pog are increasing.
Nibali and Fulgsang in tour weight dropped prime Cancellara and Sagan, I think being lighter when the cobbles are wet is some sort of an advantage.
The only weakness is the team, they couldn't help him mantaing position in Flanders, in Roubaix it will be exponentially worse.
Nibali and Fulgsang in tour weight dropped prime Cancellara and Sagan, I think being lighter when the cobbles are wet is some sort of an advantage.
The only weakness is the team, they couldn't help him mantaing position in Flanders, in Roubaix it will be exponentially worse.
Thank you--sometimes I need to be more generous in how I perceive comments.
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Of course. I cannot predict the future.
This is what I believe and wish. I think it's pretty obvious.
I don't need to bet my house only because I believe and wish Pog can win a race.
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Rain "flattens" chances distribution of the contenders (making the race more random). This means that it's more likely that Pogi will get lucky (and win) as well as the opposite (hurting himself jeopardizing his season). But it's still 5 days away, maybe only showers will happen (so local rain not covering the whole region).
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true, but if he survive the first 150 km, then I think he has an edge if it's raining. In 2014 60 kg+ Nibali was lucky, sure, but he dropped Cancellara and Sagan on 4 star sector. Without the rain Nibali would have never dropped Contador, let alone Cancellara!
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TBH I can't see rain favouring Pogacar in any way. Rain + cold favour him against other climbers but those big boys (MVP, Wout, Mads) are used to performing well in shitty weather plus it won't be even cold on Sunday.
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Bingo. And its not hard to do at all if your objective and just remove emotions, its super obvious.
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It's more about cold and the way his engine deals with it. Obviously rain makes body temperature drop faster (so the effect is more pronounced) but still a sufficiently low air temperature is needed. It's still 120 hours away (so substantial changes can happen) but temperatures of 15-20 degrees are in forecasts right now.
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Might just be me, but I'm surprised that before RVV this wasn’t always the obvious outcome for everyone I genuinly am and just as I said before, its nothing to do with MvdP cause he's beyond great.
How can people watch the end of last year and even MSR, where he redefined how they rode the race even— 4% Cipressa with a 40 km/h ave and 45 km/h on several long efforts—and not come to the conclusion of what he would do here? Do people not understand the drag benefits and how much more wattage he had to use, or what is it?
Ppl just need to stop looking behind for answers. You will always end up surprised then—the signs were more than there.
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If you pay attention, he also rides in the exact same way as he rides the mountains and other more mountainous classics.
He increases the speed—not by attacking flat out to create a gap, but simply by riding up to his limit. That limit happens to be far beyond what anyone else can handle. He doesn’t attack in one explosive move; instead, he steadily rides up to his threshold, forcing everyone else to transition from an aerobic state to an anaerobic state, where the body starts to break down quickly. We saw this exact methodology in every race last year, and the same approach is evident here. He then continues relentlessly every time as its nothing in this case— or in more mountainous stages, where he maintains the same speed. It’s the same way and beyond methodical by now.
He increases the speed—not by attacking flat out to create a gap, but simply by riding up to his limit. That limit happens to be far beyond what anyone else can handle. He doesn’t attack in one explosive move; instead, he steadily rides up to his threshold, forcing everyone else to transition from an aerobic state to an anaerobic state, where the body starts to break down quickly. We saw this exact methodology in every race last year, and the same approach is evident here. He then continues relentlessly every time as its nothing in this case— or in more mountainous stages, where he maintains the same speed. It’s the same way and beyond methodical by now.
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