Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Miha81]

Pogi has problems with bike I guess

 

[Peyroteo94]

Pogi has problems with bike I guess

And with Vingegaard.

 

[Miha81]

And with Vingegaard.

That most certanly

 

[snipeheem]

No way he wins this race Im going to get drunk today

 

[Brullnux]

It's joever I fear

 

[Offline]

Game over..

 

[Peyroteo94]

Too greedy against Vingegaard. Now, just try to follow him and I'm not so sure

 

[Jack_89]

I'm anxious to wait the post stage interviews. They both died and resurrected in a truly unpredictable way.

 

[Divergence]

What overconfidence does to a man. What an idiotic ride.You attacked from far out (dumb) then you get caught and you ride with the guy... Unbelievable

 

[skippo12]

He needs to defend. Return the favor. Stay glued to Vingegaard's wheel and ignore Evenepoel/Roglic.

 

[scribers]

Pogi still has this. He has the team and the initial attack the Vingo can’t stay with. Just needs to pace up decisive mtf’s

 

[snipeheem]

i believe its over

 

[Berniece]

Michael Rasmussen thinks there was a lack of sugars. I doubt it, because he would've dropped if that was the case

 

[Screecher]

Sounds like it might have been a refueling issue but either way, Jonas being this strong now means Pogacar has no chance in the 3rd week either way.

 

[Divergence]

Pogi still has this. He has the team and the initial attack the Vingo can’t stay with. Just needs to pace up decisive mtf’s

He needs to change the way he rides, but he is unwilling. He wants to destroy people and when it is not working out he cannot think tactically.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Michael Rasmussen thinks there was a lack of sugars. I doubt it, because he would've dropped if that was the case

I believe, his sprint was very strange.

 

[Peyroteo94]

He needs to change the way he rides, but he is unwilling. He wants to destroy people and when it is not working out he cannot think tactically.

He still has time, he just lost one second. Now Vingo is the number one and Giro will maybe catch Pogi.

 

[Barkintheeye]

Where’s mou to explain what happened?

It certainly was a massive blow to Pog today. Not sure he’ll make it in the Pyrenees. JV looks to be gaining momentum while Pog likely is weakening.

 

[Jack_89]

Michael Rasmussen thinks there was a lack of sugars. I doubt it, because he would've dropped if that was the case

something happened. there was too much difference between the attack phase, the increase in the advantage on the descent and arriving dead at the finish line without even having the strength to sprint. Ofc cannot be the Giro fatigue 😂

 

[Screecher]

He's still in a much better position than last year. He has the lead by over a minute and has the strongest team for the mountains. If he can't win this year than i don't think he will anytime soon.

 

[Medvind]

Pog gambled, he wanted to break Vinge but it failed

He could have waited and attacked on the penultimate climb instead, playing it more safe, just try to take bonus seconds and win the stage.

But because of his early attack we got entertainment in abundance.

Pog is never boring.

 

[Peyroteo94]

He is back to earth. At least, this mistake didn't cost him time but he lost a easy stage win.

 

[inri2000]

He's still in a much better position than last year. He has the lead by over a minute and has the strongest team for the mountains. If he can't win this year than i don't think he will anytime soon.

I wonder if he chose to ride the Giro because he was sure Vingegaard would not be able to recover from his crash in time to compete for the Tour

I think they are both on fairly equal endurance levels, they just have different strategies for when to conserve energy

 

[Netserk]

Chapeau for the effort. Gotta say, it looked bleak at the bottom of Perthus.

We'll see in the weekend if it was due to an error or if the legs are feeling the Giro.

 

[snipeheem]

He is back to earth. At least, this mistake didn't cost him time but he lost a easy stage win.

He lost way more than a stage win today