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Lequack

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He did a "morning ride" with 5500 meters of climbing

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Wow, Pogi is doing some serious calories burning. From the map I can see that he did Stelvio, Gavia, Bormio2000, Foscagno and Eira. 5.5 km of climbing, this is sick. Soon we will see the effects of such a long stay in the mountains (1 month including recons). Interestingly for a month he posted nothing on Strava (even from Mortirolo) despite intense training : there are two possible reasons - either his form was very poor or...the opposite.
 
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hayneplane

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He has been looking super relaxed on his social media post so I really don’t think his form is poor.

We could get something truly legendary at the tour especially if he has some early misfortune and has to chase time in the mountains forcing a long raid.
 
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Peyroteo94

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With a Roglic put of shape or not at his best, I'm afraid we will see Pogacar winning the Tour in the first moutain stage.
 
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Pogi had 100+ strava achievements during one "morning ride" o_O He really simulated race conditions there with a huge acceleration reaching 1930 of VAM for a dozen or so minutes.
BTW I did nearly the same distance as Pog today but not in freaking Alps and it wasn't a "morning ride" for me :tearsofjoy:

Big Doopie said:
I cycled Stelvio, Gavia and Bormio 2000 in September. Pretty cool to know the reigning TDF champ was on those same roads. Wonder if he could have matched my pace…of beer drinking at each summit.
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These roads are so iconic that all big champions were there including Merckx, Hinault and Coppi. BTW I wouldn't dare drink before those descends :p I don't do it when mountain trekking as well.
 
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Krzysztof_O said:
These roads are so iconic that all big champions were there including Merckx, Hinault and Coppi. BTW I wouldn't dare drink before those descends :p I don't do it when hiking as well.
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true. Bormio 2000 less so. I also did Cancano which is fun.

oh yeah, beer is my reward at the top of each mountain climb. But I’m also 90kgs so I am not as affected by one beer.
 
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How is Pogacar's TdF squad going to look like? Hirschi/McNulty/Soler/Bennett/Majka for the hills/mountains and Laengen/Bjerg/Trentin for the flats? I know that thats 1 guy too many already but who is confirmed/who not? In case of fire power in the mountains this looks less weak than previously.
 
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ppanther92 said:
How is Pogacar's TdF squad going to look like? Hirschi/McNulty/Soler/Bennett/Majka for the hills/mountains and Laengen/Bjerg/Trentin for the flats? I know that thats 1 guy too many already but who is confirmed/who not? In case of fire power in the mountains this looks less weak than previously.
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Majka is the number one mountain domestique for Pogacar.
 
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JosefK said:
Pog isn't even 24 yet, about to win 3 TDFs in a row. I, too, fear this one (2022) is going to be even more of a blowout than the last one. Still, one must enjoy the show. Like watching Michael Jordan, Lionel Messi, Tom Brady, . . . even, dare I say, Eddy Merckx?
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We will see, I think that, GC-wise, the Tour will be way more interesting than in 2021 because both Primoz&Jonas will be there. As for the rest of your post, yeah, definitely we are witnessing someone special.
 
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Krzysztof_O said:
We will see, I think that, GC-wise, the Tour will be way more interesting than in 2021 because both Primoz&Jonas will be there. As for the rest of your post, yeah, definitely we are witnessing someone special.
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For now, there may be hope . . . I hope. :grin:
 
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hayneplane

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ppanther92 said:
How is Pogacar's TdF squad going to look like? Hirschi/McNulty/Soler/Bennett/Majka for the hills/mountains and Laengen/Bjerg/Trentin for the flats? I know that thats 1 guy too many already but who is confirmed/who not? In case of fire power in the mountains this looks less weak than previously.
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If it was me picking I would go:
Pogacar
Majka/McNulty/Soler/Bennett/Hirschi
Bjerg/Kristoff/Trentin

I know that is 9 riders so would leave out either Bennett or Trentin.
 
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hayneplane

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JosefK said:
Pog isn't even 24 yet, about to win 3 TDFs in a row. I, too, fear this one (2022) is going to be even more of a blowout than the last one. Still, one must enjoy the show. Like watching Michael Jordan, Lionel Messi, Tom Brady, . . . even, dare I say, Eddy Merckx?
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Brady was the king of efficiency and greatly aided by the team around him. In terms of both flamboyance and all round mega high level Pogacar is more of a Patrick Mahomes.
 
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