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Cycling111

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jmdirt said:
When? On the box he said 'maybe he'll come back'.
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In a previous interview.

Anyway, he's now burned out by the third week of the Tour; by February 2026, he'll already be thinking about his fifth Tour.

By the way, yesterday Pogacar almost ruled out fighting today's stage, and we've seen it..... Pogacar loves this sport above all else.
What he says now about being exhausted from the Tour doesn't necessarily mean what he'll say in a few months.
 
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Peyroteo94 said:
Not from him, sorry. Clickbait probably.
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I have no doubt he'll do the Tour next year. We're overanalyzing a tired Pogacar at the end of a Tour. This has happened to everyone, even Hinault, after one Tour, said he was fed up and came back to win the fifth.

In February 2026, he'll probably be thinking about winning the fifth; he knows he has to win it. And with maturity, he knows he has to win it in his prime, not do the Giro-Vuelta, as someone said, and return to the Tour in 2027. That would be mentally exhausting, taking a year off from the Tour and then mentally preparing himself for a comeback.
 
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It´s not disposable either. that once he wins 5 Tours and 1 Vuelta, he will retire from GT but continue competing only in classics for a few more years.

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If Jonas was not in the Vuelta he'd definitely go to Spain because it would be so much easier - he may well leave it a while until making a decision.
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I don't think Pogacar's final decision depends on that when he has just won the Tour without difficulty.
 
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fenns said:
If Jonas was not in the Vuelta he'd definitely go to Spain because it would be so much easier - he may well leave it a while until making a decision.
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They will talk with Sola after checking the data after the Tour.
Unlike some people I think Pogacar was riding conservatively with a purpose and had more in the tank.
In one interview he was about to say something like 'the second week we sealed the deal' but he changed his words to not sound arrogant.
The plan was to end the Tour on Hautacam and Peyragude and save energy later.
 
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Rou said:
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d6U9hToBGTg

I told you guys that Pogacar is playing with the media.
Days ago he was talking about burnout, fatigue, etc...
Now he is saying that the Tour was a nice race and next week he will miss it.
And he is still cryptic about the Vuelta and doesn't deny going there.
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The Vuelta isn't denying it because the team will want to make it official that Ayuso is going. It's a matter of simple protocol. I think it's clear today that he's not going to the Vuelta.

And right now, he wouldn't even want to go to the World Championships, but in a week, he'll think differently.

If you read interviews with former Tour de France cyclists, they always say that after the Tour de France, they didn't want anything else, but a few weeks later, they thought differently

He's burned out for the moment, but in a few weeks he'll be thinking about Rwanda.

This year, there are only three weeks behind Tour and Vuelta, so I don't think he'll change his mind, but there's no way to draw any conclusions about his retirement or other races. What riders say in the last week of the Tour doesn't usually match up with what they think once they've had a few days off.
 
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Pog's contract runs to end of 2030 - at which point he'll be 32. My assumption is he'll run his contract then retire; he might go before, but he won't hang on after. Vingo's contract runs to end of 2027, literally a few weeks after his 31st birthday; my firm belief is that he will retire definitively on New Tear's Eve 2027.

These blokes came in at the summit of the sport and stayed there. They won't hang on riding for scraps - especially not when they've each made their money. They'll both retire from racing young, rich, and lauded - and then get on with Act II of their respective lives.
 
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Cycling111 said:
The Vuelta isn't denying it because the team will want to make it official that Ayuso is going. It's a matter of simple protocol. I think it's clear today that he's not going to the Vuelta.

And right now, he wouldn't even want to go to the World Championships, but in a week, he'll think differently.

If you read interviews with former Tour de France cyclists, they always say that after the Tour de France, they didn't want anything else, but a few weeks later, they thought differently

He's burned out for the moment, but in a few weeks he'll be thinking about Rwanda.

This year, there are only three weeks behind Tour and Vuelta, so I don't think he'll change his mind, but there's no way to draw any conclusions about his retirement or other races. What riders say in the last week of the Tour doesn't usually match up with what they think once they've had a few days off.
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I don't think Ayuso is a reason for anything.
Pog can say he's not going and Joao can be the sole leader without a problem.
Tadej is giving himself some time to see how he feels.
 
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Needsnewtyres said:
Pog's contract runs to end of 2030 - at which point he'll be 32. My assumption is he'll run his contract then retire; he might go before, but he won't hang on after. Vingo's contract runs to end of 2027, literally a few weeks after his 31st birthday; my firm belief is that he will retire definitively on New Tear's Eve 2027.

These blokes came in at the summit of the sport and stayed there. They won't hang on riding for scraps - especially not when they've each made their money. They'll both retire from racing young, rich, and lauded - and then get on with Act II of their respective lives.
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I don't know what Vingegaard will do, but the situation are nothing like Pogacar. Pogacar competes year-round against the best. Vingegaard has been out of the Tour for only a week with Pogacar some years.

Aside from the fact that Vingegaard started as a domestique, Pogacar, at 20, took on the responsibility of leading a UAE team that was a disaster. He didn't arrive in the UAE like Del Toro in a favorable situation.

Pogacar's wear and tear is far greater than Vingegaard's over the years. If Vingegaard retires young, it will be due to his own circumstances or thoughts.
 
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Oh boy. Not this *** again. Why is it these guys at the top of their sport fantasize about early retirement. Everyone one of them regrets it
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It might depend on how the next 3 years go for him. Take Tom Brady for example has said he thinks he would have retired after the 2007 season or soon after if the Patriots would have went undefeated compared to them losing and he playing until he’s 45. Pogacar has been riding at a high level for a very long time and not everyone has the drive to keep on riding as they age. Maybe in 3 years he decides to just do classics and that’s it for his last two years of contract. But 3.5 more seasons to go is more than enough time to add to his legend.
 
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Needsnewtyres said:
Pog's contract runs to end of 2030 - at which point he'll be 32. My assumption is he'll run his contract then retire; he might go before, but he won't hang on after. Vingo's contract runs to end of 2027, literally a few weeks after his 31st birthday; my firm belief is that he will retire definitively on New Tear's Eve 2027.

These blokes came in at the summit of the sport and stayed there. They won't hang on riding for scraps - especially not when they've each made their money. They'll both retire from racing young, rich, and lauded - and then get on with Act II of their respective lives.
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This.
 
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After all his interviews I won't be surprise if he will take one year off in TdF.

He loves classics because he could go deep and not think about tommorow. Even on the Giro or in Vuelta he could go there and have fun. In TDF is always the presure and even with big time margin he was focus about controlling and in my opinion he hates it.

I hope he will go to the Vuelta and have freedom, real freedom.
 
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