Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Colonel]

You have any source?

Well yes Cleary I do cause its now out in the open and a fact.

Same as when I said UAE had Signed Yates and then got questioned and here we are on both

 

[Salvarani]

Well yes Cleary I do cause its now out in the open and a fact.

Same as when I said UAE had Signed Yates and then got questioned and here we are on both

How are we supposed to know whether you are speaking the truth or not?

 

[Colonel]

Vine will do Algarve source: his instagram

Thanks for the info, to bad when I mentioned it a week or more ago about Pogacar it wasnt on Instagram last time I looked.

But hey, you all have inside info that I don't.

 

[Colonel]

How are we supposed to know whether you are speaking the truth or not?

Both have come out as fact no? that's 2/2 so far on pretty detailed info.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Maybe Colonel is Pogacar

 

[Lequack]

Pls, this is a Tadej Pogacar thread!

 

[CyclistAbi]

C'mon guys why can't we all just get along

 

[Red Rick]

Let's keep this friendly

 

[Samamba]

Maybe Ayuso is going to UAE instead as he was scheduled to ride Jaen + Andalucia.

Anyways it is what it is, I was looking forward to Pog vs. Remco.

 

[Nick2413]

I mean, it baffled me immensely as to why he was on the provisional startlist in the first place given they had signed Mr. UAE Tour just last winter. That very inconvenient early season peak because of the sponsors does more harm than good, especially to someone who has ambitions in all three seasons of the calendar.

Who is Mr UAE Tour? Yates?

 

[DNP-Old]

Who is Mr UAE Tour? Yates?

You are correct.

 

[tobydawq]

It’s weird that he isn’t riding UAE tour, it’s the tournament of his employer. An employer that’s all about prestige and he is their most important rider. I can only imagine him skipping this if they are very sure he isn’t able to win because of his issues during the winter.

Or it could be that the rider who has won two Tours and three monuments in the space of three seasons has a small say in his programme.

 

[tobydawq]

C'mon guys why can't we all just get along

Where's the dot?

 

[RedheadDane]

Where's the dot?

Here!



(Did you expect me not to do this?)

As for Pogacar's schedule; Yeah, I definitely don't see any issue with him not doing the UAE Tour. Come one... because he's the biggest star on a team that happens to be sponsored by the UAE he should be contractually obliged to ride the UAE Tour? It doesn't make sense.

 

[Lequack]

UAE will also bring McNulty and Soler as well, apart from Yates. Any one of them could win the two climbs.

 

[stonerider]

Pog doesn't need the early season peak...he's going all in to win Flanders and needs to delay his peak a little.

 

[Lequack]

Did you see what form MVDP is in? He will be hard to beat in Flanders.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Did you see what form MVDP is in? He will be hard to beat in Flanders.

At Flanders we will have Pogacar vs MVDP vs Alaphilippe and some jumbo strong riders . Should be very good

 

[Red Rick]

Yeah I agree that last year a lot of stars aligned for Pogacar to actually win de Ronde. It's gonna be an uphill battle for him.

 

[Nick2413]

Yeah I agree that last year a lot of stars aligned for Pogacar to actually win de Ronde. It's gonna be an uphill battle for him.

I still think he has as good a shot as any of the big guns, or at least to come to the sprint with them. Last year’s tactics were a disaster but his sprints at the end of long attritive stages are generally on par with anyone.

 

[Lequack]

Did I miss last year or did he not actually win the Flanders?

 

[Salvarani]

Pog doesn't need the early season peak...he's going all in to win Flanders and needs to delay his peak a little.

He was also sick and might be a little behind where he would want to be, so skipping a longer travel makes sense.

 

[frisenfruitig]

Did you see what form MVDP is in? He will be hard to beat in Flanders.

What form? WVA is the only good rider he beat (in a sprint), the rest of the CX guys are nobodies compared to those 2. The only conclusion I would make is that his back issue seems okay for the moment.

 

[tobydawq]

At Flanders we will have Pogacar vs MVDP vs Alaphilippe and some jumbo strong riders . Should be very good

Asgreen too, hopefully.

 

[tobydawq]

Yeah I agree that last year a lot of stars aligned for Pogacar to actually win de Ronde. It's gonna be an uphill battle for him.

Why?

Apart from Van Aert catching Covid, the outcome of the race was entirely the cause of Pogacar wielding his power.