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Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

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What Pog does right now, is a proper snooze fest. It's so predictable and boring (like F1 in Schumacher Ferrari era). You know, he can jump anytime he wants and no one can follow. Another xx km solo for the win. If that's not boring, i don't know what it is.

Every dominance like that becomes boring quick. Fanboys are happy, because they only chase the latest winners and will climb on the next bandwagon, when Pog slows down. And Pog real fans are happy for sure. Every other cyclists fan will probably skip the next race Pog is in, because why bother watching one guy winning and other kids playing in the background?

Good thing is, nothing lasts forever and cycling can change quickly.
Yeah, breakaway riders need 5 minutes before the start of a climb to have a chance.
 
The problem is Pogi can't drop MVP or WVA. How is Pogacar going to drop them?
Hope they either have a bad day or end up looking at each other. They hesitate or get boxed in it might be over. You need some luck in MSR no matter who you are.

Last year MVDP didnt ride for himself. He might ride for Philipsen again if he is there.

There are just a lot of different factors or scenarios that could be played out.
 
MSR is a weird beast for Pogi. Some hills but not enough for him to take a 1 min gap and maintain it.

And the finish is too close to the descent of the last hill, so even if he can get a little gap, some other riders are not afraid to make some sacrifice and leave some energy catching him up.
 
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He said he will try to do Giro-Tour-Vuelta one day! Ahahah, can't wait for that.

He might need a bit more than one day...

So... why is the UCI even bothering with announcing the nominees for Velo d'Or? Pretty obvious, isn't it?
He was already the first rider in recent times to win the Giro-Tour double, and then he added the Worlds on top of that + two Monuments and a gazillion other wins.
 
He might need a bit more than one day...

So... why is the UCI even bothering with announcing the nominees for Velo d'Or? Pretty obvious, isn't it?
He was already the first rider in recent times to win the Giro-Tour double, and then he added the Worlds on top of that + two Monuments and a gazillion other wins.
same reason they still hold the races he attends --- second is an honor
 
Roglic said he will try to avoid Pogacar next year and for that reason he is inclined to race the Giro. This is not a good new, 3rd best gt rider is running away from Pogi. I just hope Vingegaard goes to the Tour only and we will probably have the best fight in recent years with Remco, Roglic, Almeida, Ayuso, Rodriguez. They will all avoid Pogi.
Roglič said it as a joke. Even if it would be a sensible thing to do and also a realistic one.
 
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Roglic said he will try to avoid Pogacar next year and for that reason he is inclined to race the Giro. This is not a good new, 3rd best gt rider is running away from Pogi. I just hope Vingegaard goes to the Tour only and we will probably have the best fight in recent years with Remco, Roglic, Almeida, Ayuso, Rodriguez. They will all avoid Pogi.
Pog being invincible could be a blessing for the giro. Been consistently *** for half a decade now. Would love an class A giro slogfest between the non-jonapogs there. Give us a real giro route though. Keep the tour as the great showdown, and the vuelta will always be the late season form-bingo (except if an off-form pog shows up to scrape through with a shaky 7-minute margin). Not too shabby!
 
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Pog being invincible could be a blessing for the giro. Been consistently *** for half a decade now. Would love an class A giro slogfest between the non-jonapogs there. Give us a real giro route though. Keep the tour as the great showdown, and the vuelta will always be the late season form-bingo (except if an off-form pog shows up to scrape through with a shaky 7-minute margin). Not too shabby!
2020 Giro was very interesting in my opinion. Since then, it has been a total garbage.
 
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What Pog does right now, is a proper snooze fest. It's so predictable and boring (like F1 in Schumacher Ferrari era). You know, he can jump anytime he wants and no one can follow. Another xx km solo for the win. If that's not boring, i don't know what it is.
Whats more boring is when the rider who can win with a long range attack gets a free taxi ride and then attacks in the last few hundred metres.

I'll never understand why folks want a return to the Armstrong/Skytrain eras.
 
I saw this funny guy say this among many others on twitter. Of course pure speculation and fun at this point nothing else, from experience the team have most likely not put pen to paper on that already.

POG 2025
Strade Bianche
SanRemo
Flanders
18 days altitude Sierra Nevada
LBL
Giro
21 days in Isola 2000
Tour
Quebec-Montreal
Rwanda
Emilia-Lombardy
 
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