Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[rafa92]

I can't see it.

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[Peyroteo94]

Ayuso is clearly out of UAE. Great news! Time to develop Del Toro next year as Pogi's domestique and then Giro and Vuelta 2027

 

[Peyroteo94]

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Where did you see the TT bike?

 

[rafa92]

Where did you see the TT bike?

third photo, pog is holding the TT bike

 

[rafa92]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1961307318382903569

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[Peyroteo94]

Where did you see the TT bike?

I can't say it is a TT bike

 

[rafa92]

I can't say it is a TT bike

there's literally TT written on it (in the part below the saddle)! plus you can clearly see it from the saddle it's the TT bike.

 

[Peyroteo94]

there's literally TT written on it (in the part below the saddle)! plus you can clearly see it from the saddle it's the TT bike.

Good to know he is preparing a WC double attempt.

 

[Cycling111]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1961307318382903569

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I can't see what bike he's riding.
This isn't the first time he's not worn the rainbow jersey with his road bike.

 

[rafa92]

I can't see what bike he's riding.
This isn't the first time he's not worn the rainbow jersey with his road bike.

how can you not see it, look at the full picture on x, there's TT1 written in the part below the saddle, and the saddle is clearly from a TT bike

 

[Peyroteo94]

how can you not see it, look at the full picture on x, there's TT1 written in the part below the saddle, and the saddle is clearly from a TT bike

Let’s wait for a video of him actually training on a TT bike.

 

[Peyroteo94]

In the last 5 years, he rode 4 races in August. His results are really unimpressive.

 

[Cycling111]

He´d have easily won this Vuelta. Vingegaard will simply win the Vuelta in Angliru.

 

[rafa92]

He´d have easily won this Vuelta. Vingegaard will simply win the Vuelta in Angliru.

I'm not so sure, if almeida is at his best it will be closer than expected

 

[Peyroteo94]

He´d have easily won this Vuelta. Vingegaard will simply win the Vuelta in Angliru.

This route is too easy. Of course Pogacar would not lose in this race for punchy climbers.

 

[Charlyghoul]

This route is too easy. Of course Pogacar would not lose in this race for punchy climbers.

He can’t lose anything in this poor era. Yet still lost to his only rival twice out of five.
That never happened to any other great tour racer

 

[Cycling111]

This route is too easy. Of course Pogacar would not lose in this race for punchy climbers.

Pogacar would only need to win the time trial and the hill sprint. He'd have taken advantage in Angliru.
Although, given that Pogacar is attacking at Cipressa, he would have gained time today.

It's an absurdly weak route, I don't remember anything like it.
There is less difficulty than 2002 Vuelta. Only Angliru, and without any previous mountain .

Rumors are that next year will be hard. The Canary Islands are home to the three toughest mountains in Spain.
Pogacar will definitely be there that year

 

[Peyroteo94]

Pogacar would only need to win the time trial and the hill sprint. He'd have taken advantage in Angliru.
Although, given that Pogacar is attacking at Cipressa, he would have gained time today.

It's an absurdly weak route, I don't remember anything like it.
There is less difficulty than 2002 Vuelta. Only Angliru, and without any previous mountain .

Rumors are that next year will be hard. The Canary Islands are home to the three toughest mountains in Spain.
Pogacar will definitely be there that year

2009 Vuelta is probably the easiest route ever. The last week was a joke.

 

[Peyroteo94]

This first week has been dreadful in GC action. I still don't know if this is better than Pogacar attacking and close the race after 5 days.

 

[Peyroteo94]

He seems to be in really good shape. Good numbers, good feeling again on the bike, I still don't know what happened in the Tour.
He is now starting his final preparation for the Worlds. The next week is where he will put the hammer down on training and then a little rest before Canadian classics.

 

[AmRacer]

He seems to be in really good shape. Good numbers, good feeling again on the bike, I still don't know what happened in the Tour.
He is now starting his final preparation for the Worlds. The next week is where he will put the hammer down on training and then a little rest before Canadian classics.

Think it was the crash and the efforts days after.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Think it was the crash and the efforts days after.

The problem is that his two strongest performances (Hautacam & Peyreguades) were just after the crash. Maybe he got some infection or simply got more tired than expected at the end of the race (apparently he's still a human).

 

[Shortcut]

He seems to be in really good shape. Good numbers, good feeling again on the bike, I still don't know what happened in the Tour.
He is now starting his final preparation for the Worlds. The next week is where he will put the hammer down on training and then a little rest before Canadian classics.

Just think about like this, if he was truly sick (and you could hear in his voice that he was) and crash made some impact (surely did), he really was tired after long tour where Visma gave it all-how strong is he really? I believe he is in incredible shape right now and we didn't really see him in his full power in last week and half of TdF.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Just think about like this, if he was truly sick (and you could hear in his voice that he was) and crash made some impact (surely did), he really was tired after long tour where Visma gave it all-how strong is he really? I believe he is in incredible shape right now and we didn't really see him in his full power in last week and half of TdF.

I expect him to completely destroy the field in Rwanda (other favorites). If he will win? I don't know. Slovenia is weak and I can see Pogacar attacking to close a gap of 4 minutes but maybe he isn't able to do it.

 

[hayneplane]

I expect him to completely destroy the field in Rwanda (other favorites). If he will win? I don't know. Slovenia is weak and I can see Pogacar attacking to close a gap of 4 minutes but maybe he isn't able to do it.

I know Slovenia will have a very weak team but I honestly can’t see a scenario short of a serious crash or illness where he doesn’t just scythe through the field and destroy everyone.

He might have to go from 150 out to cover secondary challengers from Belgium/Italy/France/USA if it is an aggressive race.

If teams have not tried to make it properly hard nearly an hour before they reach the foot of the long climb and got a strong group ahead of the main pack then they can start planning how to obtain silver and bronze.