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Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

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FW always had a better startlist than Emilia. It is a great WT race and one of the biggest feat in cycling is winning the Ardennes treble.
Emilia is a good race but Fleche is definitely the more prestigious one as it is part of that Ardennes treble.

Italian fall races has always been clustered together with Lombardia being the main attraction.

Fleché still has more stand-alone value despite being part of a "treble" and LBL being the main race.

AGR was at one point seen as close to being a monument, despite SB surpassing that these days and closer to holding that title now.
 
Emilia is a good race but Fleche is definitely the more prestigious one as it is part of that Ardennes treble.

Italian fall races has always been clustered together with Lombardia being the main attraction.

Fleché still has more stand-alone value despite being part of a "treble" and LBL being the main race.

AGR was at one point seen as close to being a monument, despite SB surpassing that these days and closer to holding that title now.
I don't know why we don't bring the worldcup again. I loved that jersey and seeing Bettini winning so many times just made this cup worth it. This cup really recognized the best classicomano of the season.
SB
E3 HARELBEKE
GW
RVV
PR
AGR
FW
LBL
SAN SEBASTIAN
GDL
These 10 races to crown the best classicomano of the season would be perfect.
 
Sivakov the only rider that has believable power numbers for a pro. The other pros and their power for that flat section seems way under what they actually produce (how does that work?).
Draft. Sivakov was going solo, the others were in a group. Totally believeable to me.

Rick: I agree about Emilia deserving WT status. Would make a lot of sense to me, but as of right now and without its WT status, I think the Canadian races edge it out
 
Amazing athlete. Perhaps the most gifted physically cyclist ever. What caught my eye as early as in 2019-2020 was that where almost everyone struggles, twists himself into knots, and pushes the pedals with the entire body, Pogacar just pedals smoothly, with almost no unnecessary upper body movements, even while dancing on the pedals. He has an incredibly strong shoulder girdle, core and back muscles as well as obviously exceptional cardiovascular system.
Ive been around, ive seen them all and some of the legends ive raced against even. Ive seen them all.

But ive never seen a better cyclist than this Pogacar. He is the best cyclist I have ever seen.
 
Anyone know how long he spent riding by himself off the front this year?
View: https://x.com/cycloben2/status/1845121151732752535


This. Just going purely by the time and distance he spent solo in the lead of the race. But in some of these, he was on the attack for a longer time. For example, in Giro S15, he was only solo off the front for only less than 2 km (after he caught and passed Nairo) but he was actually on the attack for 14+ km. Same with TDF S19.
 
Rasmussen said he talked with Frans Maassen and Frans told him, Pogacar would not be beaten in the next 5 years, the gap to Pogacar was simply too big for Vingegaard to catch him in the next years.
Though...
Am I the only one who finds weird for it to be voiced by someone with such position in a team like Visma?

I mean, it could easily be true but one would think that either Maassen would've kept it for himself or at the very least he would've told Rasmussen that it was 'off the book'.

'Cause as juicy as it is, if Rasmussen is now working in the media space I doubt he wants to burn bridges with such a important source, over a single scoop.

Michael Rasmussen talked to Frans Maassen, who allegedly said that if this level from Pogacar continues, then he sees no one else winning the tour de france the next 5 years. No one knows what the future brings of course, but still discouraging imo.
 
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