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Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

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

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

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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.
 
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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
 
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..
 
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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.
 
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