Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[James M]

So does Pogi now try and get another 3 stage wins in the last week now, given his lead and that he is clearly strongest? It's not like the Giro when he had to save himself for the Tour?

Or does he save himself for the Olympics? With Van Aert and Van der Poel not looking at their best, he might have a good chance in that? Or will he be too tired and it's not suited enough for him?

To tired also their not looking their best cause their building their peak for it. Part of that is not digging to deep in order to be able to get that.

 

[snipeheem]

Lmao

Hahahaha not gonna lie i miss this guy

 

[scribers]

Pog is the only man on the planet for whom Almeida is ready to pull, they are good friends and you will see that already in Catalonia and Liege, so in the future you can expect him more as Pog's right hand than a serious GC threat, I can't digest that Ayuso, he has that something slimy in him, you can really see that he is jealous of Pog, he very rarely congratulates him on his victory, he avoids all possible races where he should be Pog's helper, like the Giro Emilia 2023 when he gave up halfway through the race or was now registered for Strada and retired 3 days early, very bad vibe

Ayuso gave up again! Almeida tight to the end

 

[Salvarani]

Pog is the only man on the planet for whom Almeida is ready to pull, they are good friends and you will see that already in Catalonia and Liege, so in the future you can expect him more as Pog's right hand than a serious GC threat, I can't digest that Ayuso, he has that something slimy in him, you can really see that he is jealous of Pog, he very rarely congratulates him on his victory, he avoids all possible races where he should be Pog's helper, like the Giro Emilia 2023 when he gave up halfway through the race or was now registered for Strada and retired 3 days early, very bad vibe

This guy literally called everything. Incredible!

 

[Peyroteo94]

Now, just bring it home. Vingegaard will try in stage 18, a very tricky stage and he will go all in the day after in Bonette. He just needs to follow Vingegaard's wheel.

 

[pihi42]

Now, just bring it home. Vingegaard will try in stage 18, a very tricky stage and he will go all in the day after in Bonette. He just needs to follow Vingegaard's wheel.

People were saying this before today's stage as well, but this is not the Pogi way.

 

[scribers]

Come on, I'm going to make fun of you in July aaaaa, everyone will retreat to the mouse hole 🤣🤣🤣

And they have. To the mouse hole.

 

[James M]

He will win 2 more stages easy if he dont crash out. That put him with Giro-Tour double along with Tour 4 stages? 6 giro stages? and 10min victory. Strade, Liege. Yeah sounds about right, just out of this world in this era.

Goat end of it simple.

 

[James M]

Now Euro final gonne feel a bit lackluster after what we all just witnessed up that climb, best climbing performance of all time? Just hard to get your head around, were lucky to witness him nothing else to be said .

 

[Valv.Piti]

People were saying this before today's stage as well, but this is not the Pogi way.

Thing is a counter like today is completely fine, because Pog feels he is better and knows Jonas is on the limit. He should do that again if he feels like he will gain significant time, its simply a mistake not to. He just shouldn't be the one initiating the hard pace and the attacks. If Jonas does the same stuff on stage 19 or 20, you do it again

 

[scribers]

4 things were worked on starting from 18.11.2023, namely long climbs, heat training, altitude training plan for the Tour after the Giro and TT position and optimization and all these things are something new for Pog because that bald fraud he trained him endless zone 2 and 15 min intervals and took out his lactates, that's all..now that the Pog numbers in the last 3 months have skyrocketed compared to training with Inigo we got Jorgensen from Visma compared to Jorgensen from Movistar and now copy it nicely to Pog with Inigo and Pog with Javier and that's it, everyone in the peloton wears Core measuring devices except Tadej until this year hey WTF

The bald fraud

 

[Peyroteo94]

Bring back Mou

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Vingo did a great ride today and he can still be dangerous in the GC if Pog has a bad day. The most important thing for Pog is avoiding one.

 

[scribers]

Pog is ready to be at 7 w/kg for 20 min if necessary after 4 hours of a fast-paced race, I'll just say that from 2024 onwards no one will leave him on the hill

No one

 

[Red Lobster]

Bring back Mou

A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

 

[scribers]

Pog will play at the Giro, like a child in the sand, enjoy Italian pasta, massages after each stage and the love that the Italian fans give him, so that the Giro will be fun for him and an excellent base preparation for the Tour💯

Prep for the tour he said

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Prep for the tour he said

Mou was right since March. What a f**king legend!

 

[Fos]

Statements from Javier Sola after the stage finish:

View: https://youtu.be/ZardNuQ_fE0?si=zZbCB_Hqk6iGs_1h

 

[snipeheem]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1812549642934002151

View: https://x.com/NaichacaCycling/status/1812549642934002151

 

[scribers]

Pogačar at 100% with 65 kg means that at the end of each stage on the Giro, Pog can leave in the dust whoever he wants and who will win both TTs, and Pog 100% on the Tour means everything the same as on the Giro, only with 1 kg less, and that's you my friend means that if he is ready for the Giro after 4 hours he will have 6.78w/kg on the final hill which lasts 30 minutes and he will have 6.9w/kg on the Tour

Ahem

 

[yaf]

Unbelievable performance from both but visma with the greatest bluff we've ever seen "we wouldn't bet on jonas to finish on podium" lmao

 

[Lequack]

“The magnitude of Tadej Pogacar’s win today cannot be overstated”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1812547861025833347

View: https://x.com/NBCSCycling/status/1812547861025833347

 

[Samu Cuenca]

“The magnitude of Tadej Pogacar’s win today cannot be overstated”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1812547861025833347

View: https://x.com/NBCSCycling/status/1812547861025833347

If you claim he won by more than 1:08 (I counted to 68 without looking at a watch), you'd be overstating it.

 

[Salvarani]

Pogačar at 100% with 65 kg means that at the end of each stage on the Giro, Pog can leave in the dust whoever he wants and who will win both TTs, and Pog 100% on the Tour means everything the same as on the Giro, only with 1 kg less, and that's you my friend means that if he is ready for the Giro after 4 hours he will have 6.78w/kg on the final hill which lasts 30 minutes and he will have 6.9w/kg on the Tour

Called it!

What a legend.

A few of us knew he was right.

 

[scribers]

At this moment, I think he has a better chance of winning the Vuelta than the WC.

Slightly better chance. The parcours of worlds very much suits pogi