Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Salvarani]

GOAT with another win!

Such an entertaining rider to watch!

Awesome for cycling to be in the greatest era ever!

 

[Blobs]

He seems so bored, and he has said it's a shame he has to ride the Tour every year.

The Tour record will belong to a guy who would prefer not to ride it, lol

 

[Muren]

Pog even confesses he didn't went that deep.

Vinge outclasses the rest but is himself outclassed.
Must be tough.

Vinge is interviewed: keeping the delusion alive he rode fairly equal to Pog after the attack. Hope he doesn't watch the replay, will be brutal.

 

[snipeheem]

Pog even confesses he didn't went that deep.

Vinge outclasses the rest but is himself outclassed.
Must be tough.

Vinge is interviewed: keeping the delusion alive he rode fairly equal to Pog after the attack. He he doesn't watch the replay.

Hopium

 

[CatchyH]

Pogacar eased up towards the end because he's already thinking about winning tomorrow's stage and reaching 100 wins.

 

[fenns]

Jonas held the gap well I thought. Pogi went too early today - that's his only real vulnerability. He has the burst that noone can live with but if he's doing that too far from the finish he's vulnerable to a counter. He does it 4 or 5 km out noone's coming back to him

 

[HappyCycling]

How much did he sit up? He had almost 30 seconds on Jonas at one point but then finished 15 seconds up.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Jonas held the gap well I thought. Pogi went too early today - that's his only real vulnerability. He has the burst that noone can live with but if he's doing that too far from the finish he's vulnerable to a counter. He does it 4 or 5 km out noone's coming back to him

Pog wasn't going full speed, it was 100% obvious.

 

[snipeheem]

Jonas held the gap well I thought. Pogi went too early today - that's his only real vulnerability. He has the burst that noone can live with but if he's doing that too far from the finish he's vulnerable to a counter. He does it 4 or 5 km out noone's coming back to him

Please watch the stage again… he could easily put 1+min on Jonas today, easily

 

[Rou]

The damage yesterday was done by the extreme leadout of Narvaez. I wonder in the high mountains who will do that job? Majka or Yates?

 

[fenns]

Please watch the stage again… he could easily put 1+min on Jonas today, easily

I realise the real gap was 30 secs (Jonas nearly killed himself final km) but that was maintained by Jonas for several km. At the Tour I don't think Pogi should be attacking 8-10km out against Jonas,

 

[Krzysztof_O]

How much did he sit up? He had almost 30 seconds on Jonas at one point but then finished 15 seconds up.

Yeah, at some point (around 1-1.5 km from the line) he had like 27-28 seconds but slowed down substantially at the end.

 

[Rou]

I think he was controlling Jonas the whole time. That's why he was looking behind. His expression at the finish line tells all. Completely different to Pla d'Adet and Plateau de Beille.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Playing with the competition.

 

[scribers]

I want to say I prefer pogi just rides conservatively and within himself to protect the balance of an extremely promising season. But he just might have done exactly that.

 

[scribers]

Hopium

Just zoomed in on your avatar again. The sweetener is Vingo is wearing pogis jersey. lol

 

[pihi42]

Pogi was confident he can respond to anything from Vinge having 20s buffer and race radio. No point in gapping him 1:30.

That is reserved for July.

 

[yaf2]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1933892820537888950

View: https://x.com/Max15236/status/1933892820537888950?t=EOzQCyPFl7zsGZ7R5xzbKg&s=19

what is this?

 

[James M]

Pogi was confident he can respond to anything from Vinge having 20s buffer and race radio. No point in gapping him 1:30.

That is reserved for July.

He know the numbers and his own numbers which are out of the world over the next person in line very obviously so naturally hes laughing and can do whatever he want cause he knows and it isnt close at all, naturaly hes confident.

Yesterday he pushed clearly by his body language and it was crazy.. today he was barely on a coffe ride it seems if only that while the other are dead, the gap is night and day in reality in terms of numbers and treshold, its comical in reality.

 

[scribers]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1933892820537888950

View: https://x.com/Max15236/status/1933892820537888950?t=EOzQCyPFl7zsGZ7R5xzbKg&s=19

what is this?

The abuser and the abused

 

[scribers]

I think Remco might have gave his gold helmet to pogi

 

[snipeheem]

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[jmdirt]

Another great race today TP!

 

[BubbaChuck]

he gotta go for 100 tomorrow.i expected jonas to be stronger.this looks in the bag,easy.

 

[James M]

Yeah, at some point (around 1-1.5 km from the line) he had like 27-28 seconds but slowed down substantially at the end.

He held back very obviously far longer than that, check his body language almost slowing down several times ,just keeping the gap without revealing any numbers, it was super obvious, and almost looked like he actively had to slow down out of corners to maintain the current speed.

Then, when he got close to the finish line, he closed it down completely, job done. Smart and sensible, but it looked like he was on a coffee ride completely—quite the contrast to yesterday by his body language, where he clearly pushed.