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PR is not only about watts or watts per kilo. Lighter riders lose speed vs heavier riders due to more vertical movement from the cobblestones. That is why Pogi has talked about gaining some weight before taking on PR. It will be after he is satisfied with his TDF wins.

I am totally bored with the question of whether he should have done the Vuelta. Hopefully we can move on from that.
 
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For sure Pogi understands the impossible nature of the GT treble and will for sure try it with proper preparation. I would expect it if he either wins the next two Worlds OR 2026 WC course doesn't suit him.
He won't announce. It will just be the Giro-Tour double attempt. But look out!
 
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scribers said:
For sure Pogi understands the impossible nature of the GT treble and will for sure try it with proper preparation. I would expect it if he either wins the next two Worlds OR 2026 WC course doesn't suit him.
He won't announce. It will just be the Giro-Tour double attempt. But look out!
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Tour-Vuelta double. He hasn't won the Vuelta.
 
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And Pogi's pathway to the unassailable 19 monuments would be through Lombardia and LBL. I don't see a season where he isn't trying to win these.
 
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snipeheem said:
He can do it if he keep improve or sustain the level from this season for a while
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While is like 4 more years of pure dominance. It is almost impossible. Don't forget this season is once in a lifetime season and for that reason he is on his way to have the best season of all times.
 
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It’s the length required that makes it difficult to envisage. 11GTs much more probable than the 19 monuments. But this would still require a top pog for another4-6 years. Possible but not guaranteed and you’d imagine a couple of fallow seasons (or less stellar seasons by his standards) for misc reasons common in cycling are inevitable.
 
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Jan the Man said:
It’s the length required that makes it difficult to envisage. 11GTs much more probable than the 19 monuments. But this would still require a top pog for another4-6 years. Possible but not guaranteed and you’d imagine a couple of fallow seasons (or less stellar seasons by his standards) for misc reasons common in cycling are inevitable.
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Picking up the Worlds this year and ticking that off the bucket list might well be a big help to the big game hunting as he may then switch focus to Tour-Vuelta double attempts with a monument heavy early season and seek to peak enough again for Lombardia at the end of the season.

The biggest what if of the current era is what will happen when peak versions of Remco and Pogi meet at LBL and the answer to that could go a long way to determining how close Pogacar gets to 15+ monuments.
 
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hayneplane said:
Picking up the Worlds this year and ticking that off the bucket list might well be a big help to the big game hunting as he may then switch focus to Tour-Vuelta double attempts with a monument heavy early season and seek to peak enough again for Lombardia at the end of the season.

The biggest what if of the current era is what will happen when peak versions of Remco and Pogi meet at LBL and the answer to that could go a long way to determining how close Pogacar gets to 15+ monuments.
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Remco is nowhere near Pogacar in classics like LBL or Lombardia.
 
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Berniece said:
LBL? When did Pogacar show that he is much better than Evenepoel at LBL?
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It is my feeling. They never raced against each other so we don't know how close they are but I really have a hard time seeing Remco on Roche aux Faucons trying to follow Pogacar. This WC will give us a proper fight even if Remco has a much better team than Pogacar.
 
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Peyroteo94 said:
It is my feeling. They never raced against each other so we don't know how close they are but I really have a hard time seeing Remco on Roche aux Faucons trying to follow Pogacar. This WC will give us a proper fight even if Remco has a much better team than Pogacar.
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Timing wise, Pogacar did better this year than Remco last year, I think around 10s? But in case of Remco it was a much harder race, with a lot of rain, and cold.

I'm not sure about WC, and the form of Evenepoel. It's a huge goal of course, but he has been ill.
 
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Berniece said:
Timing wise, Pogacar did better this year than Remco last year, I think around 10s? But in case of Remco it was a much harder race, with a lot of rain, and cold.

I'm not sure about WC, and the form of Evenepoel. It's a huge goal of course, but he has been ill.
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He has plenty of time to get in top shape. 4 weeks until the road race. He was awful in Dauphiné and 3 weeks later he was in the shape of his life.
 
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