Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Cookster15]

That altitude related problem is such a myth. Every single time he got dropped or had issues, it was below 2000m

Every single time?

2020 TdF lost 15 seconds to Roglic at the top of Loze - 2300 metres.

2022 TdF collapsed on Granon - 2400 metres. Dropped in the final 5km eventually conceding nearly 3 minutes. Yes he was overconfident trying to respond to attacks from both Vingegaard and Roglic but it still happened at over 2,000 metres.

2023 TdF collapsed on Loze again - losing 5’44”. About half that time loss was in the final 5km. His famous “I am dead” moment.

So we see there were valid reasons to doubt Pogacar at altitude. Not any more.