Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

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AmRacer

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Red Rick said:
Lot of pundits have said with how focused a pro has to be now they expect people to burn out, but I think theyre full of ***

Main determinant is as simple as the question if Pog is gonna do 2GTs every year

That said, long term projections in cycling seem way more volatile than in other sports
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Next year, Tadej would do the Tour Vuelta double. He wants the Vuelta at his palmares, of course. But after that, he might only race the Tour.
That's what I believe.
 
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Valv.Piti said:
I was wrong. He attacked with 6 to go, not 5.

That was the most impressive big chainring climbing I have ever seen. It's also rare that you visually can see it so clearly that he just goes multiple kilometres faster than the rest
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Yep. And tbf, you originally wrote at least 5 km from the top, so pretty much spot on.

I guess that's why I wrote that you had more realistic expectations this time around ;)
 
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Amazinmets87 said:
Will he be able to restrain himself and ride with the other GC men? He needs to save energy for the tour and he could soft-pedal the remaining stages and win with ease.
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I think chances are he rides passively until stage 20, where he tries to get one more stage win. I think there was a quote somewhere about having a big focus on stage 15 and stage 20 of this Giro and after seeing how hard he went after today it seems reasonable to expect he'll try something similar on the Grappa. Also, of the remaining mountain stages that one is by far the easiest to control.
 
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AmRacer said:
Next year, Tadej would do the Tour Vuelta double. He wants the Vuelta at his palmares, of course. But after that, he might only race the Tour.
That's what I believe.
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@mou says Pogi is less interested in the tour than he is the Giro and would have it be his only GT a year if he could. Of course, he will want to win the Vuelta and this will fit plans well if Pogi can win worlds RR.

But the sponsors are always most interested in the tour.
 
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Didinho said:
People were saying he should take it easy on the TT to be fresher today. Good he went full gas yesterday.
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I still can't understand how his recovery and ability to perform in high altitude are still in doubt when he is by far the second best in the world. He has proven over and over again that no one can match him in a GT unless your name is Vingegaard. Today we had a true hard mountain stage with more than 6 hours on the saddle and he completely destroyed the field.
 
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And a bonus pic

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I’ve had doubts about Pogacar at over 2,000 metres ….. until today. That answered any lingering doubts. It also validates Red Rick’s theory that ability at altitude is as much about form as it is genetics.

Personally while today was epic, albeit several levels below Pantani Les Deux Alpes, it will be a little empty if he can’t carry this level into the 3rd week of the TdF.

When was the last time anyone led GC in a grand tour after 14 stages by this margin?

I think he will ride conservatively until stage 20 when he can “do his thing” as Geraint Thomas put it. Doing so might also remind any doubters and rival teams of his recovery abilities.
 
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Cookster15 said:
I’ve had doubts about Pogacar at over 2,000 metres ….. until today. That answered any lingering doubts. It also validates Red Rick’s theory that ability at altitude is as much about form as it is genetics.

Personally while today was epic, albeit several levels below Pantani Les Deux Alpes, it will be a little empty if he can’t carry this level into the 3rd week of the TdF.

When was the last time anyone led GC in a grand tour after 14 stages by this margin?

I think he will ride conservatively until stage 20 when he can “do his thing” as Geraint Thomas put it. Doing so might also remind any doubters and rival teams of his recovery abilities.
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Hardly validates it. Today wasnt that much altitude, and the overall stage length and fatigue was more important
 
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Cookster15 said:
I’ve had doubts about Pogacar at over 2,000 metres ….. until today. That answered any lingering doubts. It also validates Red Rick’s theory that ability at altitude is as much about form as it is genetics.

Personally while today was epic, albeit several levels below Pantani Les Deux Alpes, it will be a little empty if he can’t carry this level into the 3rd week of the TdF.

When was the last time anyone led GC in a grand tour after 14 stages by this margin?

I think he will ride conservatively until stage 20 when he can “do his thing” as Geraint Thomas put it. Doing so might also remind any doubters and rival teams of his recovery abilities.
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Several levels below Pantani? Really? Im not trolling just curious because i think he was incredible today
 
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