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There lies the problem. This year had three legit top contenders and still kind of sucked til the last stage.Its not like Pogacar would make the Giro more exciting if none of the other big dogs show up other than playing farming simulator.
They could probably field two great teams for the hillier classics as well.Bjerg,Politt,Wellens,Soler,Sivakov,Yates,Ayuso,Pogačar for Tour
For spring classics Bjerg,Politt,Oliveira brothers,Bax,Wellens,Pogacar
Pogacar will dominate 100% with this squad
Bjerg,Politt,Wellens,Soler,Sivakov,Yates,Ayuso,Pogačar for Tour
For spring classics Bjerg,Politt,Oliveira brothers,Bax,Wellens,Pogacar
Pogacar will dominate 100% with this squad
Bjerg,Politt,Wellens,Soler,Sivakov,Yates,Ayuso,Pogačar for Tour
For spring classics Bjerg,Politt,Oliveira brothers,Bax,Wellens,Pogacar
Pogacar will dominate 100% with this squad
Pogacar 2024
Uae tour win
Paris Nice or tirreno win
San remo top 3
E3 top 3
Flanders win
Fleche wallone win
Amstel win
Liege win
Tour Slovenia win
Tour the France win
Olimpic games win
Bretagne DNF
2-3 low profile italian classics top 3 pre world
World championship win
Emilia top 3
Varesine win
Lombardia win
Sounds good and plausible but really hope he does Paris Roubaix and then skips Amstel/Flèche instead.If Pogacar targets the Tour again in 2024 (which is looking very likely), I hope he starts his season at PN or TA. Forget about starting the spring peak in February with races like Jaen, Andalucia, or UAE Tour. Yates can clean up the UAE Tour anyway. A month and a half peak from March to late April should be good enough. It gives him a good chance at two/three Monuments again (MSR is still really hard cause he's not as punchy as MVDP) and also gives him a good chance to go for the Ardennes triple again.
IMO, Pogacar's 2024 calendar should be:
PN/TA (either one's fine. If he's going for TA, he can also go for Strade)
MSR
E3
Flanders
Amstel Gold
Fleche
Liege
(Post-spring break)
Dauphine (I know he's probably gonna go to Tour of Slovenia again but just please go and try Dauphine/Suisse)
TDF
Olympics
(break)
Canada
Worlds
Emilia
Tre Valli
Lombardia
The only monuments you can win that way are Sanremo and Lombardia.the pogacar just needs to relax on his team and a strong pace in each race and when there are about 10 people left then attack 2 km before the last hill, and if it doesn't work then wait for the sprint where he will beat each of those 10 people
If he can beat Vingegaard on half the mountain stages breaking one wrist, maybe he can beat him in all the mountain stages if he breaks both wrists.As he can no longer win the Tour, he should focus fully on the cobbled classics.
I think he needs to break his balls. Only as uniballer can he dominate again.If he can beat Vingegaard on half the mountain stages breaking one wrist, maybe he can beat him in all the mountain stages if he breaks both wrists.
Lefevere would advise him to play with Vinge‘s balls.I think he needs to break his balls. Only as uniballer can he dominate again.
He may think it's all fun and games, but he will end up tea-bagged.Lefevere would advise him to play with Vinge‘s balls.
As he can no longer win the Tour, he should focus fully on the cobbled classics.