If it’s as hard as a Grand Tour Queen Stage then he could pull back 3 minutes on very good riders in the last hour of the race as he did on Isola 2000 reeling in Jorgensen.
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Nah. Rwanda after Kigali is a punchy classic. I'm pretty sure he will try to put someone in the front and kill everyone in Kigali.
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23/11 - Beppe Conti says Pogacar will do all 3 Grand Tours
30/11 - Pogacar won't do any grand tour and will focus on Scheldeprijs, according to Beppe Conti
03/12 - Pogacar will replace Sergio Perez and ride Abu Dhabi GP (RAI)
05/12 - Beppe Conti inside info: Pogacar will ride Abu Dhabi GP on his Colnago
Eheheh, yeah. Let's wait and see. I think Pogacar will race Tour-Vuelta specially after he has expressed his desire to race RVV.
Pogacar himself 3 weeks ago said that he doesn't like being away from his family and after next year he may be doing just 1 or even 0 GT's and yesterday said "2 GT's worked really good, so I'll probably do that for the next few years".
So i appears every statement is second to last.
So i appears every statement is second to last.
Not really. He said, next year he will do 2 GT-s (his last 3 interviews) and in the future (!) he will see, maybe even doing just one even zero GT-s.
Of course not. He will try to win 6 Tours and 12 GTs. There is zero chances he will not race any GT in the next 5-7 years (bar crashes).
I'm guessing UAE are paying him lots of money to win lots of races.
The pbm is that u are defining pogs dominance compared to mvdp & co based on the 2024 msr but i am defining pogs level based on the 2024 world championships which is alien level
For the upcoming 2025 pog there are no key(direct) rivals but the 2nd & 3rd tier riders are the keys for those cicaban races benefiting tactically from their 1st tier teammates sitting on the Goats wheel
I took a quick scan to TdF's route and I must say Pogacar can win 6 stages again if Vingegaard isn't able to challenge him again.
He is clearly the hot favourite to win stage 6 and stage 10 in the first week. He will do everything to win on MTF like Hautacam, Ventoux and Loze because he struggled there in the past. The MTT is also tailormade for him, where only Vingegaard can challenge him.
He is clearly the hot favourite to win stage 6 and stage 10 in the first week. He will do everything to win on MTF like Hautacam, Ventoux and Loze because he struggled there in the past. The MTT is also tailormade for him, where only Vingegaard can challenge him.
At the end of the year is a time to reflect
This season he really cemented himself as the GOAT
Love this GOAT era and that we are able to witness history
Pog is just incredible
What a rider
Chapeau!
This season he really cemented himself as the GOAT
Love this GOAT era and that we are able to witness history
Pog is just incredible
What a rider
Chapeau!
I think courses matter a lot. MSR lacks any hard parts to wear down MVDP and the other teams. And Cipressa being very easy means that the gaps should be small. As strong as Pogacar is, I don't think he is strong enough to hold a big group with a small gap between Cipressa and Poggio.
Besides, I think you got it wrong. It's usually 2nd tier rider who sit on wheels waiting and marking for their leader. If MVDP just sits behind Pog that means he is the second tier rider whom you deem important and Philipsen is the real number one.
MSR misses Manie. Don't even know why they removed it
I agree. It's a lot more fun to watch Pogacar try different ways and eventually win it than just see him drop everyone like in Lombardia.
It's probably good for mental health of his rivals and their fans to see the Jesus losing at least one race a year.
Manie is part of MSR's history. I also would like Kapelmuur to be back even if this current RVV is better and more difficult. You talk like Manie is decisive, when it's very far from the finish line. MSR is no boring until Poggio. With Manie back, we would have a proper race in the last 100 km.
Make MSR great again
Bring back Manie!
Bring back Manie!
So MSR only exists since 1990? MSR is not just Cipressa-Poggio combo and Manie is part of MSR. You talk like if they add Manie, Pogacar will just win with a 100 km solo...
ww(th)jd? (what would tuft hair jesus do?)
He would 100k solo that thang
He would 100k solo that thang
And Manie was there? If so, you have a clear example on how Manie don't change the race outcome. But we will definitely have a more thrilling race with Manie back.
I can use the same argument. We all know which people don't want Le Manie back and why. I already said I would like to have the Muur back even if Pogacar had more troubles to win the race. You don't like Le Manie because you don't like Pogacar but I'm pretty sure if he wasn't racing, you didn't bother at all.
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