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Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

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That is a correlation with it not being as hard a race. They were able to go faster because there was a lot less climbing this year.
So you are saying there hasnt been any editions like this one before?

The pace was high on almost every stage, thats why it was the fastest = hard.

The other argument is also very poor since neither of the other faced any competition at all. It is just a poor attempt to diminish and to blatantly hate/troll. It is warranted to be called out for it.
 
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So you are saying there hasnt been any editions like this one before?

The pace was high on almost every stage, thats why it was the fastest = hard.

The other argument is also very poor since neither of the other faced any competition at all. It is just a poor attempt to diminish and to blatantly hate/troll. It is warranted to be called out for it.
I am a massive Pogacar fan and hoping for the double so I am not saying it was easier to slight him.

Objectively it was an easier route than average but to be fair the peloton did attack the route in terms of speeds by routinely being ahead of the fastest projected times the race organisers.
 
So you are saying there hasnt been any editions like this one before?

The pace was high on almost every stage, thats why it was the fastest = hard.

The other argument is also very poor since neither of the other faced any competition at all. It is just a poor attempt to diminish and to blatantly hate/troll. It is warranted to be called out for it.
Not sure about previous editions but this Giro had hugely less climbing compared to even last year. The shortened stage also added to the average speed and diminished the volume of climbing.

2024 also definitely had a lower level of competition.

It was fastest because of way less climbing on most stages there was a big fight to get in the early break and of course UAE had to work super hard to keep Pog within launch range of the breaks.
 
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Nevertheless he will stop one week. It's never a good preparation stop training one week when the Tour starts in 4 weeks.

Except that Pogacar, unlike your fave, has been in a very good form for some (long) time and just ridden a GT. One week of break is to rest mentally and physically (BTW maybe you don't know but it's normal that after extensive training periods rest days follow and are important part of building process). The next training block (coupled with rests) is to fine-tune his engine further and to prolong period of good form. Not to build his form from scratch. Time will tell what will be the result.
 
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Nevertheless he will stop one week. It's never a good preparation stop training one week when the Tour starts in 4 weeks.
Let's assume that he and his coach are going to do the best preparation possible, it makes no sense to say that it is not good to stop for a week if they have all the data.

By the way, today he was already testing himself at Col de la Madone...