Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[QueenStagiaire]

Imagine having to live among nearly 6 million of them every day, and you'll understand the constant pain I'm in. It's no wonder I've become a cold and calculating opera fanatic.

You‘ll probably have developed Stockholm syndrome by now which is ironic.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

You‘ll probably have developed Stockholm syndrome by now which is ironic.

Maybe I should move to Stockholm. I hear there's a lot of pleasant Balkans around there.

 

[Salvarani]

there are more Balkans in Sweden than Swedes themselves, these Danes are a problem, cold, calculated, I really wonder who the fisherman is like, otherwise I have nothing against Scandinavians, but you are more for an opera than a bicycle race

Indeed there are! Great people. I have come to know many.

Danes… I better not say what I think, but maybe that says more?

 

[Salvarani]

Maybe I should move to Stockholm. I hear there's a lot of pleasant Balkans around there.

Great city but very difficult to find place to live. Be ready to having to jump from apartments for a while, or live in the outskirts, unless you are a millionaire or got enough savings for a loan to buy a place.

 

[Brullnux]

Great city but very difficult to find place to live. Be ready to having to jump from apartments for a while, or live in the outskirts, unless you are a millionaire or got enough savings for a loan to buy a place.

Sadly the reality of most major European cities, Milan/London/Amsterdam/Paris, etc. Berlin seems to remain an exception.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Great city but very difficult to find place to live. Be ready to having to jump from apartments for a while, or live in the outskirts, unless you are a millionaire or got enough savings for a loan to buy a place.

I'm a man of means, so to quote Magnus Carlsson: Möt mig i Gamla Stan nu ikväll.

Or maybe I'm just a mean man. I haven't fully decided yet.

 

[RedheadDane]

Great city but very difficult to find place to live. Be ready to having to jump from apartments for a while, or live in the outskirts, unless you are a millionaire or got enough savings for a loan to buy a place.

You people have a really strange way of getting outside...

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But to return to Pogacar - who I pressume gets outside by using the door - while he's very unlikely to make a last-minute entrance to Vlaanderen, I'm very much looking forward to see how he fares at LBL, having - for one reason or another - been unable to feature in the last two years.

 

[bNator]

You people have a really strange way of getting outside...

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But to return to Pogacar - who I pressume gets outside by using the door - while he's very unlikely to make a last-minute entrance to Vlaanderen, I'm very much looking forward to see how he fares at LBL, having - for one reason or another - been unable to feature in the last two years.

If UAE bring their A-team, then I think he should win it. I think there's only one guy who in theory could withstand Pog's attack on the climbs and that guy is way weaker in a flat sprint. All Pog needs to do, is not let Remco go and he's got this...

If UAE is unable to control the race, then anything can happen, of course.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Whatever you think Latinos are, they don't refer to Portuguese.

But we are mate

 

[Froome]

If UAE bring their A-team, then I think he should win it. I think there's only one guy who in theory could withstand Pog's attack on the climbs and that guy is way weaker in a flat sprint. All Pog needs to do, is not let Remco go and he's got this...

If UAE is unable to control the race, then anything can happen, of course.

I think LBL route suits very well Roglic characteristics. He will naturally improve since PN, so i think there will be 3 main favourites, Pogacar, Remco and Roglic.
Van der poel will be the outsider.

 

[Froome]

But we are mate

Our language descends from Latin, but it doesn't mean we are latinos.

 

[velaso montador]

Goat Pogacar

 

[velaso montador]

I really had to make an account here to just pay my tribute to goat.
I have never seen a better rider and ive seen many great riders from 2000 onwards but noone close this lvl and the crazy part hes still only 25. Salute great one

 

[bNator]

I think LBL route suits very well Roglic characteristics. He will naturally improve since PN, so i think there will be 3 main favourites, Pogacar, Remco and Roglic.
Van der poel will be the outsider.

Normally I would agree, but I'm not really expecting much from Roglic until I see him racing in Itzulia. Based on his P-N showing alone, he should not be in the mix.

 

[yaf]

I think LBL route suits very well Roglic characteristics. He will naturally improve since PN, so i think there will be 3 main favourites, Pogacar, Remco and Roglic.
Van der poel will be the outsider.

I'm still wondering why does vingegard chose basque race where there is no a single long climb remco and roglic could easily win it with their punchy cxcs and the TT.

 

[RedheadDane]

If UAE bring their A-team, then I think he should win it. I think there's only one guy who in theory could withstand Pog's attack on the climbs and that guy is way weaker in a flat sprint. All Pog needs to do, is not let Remco go and he's got this...

Unfortunately, as we saw last year, anything can happen.

Hopefully all potholes have been fixed.

 

[Extinction]

Merckx won 11 grand tours, including 5 TdFs. But in Jonas Vingegaard, Pogi has hit a TdF roadblock. I don’t think it’s fair to mention. But certainly in the modern era we have not seen a more versatile rider than Pogacar. It is enjoyable to witness as it unfolds. But first things first - the Giro d’Italia.

And that's because Vingegaard is more aerobically efficient, Pog more explosive. But aerobic effeciency wins Tours.

 

[Netserk]

lvl

he.

 

[velaso montador]

he.

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[velaso montador]

And that's because Vingegaard is more aerobically efficient, Pog more explosive. But aerobic effeciency wins Tours.

I dont think vingegaard wins any tour if pogacar isnt hurt. Has he ever done it? Dont think its even close.

What does people here think about Carlos Rodriguez this year? Hes actually from the same city as me. Hes already shown high potential and naturaly to think he will become stronger too duo to his age. Curious about his development this year.

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[velaso montador]

Does Pogacar have any plans to go to altitude after giro for tour preperations too? and if so for how long?

I remember contador superior as he was to try the double its so hard your body simply doesnt recuperate the same, after such way such a big effort/wear and tear, its haaard i guess its a reason never been done in modern cycling.

 

[Elos Anjos]

But we are mate

Latinos as it is used in American English reports to people of Latin America AND hispanic background.

 

[hayneplane]

You people have a really strange way of getting outside...

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But to return to Pogacar - who I pressume gets outside by using the door - while he's very unlikely to make a last-minute entrance to Vlaanderen, I'm very much looking forward to see how he fares at LBL, having - for one reason or another - been unable to feature in the last two years.

Yeah it killed the race last year when he crashed out in such an unfortunate way even before the broadcast had begun.

LBL is probably the most even battleground for top Pog and top Remco to square off. I favour Pogacar as I still think he has the better sprint of it comes to that final.

 

[hayneplane]

I think LBL route suits very well Roglic characteristics. He will naturally improve since PN, so i think there will be 3 main favourites, Pogacar, Remco and Roglic.
Van der poel will be the outsider.

The route does but not the length. Monument length races traditionally just don’t work for him. Look how often he has been excellent in Giro D’Emilia only to fade in the latter stages of Lombardia 1 week later.

 

[yaf]

Does Pogacar have any plans to go to altitude after giro for tour preperations too? and if so for how long?

I remember contador superior as he was to try the double its so hard your body simply doesnt recuperate the same, after such way such a big effort/wear and tear, its haaard i guess its a reason never been done in modern cycling.

Its about managing ur efforts in the preceding GT. We can take nairo for ex in 2016 tour he was under performing at the tour finishing 3rd and then won the vuelta against froome in what was his best grand tour performance. In 2018 tom doumulin was good at the giro finishing 2nd and at the tour he was even better. So if pog and his management are smart enough they could stop being aggressive after 1st rest day with 3+min advantage at the giro and no team would pull with pogi in the wheel. Its boring for us fans but a giro tour blessing for pogi