Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[James M]

Roglic is such a good guy, genuinly. Everytime ive talked to him he genuinly seems like such a wholesome guy.

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Oh boy I have to say that jersey looks good on him.

 

[Peyroteo94]

7 W kg /FTP. . Zone 2 for houuuuurs on 350-360 watts. What can they do?

He can just ride away in a pace noone else can sustain for more than 5min without blowing up weve seen it in all races entire year but it seems he is just getting better aswell. Looking good for next year I must say.

In fact he said 320-340 watts for 5 hours. Something 90% of the peloton will struggle to hold for 3 hours

 

[scribers]

The man is inexhaustible. He might as well go race Paris-Tours tomorrow and Tre Val after.

 

[Peyroteo94]

First non WT win this season. Fraud!!

 

[Tanakka]

Race organizers should pay Pogacar big money to avoid races.

Well... I was actually just thinking that Pogi should skip 'Tre Valli Varesine'

'cause:
-he won the WC (on the 29th of Sept.) which was the most important race, and the 'Giro dell'Emilia' that was missing in his palmares - twice second - today (5th Oct).
-both by attacking early, btw

Given the above and the fact that he already won 'Tre Valli', and it's not a race like Lombardia or Flanders were someone like Tadej would care that much about winning it multiple times, why not skip it, on the 8th of October, and simply be ready for the Lombardia on the 12th?

I wouldn't hurt, when it comes to P.R. too, to leave something to the others.
Just skip the 'tre valli'. Why not?

 

[BubbaChuck]

peleton is cooked,lets be honest about it.remco brigade went silent real fast,thye had week after olympics,lol.but the funniest thing about this season is,jonas vingegaard begging pogacar for win.streets wont forget that,lol.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Race organizers should pay Pogacar big money to avoid races.

Too good! He'll be a millionaire by just eating brownies at home.

 

[Peyroteo94]

peleton is cooked,lets be honest about it.remco brigade went silent real fast,thye had week after olympics,lol.but the funniest thing about this season is,jonas vingegaard begging pogacar for win.streets wont forget that,lol.

It was raining so Peloton was in pieces after Pogacar's attack

 

[No Excuses]

They should hand him a "goat jersey"

 

[James M]

Baby Pog is starting to grow up (26 young in cycling age) and oh boy is this starting to become something else

 

[Peyroteo94]

Baby Pog is starting to grow up (26 young in cycling age) and oh boy is this starting to become something else

Great GOAT

 

[Lequack]

Bad weather but good legs today

 

[ppanther92]

Looks really good in that jersey

 

[Cookster15]

Bad weather but good legs today

I liked the previous Colnago paint job he rode on at the worlds. Was hoping they might come out with a new colour scheme that honors the Triple Crown? UAE could retain the paint scheme he had for the worlds, then add some more rainbow stripes?

 

[jmdirt]

This kid just doesn't like riding with other people!
Congrats TP!

 

[Cookster15]

As far as this dominance and becoming boring is concerned, did people complain that Merckx was boring in 1974?

I find it hard to explain but I am enjoying seeing this unfolding? Maybe I will change my mind by this time next season if this continues? But no doubt all the riders in the peloton are now psychologically racing for 2nd. The only possible exception is Vingegaard in the Tour.

To me Sky were very boring because of their train and the way they would strangle races. But if not for arrogant Dave Brainsford I might have liked Sky, at least when Froome was leading (2012 was the most boring Tour I've ever followed). I don't find Pogacar's dominance boring just yet, just quite remarkable.

 

[scribers]

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Well... I was actually just thinking that Pogi should skip 'Tre Valli Varesine'

'cause:
-he won the WC (on the 29th of Sept.) which was the most important race, and the 'Giro dell'Emilia' that was missing in his palmares - twice second - today (5th Oct).
-both by attacking early, btw

Given the above and the fact that he already won 'Tre Valli', and it's not a race like Lombardia or Flanders were someone like Tadej would care that much about winning it multiple times, why not skip it, on the 8th of October, and simply be ready for the Lombardia on the 12th?

I wouldn't hurt, when it comes to P.R. too, to leave something to the others.
Just skip the 'tre valli'. Why not?

yeah no. We’re not going to skip races to not win so much. Get it while you can because a career can change in a blink of an eye

 

[Salvarani]

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yeah no. We’re not going to skip races to not win so much. Get it while you can because a career can change in a blink of an eye

He is a great competitor and wants to win. Every race means a lot.

Always working hard.

A real role model.

GOAT of the sport.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Bad weather but good legs today

So good!

 

[Pantani_lives]

As far as this dominance and becoming boring is concerned, did people complain that Merckx was boring in 1974?

Yes. One spectator gave him a punch in the stomach in 1975.

 

[James M]

Glorious way to get his first win in the rainbow jersey and the 24th this year.

Another performance for the ages.

One more race to make it the best season in the history of the sport. Nvm just the results its the way he did em which makes it even more otherwordly.

They should hand him a "goat jersey"

They should just make a jersey of Giro, Tour, WC in same season tribute to him. It wont happen again in our lifetime unless he does it..

 

[Izzyeviel]

As far as this dominance and becoming boring is concerned, did people complain that Merckx was boring in 1974?

people on this forum spent the first quarter of this year complaining that cycling was ruined because Jumbo was winning all the time.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

They should just make a jersey of Giro, Tour, WC in same season tribute to him. It wont happen again in our lifetime unless he does it..

That seems a rash claim. It has happened three times in my lifetime: are you expecting to die young? Do you claim some insight into what riders might, or won't, emerge in 30 or 40 years time?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

people on this forum spent the first quarter of this year complaining that cycling was ruined because Jumbo was winning all the time.

Can you cite that (assuming you mean Visma, as there has been no Jumbo this year)? Because pre-Giro, Visma had 18 wins, UAE had 30 (even Decathlon has 14).

 

[James M]

That seems a rash claim. It has happened three times in my lifetime: are you expecting to die young? Do you claim some insight into what riders might, or won't, emerge in 30 or 40 years time?

You cant compare cycling from then its not the same at all and I dont expect cycling to become less competetive like those days. Usually thats not how evolution work at least, cycling is growing while were also in a golden era, more money, more desirable to become a cyclist, more talents etcetc.. But maybe a rash claim sure its a long time lets go with in a very long time then (but untill this year and Pogacar it was deemed impossible to just do the Giro/Tour double, true legends who have tried and failed just the Giro/Tour double in modern time say its impossible and up untill this year it was deemed almost impossible in what people call/categorize modern cycling)lets see.

Its certaintly been a while and cycling has changed since then and not for the easier(more specialized than ever. Imagine doing GT's vs specialist then going up vs a freak like Mvdp in the classics its a different sport almost), nevertheless its not something you expect to see very often. Should still make a Giro, Tour WC jersey to him for winning it all in same season, make one to Roche and Merckx too, the three musketeers.