Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Salvarani]

More likely he lacked high intensity work and race specific training. You don't lose a training base that quickly and base training is the first thing he could do on the rollers.

If you really lack a training base you just get worse during a GT, not better after a shaky first few days, and you don't win stage 20 or recover well enough to get 3rd at the WC 2 weeks later.

Maybe I should have written lack of training instead of base, because thats what I meant.

 

[yaf]

Usually cold sores or herpes can appear like 1-2 times every year, if you are prone to them, and they can appear pretty much any time of the year.

However, there can be different factors for it. It doesnt necessarily have to be because of a lower immune system or being sick.

For example, heat can cause an outbreak. Like wearing your jacket over your lip and breathing underneath, when it is cold or raining, or things like wearing a face mask.

The most plausible explanation for his Tour loss last season was not having enough base after his L-B-L. Affecting his recovery after the ITT and the heat.

After the win was out of reach, he still performed very well in the last days of the Tour and later at the Worlds.

Its hard to tell a single reason for his cracking in the tour. It is not like he had a bad day but his condition was deteriorating throughout the tour especially after 2nd week. U could see that in the time trial as well. I remember he had a final scan before the tour and out of three, one bone was not healed. That changes all the equation of performing consistently for three weeks. U need to recover for the next stage and ur bone needs different intake to heal which makes ur recovery almost impossible. But b/c tadej is a superhuman he somehow was the best for two weeks😟 so once u'r body is at the limit u'r exposed to d/t health issues like the cold sore.

 

[Lequack]

Just out there handing out sunglasses to kids

https://twitter.com/x/status/1771134799358345689

View: https://twitter.com/VelonCC/status/1771134799358345689?s=20

 

[rokovski]

Mentioning yourself in the third person is really weird. Wrong account?

I have to inform you that as of tomorrow we are no longer hanging out, the annual vacation is over, so we have to bring this good banter to an end, we will hear from each other from time to time during Giro, bye to all true fans of Pog 🥳🥳🥳🥳

No more internet at Polje?

 

[Peyroteo94]

Just out there handing out sunglasses to kids

https://twitter.com/x/status/1771134799358345689

View: https://twitter.com/VelonCC/status/1771134799358345689?s=20

He is the people's champion.

 

[Offline]

Any news on how he looks? Post interview didn't sound too postive

 

[Offline]

Any news on how he looks? Post interview didn't sound too postive

lol he don't look too sick

 

[Lequack]

Any news on how he looks? Post interview didn't sound too postive

 

[mou]

GOAT

 

[Salvarani]

The GOAT done it again. Another stage-win.

Great racing this week.

 

[yaf]

"GOAT" after a gap of just 57 s to the domestique of Remco!

4 minute to ur vuelta winner 🤣

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Three tuft Tadej today

 

[DNP-Old]

"GOAT" after a gap of just 57 s to the domestique of Remco!

5:46 to BORA's leader in TDF.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

If altitude really gives you superpowers as the Visma people think, he should be two minutes faster at the Giro.

 

[jmdirt]

Nice race TP!

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Volta Catalunya is the best early-spring race to practice long climbs and efforts and that's exactly what he's doing. Tomorrow pre-Liege training session.

 

[Balthazar]

He will wipe the floor with everyone at the giro. Probably he will win it with a 5-6 minute gap over the best of the rest. Not because thats the max total time difference but because at 6 minutes in the lead he will just consolidate and outsprint them at the line.

 

[kingjr]

Good, but he's no Evenepoel

 

[Salvarani]

Nice race TP!

Love watching the GOAT race

 

[Boehmand]

Just got curious, and looked through the final GC of Volta a Catalunya for the last 50 years - the largest winning margin I can find is 1 minute 30 seconds.

Pogacar is a ahead by 3 minutes 31 seconds

 

[Elos Anjos]

A new meaning was given to moto pacing.

 

[mou]

how toxic is this forum, terrible...

 

[AmRacer]

A new meaning was given to moto pacing.

Yeah, reverse pacing.

 

[AmRacer]

Good, but he's no Evenepoel

Nope, he's much better.

 

[Salvarani]

how toxic is this forum, terrible...

Some people are sad af and such cry babies. It is whatever though.

Long live the GOAT!