I hope an African racer can win, but just feel like a random/ not well rated guy will do it
True that they are not strong enough but the likes of Del Toro have no team at all so have to gamble on moving very early or hitching a ride with Pogacar and hope to stay there as long as he can.
I think Roglic will attack on Kigali or even sooner. It his best chance and is also best thing for Pogi. They will 100% not work together, since Roglic said his big goal in fall is WC and i don't believe he is thinking about helping Tadej. If that happens and nobody follows Roglic then that is it but if they do is also good for Tadej. On the other side i can't see Tadej being 100% ok with Roglic winning so it could also happen he attacks first. Last year Roglic was non factor because of Vuelta and he totally burned out after it. This year he will be stronger.
Pogacar needs Slovenia to keep the gap under 3' before his attack in Cote de Kigali Golf (the first time they pass there after Mount Kigali).
In 2025, racing the World Cup with Roglic having Pogacar on the same team is a suicide.
Pogacar will never have a good team in Worlds. Slovenia is a small nation.
That's impossible. A good rider will win this race, can be an outsider but no way this race will be won by a random guy.
Yes, for that reason, and having eaten *** for years, Pogacar doesn't care about Roglic or give up his chances to help him in an attack that I doubt will be succesful .
Van Aert wasn't subordinate to Remco. Remco was lucky to have Wout in team in both WC2023 and OG 2024 and he won because of Wout being strong enough to follow MvDP. Roglic can/should be in Slovenia team even if he doesn't work for Pogacar. They don't have enough good riders so whatever Roglic does is still good for Slovenia.
For me, Van Aert's performance in thos races was that of a domestique, not a co-leader. I consider that to be subordinate.
How is him following MvDP first attacks in both of those races and Remco being actually dropped in both races from MvDP racing like domestique? MvDP had problem that nobody wanted to work with him. If Tadej would have been in Paris last year, he would have work with MvDP and Remco would have been dropped quite quickly.
WVA was very important in Paris for sure. He didn't work with MVP and allowed Remco to come back.
That's not true. Look to his palmares in October. He won 7 classics, 5 were in fall races (I didn't count LBL 2020 despite being raced in October, because 2020 was a strange year). His best one day results are normally in October.
I also hope Froome wins!! And I get second!! High probability of this said the beer bottle I just finished..
No, your point is invalid. If he never was good in fall races, hth is his palmares better in fall races compared to other classics?
For Pogacar's schedule, especially after resounding success at TDF races like Tour of Slovenia or Emelia or residual races, could win on left over form but not races he would specifically train for..
He´s performed well in Autumn, but in Emilia, which isn't the longest-distance race.
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