Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Cycling111]

Wonder how Remco became a WC

The Olympics were in 2024. Check out the results of Remco vs. Pogacar in 2024.
Pogacar won every races against Remco, and with a lot of difference.

This reminds me the preview of the Liège . They were supposed to be evenly tied.

You a are assuming that Remco would´ve kicked Pogacar when all year it was the other way around.

 

[Berniece]

The Olympics were in 2024. Check out the results of Remco vs. Pogacar in 2024.
Pogacar won every races against Remco, and with a lot of difference.

This reminds me the preview of the Liège . They were supposed to be evenly tied.

You a are assuming that Remco would´ve kicked Pogacar when all year it was the other way around.

Yeah it's not like Evenepoel only just started riding his bike in February...

 

[Cycling111]

Aside from all the races he won, look at the TDF gravel stage. Remco attacks and Pogacar catches him without any problems. With Vingegaard on his wheel, he didn't even need his help to catch him.
And at the end of the stage, if it weren't for Jorgenson, Remco would´ve lost time.

Anyway, my comment was directed at another answer.

Pogacar is more likely to arrive in Paris wearing yellow than Remco. This is an objective opinion. Because, besides, if Pogacar doesn't arrive in Paris wearing yellow, Vingegaard will. Remco has two riders ahead of him in the TDF, Pogacar could only have one.
Barring accidents, the TDF is historically a battle between two riders. The third-place finisher is always a step below. And here we were talking about winning in yellow on that stage. Remco first needs to prove he's the first alternative to the winner. For now, he's a podium rider.

 

[Berniece]

Pogacar is more likely to arrive in Paris wearing yellow than Remco. This is an objective opinion.

I agree, but that doesn't mean: "Pogacar kicked Remco in every race they met."

Because that's just false.

 

[Peyroteo94]

The Olympics were in 2024. Check out the results of Remco vs. Pogacar in 2024.
Pogacar won every races against Remco, and with a lot of difference.

This reminds me the preview of the Liège . They were supposed to be evenly tied.

You a are assuming that Remco would´ve kicked Pogacar when all year it was the other way around.

Reasonable people know Pogacar is on another level compared to Remco but Remco is a very good classicomano too. His WCRR win and ORR win were very impressive. He attacked and surprised everyone in both occasions and for me this what is more impressive in champions like Remco, Nibali, etc. They are killers, they attack in the right moment.

 

[Cycling111]

Reasonable people know Pogacar is on another level compared to Remco but Remco is a very good classicomano too. His WCRR win and ORR win were very impressive. He attacked and surprised everyone in both occasions and for me this what is more impressive in champions like Remco, Nibali, etc. They are killers, they attack in the right moment.

I'm not saying this, but when we're talking about Pogacar's chances of winning in Paris in yellow, they can't say that Remco kicked allthem in Paris, as if Pogacar had also been one of them.

In any case, this isn't about belittling Remco. Here we saw that from Amstel, the one who was belittling was Pogacar. He was going to lose in Liège, and he wasn't that superior. Doing the Giro-Tour is the easiest thing to do, which is why Roglic will do it. The last pages of this thread revolve around undervaluing his achievements.
And in other thread, it's directly that he wouldn't have won the 2020 and 2021 TDF according to certain hypotheses
Some riders should´ve won what they didn't, and Pogacar shouldn't have won what he did.

 

[Peyroteo94]

I'm not saying this, but when we're talking about Pogacar's chances of winning in Paris in yellow, they can't say that Remco kicked allthem in Paris, as if Pogacar had also been one of them.

In any case, this isn't about belittling Remco. Here we saw that from Amstel, the one who was belittling was Pogacar. He was going to lose in Liège, and he wasn't that superior. Doing the Giro-Tour is the easiest thing to do, which is why Roglic will do it. The last pages of this thread revolve around undervaluing his achievements.
And in other thread, it's directly that he wouldn't have won the 2020 and 2021 TDF according to certain hypotheses
Some riders should´ve won what they didn't, and Pogacar shouldn't have won what he did.

Context is always very important. Remco destroyed everyone there however he was lucky that his teammates Wout was strong enough to follow MVP. If not, MVP would probably win.
Remco will also have more difficulty to win in next WC races. Wout is fading and will no longer be able to play the numbers card. However, Belgium is very strong and young guys like Nys, Eetvelt can always step up.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Adam Yates went down. Probably will suffer tomorrow and his GC leadership will vanish. Maybe these are good news for Pogi.