I wouldn’t select him for the WC if this is the type of behaviour he shows. I find it extremely childish. He is letting his country down.
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Yes, the first part of the year was filled with a series of races where there was an odds on favorite and then daylight to the next best rider. And the results were as expected.True aswell, as of the Tour line up, but in the other races? The Giro was a forgone conclusion and in Liege there was no one to challenge him, neither was there in Catalunya. You can make the point that no one is remotely close to him this year, so it doesn't matter. But than the point would stand, that he can't expect noone to be near him forever.
Just to be clear: I think doing the treble without really preparing is is probably a stupid idea.
I think Pog went pretty all out at the tour. I will admit he still looked pretty fresh however. Any previous version of Pog may not have won this tour, Jonas was surprisingly good.He's saying he's destroyed them without having to go all out in his opinion, so he assumes that he'll never get the chance to do the attempt as fresh as this year again.
Olympics is not the end of/be all for him and he has a medal.I think he should have competed in Paris. Form of his life, possibly the highest level a rider has ever reached in modern cycling history just before an Olympics and with no guarantees for LA 2028 aged 29. I think he risks a career without an Olympic win which seems incomplete for him.
Riding the Giro-Tour double is no excuse to be tired like genuinely who pissed in your bed? OL is second tier compared to WC let someone else have it even though he is the best expecting him to ride everything is not fair.I wouldn’t select him for the WC if this is the type of behaviour he shows. I find it extremely childish. He is letting his country down.
Still Lombardia left too. WC and Lombardia was always the original plan to begin with when they drafted the plan last winter regarding the double. I actually don't think he is done.Just realised Merckx didn't win a monument in the year he did the triple crown (only year he missed in 11 years. So if he wins the WC even without GdL there's a good argument it's the greatest season ever.
I don't agree with the reason for cancellation. We can all pretend that this is because he's "tired", but it's because of his girlfriend. It's childish, and diva behaviour. When the WC comes up, then he does want to represent his country, because it suits him more.Riding the Giro-Tour double is no excuse to be tired like genuinely who pissed in your bed? OL is second tier compared to WC let someone else have it even though he is the best expecting him to ride everything is not fair.
. OL was never in his plan when they planned his program to begin with.
If "doing it for country" is a thing in sport, he's put Slovenia on the map just as few other of their top athletes have done. I come from a country with little sport achievement and generally strong nationalistic tendencies, our best athletes make people happy when they do well anywhere, including when not bearing the country flag, and we know there is more than slaving yourself for country's honour in a trife matter called sport when your heart doesn't feel like it.I wouldn’t select him for the WC if this is the type of behaviour he shows. I find it extremely childish. He is letting his country down.
You can assume that I don't.I don't agree with the reason for cancellation. We can all pretend that this is because he's "tired", but it's because of his girlfriend. It's childish, and diva behaviour. When the WC comes up, then he does want to represent his country, because it suits him more.
It's been the plan all along, which is why he said at first he wanted to ride the Olympic Games. If it was the plan all along, he would've said beforehand he would skip it.You can assume that I don't.
And the double and then citing tired its not hard to believe but when the plan originally was never to ride it that's the outliner for me.
You can have a different opinion of course . I think its been the plan all along and besides that definitely the best move. Rest is important now - he gonne need it like Evenpoel and others that WC route is awesome for both, that will be a awesome WC.
Check the statement in februar they state the plan. OL was never in the original plan.It's been the plan all along, which is why he said at first he wanted to ride the Olympic Games. If it was the plan all along, he would've said beforehand he would skip it.
I dont know if u are trolling or noI don't agree with the reason for cancellation. We can all pretend that this is because he's "tired", but it's because of his girlfriend. It's childish, and diva behaviour. When the WC comes up, then he does want to represent his country, because it suits him more.
Pog did more for the promotion of our country than anyone except maybe Doncic. He's the reason for all the Slovenian flags you saw on your television on Sunday. Noone here thinks he's letting anyone down.I wouldn’t select him for the WC if this is the type of behaviour he shows. I find it extremely childish. He is letting his country down.
The people have spoken.Pog did more for the promotion of our country than anyone except maybe Doncic. He's the reason for all the Slovenian flags you saw on your television on Sunday. Noone here thinks he's letting anyone down.
If anything, it's Slovenia who is letting him down by not selecting his partner to join him in the olympic team though she deserved it by merit. Did you check the results of other two girls that were selected? It's a travesty!
I don't agree with the reason for cancellation. We can all pretend that this is because he's "tired", but it's because of his girlfriend. It's childish, and diva behaviour. When the WC comes up, then he does want to represent his country, because it suits him more.
I thought Roglic was more popular in Slovenia compared to Pogacar? Or that's what I read on this forum. I'm not from Slovenia, so I can't really say much about it.Pog did more for the promotion of our country than anyone except maybe Doncic. He's the reason for all the Slovenian flags you saw on your television on Sunday. Noone here thinks he's letting anyone down.
If anything, it's Slovenia who is letting him down by not selecting his partner to join him in the olympic team though she deserved it by merit. Did you check the results of other two girls that were selected? It's a travesty!
When they announced their schedule on the 18th of December 2023, they said he would ride the Olympic Games.Check the statement in februar they state the plan. OL was never in the original plan.
Even if it was I would argue its the best move for him after the double but it never was.
Maybe he is though it's not really that clear anymore. But that doesn't relate to anything I wrote in my post. The flags on Sunday were not there for Roglic and the way Pogacar promotes Slovenia abroad has nothing to do with the perception of the two at home.I thought Roglic was more popular in Slovenia compared to Pogacar? Or that's what I read on this forum. I'm not from Slovenia, so I can't really say much about it.
Ive come to learn that a few people really are emotionally invested in this stuff so making narratives which please them idk its either way weird for me nglMaking up narratives never getting old, I guess.
Did he even eat chips too?Probably partying too hard.