Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Peyroteo94]

In modern day cycling in this era...its hard to descripe what we witnessed yesterday just like the numbers and fashion he did it in the Giro-Tour.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1840408584707858936

View: https://x.com/StatsOnCycling/status/1840408584707858936

@Berniece you have a ranking here! I'm just kidding, but you said your opinion is based on rankings so I mentioned you. I just want to say I don't care about rankings, results and performances in big races are what matters

 

[Peyroteo94]

Teddy always solves problems by simply pushing more watts. Who are we to question his tactical masterclass?

This was probably his most impressive win. A truly legendary ride and the most impressive performance I ever witnessed in WC. Only Rui Costa beats him!

 

[James M]

@Berniece you have a ranking here! I'm just kidding, but you said your opinion is based on rankings so I mentioned you. I just want to say I don't care about rankings, results and performances in big races are what matters

Agree thats what matters and also how its done matters to a degree. + The season aint even over I do believe, wild.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Your so on point then you just crash land at the end bro Its unprecedented what he did its as simple as that.

Its no comparison really what accured and how it did shouldnt be possible.

Sarcasm mate... I'm portuguese

 

[James M]

Sarcasm mate... I'm portuguese

Ah get it, I didnt know that.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Ah get it, I didnt know that.

Now you know, nothing beats a portuguese rider beating two cocky "nuestros hermanos"

 

[BigCoward]

I've seen pictures of him woth EM and Roche, but not both. Is there one?

 

[Lequack]

I've seen pictures of him woth EM and Roche, but not both. Is there one?

Not sure, but here is a nice Roche interview from yesterday

Roche: ‘Zit nu in sandwich tussen Merckx en Pogacar, niet slecht’

Stephen Roche won de Giro, Tour en WK in 1987, nu verwelkomt hij Tadej Pogacar tot de zeer exclusieve 'Triple crown of cycling club'.

nos.nl

 

[Lequack]

Now he can't take the jersey off no matter where he goes

 

[Oldermanish]

Not like this it was unique and will go down for decades. In order to win like this yeah it goes without saying.

What a champion even I was taken by surprise like everyone else of how he did it, unheard of in cycling today.

Definitely unheard of in the over-managed sport that we've seen, particularly in GTs. I don't hate to keep saying the same f*ckn' thang: ditch the radios, the wattage obsessed/controlled efforts and you will see more of the heroic escapades.
Merckx has spoken: "greatest of all time". That's gonna go down really hard with many other fan-hyped Heroes. Hopefully Tadej doesn't get to much of the inevitable hatred that comes with doing a great thing in, as he put it: a "stupid" way.
Here's to more, adventurous stupidity! I hope it is all real.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Merckx had five major wins in 1971 and 1972.

• 1971: Tour, WC, three monuments.
• 1972: Tour, Giro, three monuments.

Pogacar now has four major wins in 2024. If he wants to have the best season of all time he needs to win Lombardia as well.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Definitely unheard of in the over-managed sport that we've seen, particularly in GTs. I don't hate to keep saying the same f*ckn' thang: ditch the radios, the wattage obsessed/controlled efforts and you will see more of the heroic escapades.
Merckx has spoken: "greatest of all time". That's gonna go down really hard with many other fan-hyped Heroes. Hopefully Tadej doesn't get to much of the inevitable hatred that comes with doing a great thing in, as he put it: a "stupid" way.
Here's to more, adventurous stupidity! I hope it is all real.

No radios help Pogacar instead of riders more robotics like Vingegaard. I found very curious when Pogacar told Politt how Vingegaard seems nervous when he doesn't have teammates with him.

 

[Gargamel35]

No radios help Pogacar instead of riders more robotics like Vingegaard. I found very curious when Pogacar told Politt how Vingegaard seems nervous when he doesn't have teammates with him.

He's used for someone holding his hand. At home and right after the finish line, it's his wife. During the race, there are teammates.

 

[James M]

He's used for someone holding his hand. At home and right after the finish line, it's his wife. During the race, there are teammates.

Why did that make me laugh so much the visual picture i got from that haha. The picture of him is painted some sorta that way though granted I obv get it was a joke.

 

[Peyroteo94]

He's used for someone holding his hand. At home and right after the finish line, it's his wife. During the race, there are teammates.

He is very offensive when he needs to deliver but sometimes he plays "following the plan" card when he could just animate the race.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Now he can't take the jersey off no matter where he goes

Has to wear it as often as possible before it’s replaced by a leaders jersey.

 

[James M]

What we saw yesterday while weve seen it all year during Liege, Giro and the Tour one woulda thought he actually couldnt shock more,,kinda disbelief what we saw still. Hard to grasp

Like he says the physical superiority is insane.

"We've seen riders do ridiculous things in recent years, but the physical difference, the superiority with which he rides..." - Thijs Zonneveld on Tadej Pogacar

As if it was ever really in doubt, Tadej Pogacar emphatically proclaimed himself the best rider on the planet last Sunday in Zurich, taking a first-ever Rainbow Jersey in scintillating style, winning...

cyclinguptodate.com

 

[Peyroteo94]

Has to wear it as often as possible before it’s replaced by a leaders jersey.

It will be orgasmic seeing him winning monuments with rainbow jersey. I have some kind of fetish with that. Maybe because I loved Bettini, Tommeke, Sagan (and love MVP). It is something special, just need a rainbow jersey winning LBL and MSR, I don't remember seeing that.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

It will be orgasmic seeing him winning monuments with rainbow jersey. I have some kind of fetish with that. Maybe because I loved Bettini, Tommeke, Sagan (and love MVP). It is something special, just need a rainbow jersey winning LBL and MSR, I don't remember seeing that.

Literally happened last year

 

[Peyroteo94]

Literally happened last year

Completely forgot about Remco, lol

 

[Pantani_lives]

Literally happened last year

Right. Saronni remains the last winner of MS in the rainbow jersey.

 

[mlescanojr]

Merckx had five major wins in 1971 and 1972.

• 1971: Tour, WC, three monuments.
• 1972: Tour, Giro, three monuments.

Pogacar now has four major wins in 2024. If he wants to have the best season of all time he needs to win Lombardia as well.

Really?

One Giro = 1 monument?

I don't agree.

His season ALREADY is the best of all time.

But make no mistake, he will win Lombardia again, in a stomping fashion nonetheless.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Did you see the route for Rwanda 2025 Worlds?

268 km
5,475m of vertical

I loved it.

Pogacar must be licking his chops.

Do you have the TT's route?

 

[mlescanojr]

Do you have the TT's route?

Here:

 

[scribers]

That has pogi written all over it