Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Salvarani]

Controlled and measured

 

[Peyroteo94]

Sivakov not good enough + Arensman very strong + an attack with 10km to go would have cost him too much energy

Yeah. He was resting today, I hope he is already thinking in the Tour-Vuelta double.

 

[CatchyH]

Very strange after yesterday's comments. He didn't look on the limit. Maybe he's just messing with us.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Its a bad day a bit like 2023 marie blanque where his team paced all day but the difference in 2025 is that pogs bad day is jonas good day

I don't know if he had a bad day, specially on a rainy day.

 

[Cycling111]

Very strange after yesterday's comments. He didn't look on the limit. Maybe he's just messing with us.

He wants Arensmann to be that 1% of the peloton he sees after he retires.

 

[Skalman]

Very strange after yesterday's comments. He didn't look on the limit. Maybe he's just messing with us.

Its not just him, its the team, they didnt ride to expectations today. When Arensman had 3.30 and no gains where made i think Pogacar realised thatthey where never going to win that

 

[Kedjan]

Are we are going to spinn this as Pog was just chilling?

Might it not be possible that legs weren't super after a crash and two hard days before this? That he might be a bit human after all?

 

[rafa92]

Its a bad day a bit like 2023 marie blanque where his team paced all day but the difference in 2025 is that pogs bad day is jonas good day

really don't think it was a bad day, he was super easy, he put 4 seconds on vingegaard just increasing the pace for few meters

 

[Peyroteo94]

Very strange after yesterday's comments. He didn't look on the limit. Maybe he's just messing with us.

I hope he is thinking about the Vuelta.

 

[Monsi]

Are we are going to spinn this as Pog was just chilling?

Might it not be possible that legs weren't super after a crash and two hard days before this? That he might be a bit human after all?

I'm pretty sure Jonas went all-out with his attacks and Pog followed with ease. Then he even had enough to distance Jonas at the end.

 

[Rou]

Its a bad day a bit like 2023 marie blanque where his team paced all day but the difference in 2025 is that pogs bad day is jonas good day

Maybe you're not paying attention mate.
Pog was closing Vingegaard in the saddle.
He put 4 secs into him in the sprint nose breathing.

 

[Cycling111]

He easily got away from Vingegaard's attacks and then le him easy.

He gave away the stage, just as he did with Steinhauser in the Giro.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Maybe you're not paying attention mate.
Pog was closing Vingegaard in the saddle.
He put 4 secs into him in the sprint nose breathing.

Yeah, this looked like Couillole.

 

[Rou]

He easily got away from Vingegaard's attacks and then le him easy.

He gave away the stage, just as he did with Steinhauser in the Giro.

Spot on.
Pogacar wants Ventoux and Loze. He won't care about La Plagne as well.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Spot on.
Pogacar wants Ventoux and Loze. He won't care about La Plagne as well.

I hope he wins on Loze. Kill some demons.

 

[Skalman]

Does not want be called "the cannibal" lol

 

[Rou]

Today actually makes me optimistic about Vuelta.
Pog is measuring his efforts.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Are we are going to spinn this as Pog was just chilling?

Might it not be possible that legs weren't super after a crash and two hard days before this? That he might be a bit human after all?

Cruise control by Pogacar. They decided not to attack today (they don't need anymore). He never seemed in troubles and his legs were good enough to distance Vingo instantly at the end of 5000 vertical meters stage. So no, I don't think he felt worse. This reminds me of stage 20 last year (stick to Vingo's wheel and stomp at the very end).

 

[yaf2]

really don't think it was a bad day, he was super easy, he put 4 seconds on vingegaard just increasing the pace for few meters

It was a sprint in the end so u expect him to drop jonas by a few meters. As i said before pog wasn't on his usual level today but he isn't exposed by it when his usual level is so much better than everyone & his team pacing hard all day also explains that they wanted to win the stage

 

[Peyroteo94]

Today actually makes me optimistic about Vuelta.
Pog is measuring his efforts.

I hope so. He doesn't have rivals anymore so he can cruise in the Vuelta.

 

[Miha81]

I dont understand why he didnt attack..

Relatively weak team, headwind. I think they tried but once the domestiques could not get closer, they abandoned this mission. Long range attack does not make sense in those conditions especially if you can't get rid of Jonas on his good day.

Or maybe he is already in cruise control for the rest of season. Who knows.

 

[yaf2]

Cruise control by Pogacar. They decided not to attack today (they don't need anymore). He never seemed in troubles and his legs were good enough to distance Vingo instantly at the end of 5000 vertical meters stage. So no, I don't think he felt worse. This reminds me of stage 20 last year (stick to Vingo's wheel and stomp at the very end).

So why did he burned his team? Fear of Johansson in the break? I dont think so

 

[Rou]

So why did he burned his team? Fear of Johansson in the break? I dont think so

Defensive pacing. 2 Vismas upfront.
I'm sure if a Rabobank rider was upfront he would have attacked for the stage.

 

[Bombarolo]

Always in complete control.
Pace by UAE was consistent but not very strong as there were still a lot of people in the yellow group, including guys like Healy. This means they didn’t push extremely hard like Visma did 2 days ago.
The easier the race the closer Vingegaard is to Pogacar.

 

[Monsi]

It was a sprint in the end so u expect him to drop jonas by a few meters. As i said before pog wasn't on his usual level today but he isn't exposed by it when his usual level is so much better than everyone & his team pacing hard all day also explains that they wanted to win the stage

As someone already mentioned, I think it's similar to a combination of the Steinhauser Giro stage win and Couillole. When Jonas attacked, it's definitely a high pace and he just eased to Jonas' wheel without even going out of the saddle.