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Few dinosaurs remembered from the same era because of cyclings obsession with the past tbh
- Sep 12, 2022
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Looking back at his spring season, there were Pog is actually facing tough competition he doesn't necessarily win. P-N and De Ronde, that's it. Sunday is another proper test though.
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They can do a Rocky training montage at the beach on Tenerife, just with 100% less upper body muscle. Add in some shots of them in the gym struggling to do a push up or open a jar, it'll be great.
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Feeling a little anxious , Pogi fans ? I would if I were you 
Joking aside I do hope for an epic L-B-L between two of the biggest talents of cycling .
I very much hope for a Remco victory but will be able to live with Pogi as well. He is just too like-able to hate .
Bring us cycling from the heavens , O 'Old Lady' , Thou !
Joking aside I do hope for an epic L-B-L between two of the biggest talents of cycling .
I very much hope for a Remco victory but will be able to live with Pogi as well. He is just too like-able to hate .
Bring us cycling from the heavens , O 'Old Lady' , Thou !
- Aug 29, 2011
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LOL@that's it. The only 2 races he entered and didn't win are MSR and E3, which are the ones that fit him the least. Hard to drop everybody on the Poggio, and Van der Poel was just stronger, no shame in that, and E3 with the easy end where it's hard to drop others and 30 or 40 km from the last real difficulty, the Oude Kwaremont.
But ok, if that's what you got from Pogacar's spring...
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I especially like Merckx competing with Anquetil cause it's literally less accurate than saying Pogacar competed with Froome.
- Sep 12, 2022
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I get that from Pogacar in general. If WVA or MVDP are the only riders of the big 4, chances are high they win too. When they all compete against each other they don’t win as easily as Pogacar in Amstel, Strade, or Fleche, or Wout in Omloop, Wevelgem, E3 (last year), or Evenepoel in second tier stage races
- Aug 3, 2015
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Probably an overstatement, but yeah, routes are obviously very important...
Maddedingly though? Hmm, I think not many people quite are just that apart from a few on this forum. Looking at the route for Tour of the Alps, you'd think we would watch good cycling each day, but as far as I can tell, it has been an atrocious race.
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Yeah you should really just count those as monuments imo.
Edit: But then you have the TT races so Valv.Piti's proposal is probably best.
Edit: But then you have the TT races so Valv.Piti's proposal is probably best.
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Regardless of what happened in the past, Giro-Tour double is certainly more difficult, I would say. The fact that Pogačar has a good chance of winning the Ardennes triple without being his biggest spring target, its quite telling.
The Giro-Tour is more difficult because its not easy to think of a rider being good enough to beat his presumably toughest opponents in the Tour after the huge effort needed to win the Giro. Pogačar could possibly do it, as the Giro usual bad weather could play into his hands but then he would still need to win the Tour and avoid any major bad luck during 42 days which in modern cycling its not easy.
However with Pogačar's focus in the classics, I don't see him trying it soon, neither do I see Vingegård as he seems very focused in the Tour (I see him possibly winning the Tour-Vuelta double though), Remco doesn't strike me as a two GT per year kind of guy and Roglič could try it this season but I can't see him winning the Tour against fresher rivals.
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Great graphic! Hope it can be updated after Sunday. It should include a wrestling session before KO as it won't be an easy win for either challenger.
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Hmm.., let's see:
Manx Trophy 1965
1.Anquetil
2.Merckx
Paris-Nice 1966
1,Anquetil
4.Merckx
Liege-Bastogne-Liege 1966
1.Anquetil
8.Merckx
WC Road Race 1966
2.Anquetil
12.Merckx
GP des Nations 1966
1.Anquetil
3.Merckx
GP Lugano 1966
3.Anquetil
4.Merckx
Lombardia 1966
2.Merckx
4.Anquetil
Fleche Wallonne 1967
1.Merckx
29.Anquetil
Giro d'Italia 1967
3.Anquetil
9.Merckx
Criterium des As 1967
1.Merckx
2.Anquetil
A Travers Lausanne 1967
2.Merckx
7.Anquetil
Trofeo Baracchi 1967
1.Merckx
2.Anquetil
WC Road Race 1968
8.Merckx
11.Anquetil
Paris-Nice 1969
1.Merckx
3.Anquetil
So give me that Pogacar/Froome h2h now...
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Oh look, so many 1-2s in big races people care about.
So much work to prove my point.
They faced each other once in a GT, and once in a monument.
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They faced each other enough times to say they were competing each other.
I'm still waiting to see that Froome and Pogacar duels...
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By that line of reasoning, you may just as well say that Pogi and Rogla haven't been competing against each other. Not truly so.
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Always count on Netserk taking things literally when it suits him.
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