Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

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For curiosity I found Pogacar has only 43 race days this season and if he wins every race until the end of the season, it will be his most prolific season and very close to Merckx's best season (ratio of wins)- 48%.
I think Pogacar can beat this record one day.

Edit: Nevermind, the record is from Maertens in 1977. 44 wins in 84 race days - 52%.
Pogacar would need to reach 30 wins in a season, impossible.
 
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For curiosity I found Pogacar has only 43 race days this season and if he wins every race until the end of the season, it will be his most prolific season and very close to Merckx's best season (ratio of wins)- 48%.
I think Pogacar can beat this record one day.

Edit: Nevermind, the record is from Maertens in 1977. 44 wins in 84 race days - 52%.
Pogacar would need to reach 30 wins in a season, impossible.
Eddy would have done the giro tour vuelta triple in this era easy
 
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Didn't WVA just cook Pog on a similar climb in the Tour?
In 40km of effort on stage 21, Pogacar competing 21 days and Van Aert rested for several stages.
It´s not the same as 270km one-day race with everyone in the same conditions.

Van Aert has always been coocked in De Ronde.
 
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Those examples show they (a lot of "human" riders) really fear racing with Pogacar. They are defeated even before the start of the race. Maybe fear is not the best word but they are resigned for sure when they see the rainbow jersey on the startlist.
There are many more examples to be honest.
Van Der Poel in Strade Bianche or Liege.

They justify it because it's difficult for him to win.
Pogacar also has it difficult to win San Remo and Roubaix, but he doesn't stop trying.
 

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You talked about the triple for absolutely no reason though.
You were talking about log beating Merckx record. You talk about pogs dominance a lot. You say it’s harder in this day. I mentioned the triple because Merckx would have done that already with three tours spread across the season like now
 
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You were talking about log beating Merckx record. You talk about pogs dominance a lot. You say it’s harder in this day. I mentioned the triple because Merckx would have done that already with three tours spread across the season like now
I was talking about win ratio in a season. In fact I said Freddy was the record holder because of his 1977 season.
 
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But it's obvious Pogacar can compete in PR and MSR. MVP can't, for that reason most people consider Pogacar the best classics rider.
VDP would be competitive at Strade Bianche on this course, but he doesn't want to go because he's not such a favorite. It would be like Pogacar giving up on going to Sanremo because he'll never be the favorite because his sprint speed is inferior to VDP's.
 
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VDP would be competitive at Strade Bianche on this course, but he doesn't want to go because he's not such a favorite. It would be like Pogacar giving up on going to Sanremo because he'll never be the favorite because his sprint speed is inferior to VDP's.
No, Pogacar is still much closer to win against MvDP at MSR than MvDP against Tadej at Strade. If MvDP doesn't compete at MSR, Tadej likely wins it already on Cipressa, MvDP on the other side would still have problem with at least 10 guys.
 
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VDP would be competitive at Strade Bianche on this course, but he doesn't want to go because he's not such a favorite. It would be like Pogacar giving up on going to Sanremo because he'll never be the favorite because his sprint speed is inferior to VDP's.
I don't think MVP has a chance against Pogacar (2024-2025l even in the old route.
 

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Pog is the better overall classics rider but it’s very close, if van der poel managed to win a liege the onus would be on Pog to win a San remo or Roubaix.

Looking at wins and monuments only if they finished their careers today they’d be about the same imo, Pog 9-8 but Van der poel the bigger wins.
 
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Pog is the better overall classics rider but it’s very close, if van der poel managed to win a liege the onus would be on Pog to win a San remo or Roubaix.

Looking at wins and monuments only if they finished their careers today they’d be about the same imo, Pog 9-8 but Van der poel the bigger wins.

But I would give much better chance for Pogacar to win San Remo (even with VDP in it) than Van Der Poel to win LBL, even without Pogacar in it.