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Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

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4 monuments, 1 or 2 Grand Tours and the Worlds and he'll be heavy favorite for each race except maybe San Remo.

If he continues on last year's pace (or even better) the most likely scenario is that he wins them all (if he can crack the code in San Remo) which is bonkers in itself.

Because of personal preference I do hope Remco can snatch a few of those wins from under his nose. Biggest chances might be LBL at the end of a heavy spring schedule for Tadej and Lombardia if Tadej rides Tour + Vuelta + Worlds. At some point he's got to feel some fatigue right? Right??
 
Some more of recent Pog

The leaders of this year’s UCI Rankings were awarded at the UCI Women’s WorldTour & UCI WorldTour Seminar, with @TamauPogi
and @x_shirin receiving their trophies in person 🤩

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And some more pics from his Slovenia trip

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DC4PobnMDS9/?utm_source=ig_embed&img_index=1
 
I was hoping he would go for PR in 2025 for selfish reasons but I understand why he won’t try it next year.

UAE Tour is meh, but maybe Pogacar is thinking a few extra race days in the legs might be beneficial for MSR.

UAE Tour is his sponsors requirement, maybe even written in the contract.
It's a pretty standard pre-2024 schedule except Vuelta, which is the biggest question here. He might actually skip it if the Tour turns out to be a monstrous battle and he prefers a better WC preparation.
 
4 monuments, 1 or 2 Grand Tours and the Worlds and he'll be heavy favorite for each race except maybe San Remo.

If he continues on last year's pace (or even better) the most likely scenario is that he wins them all (if he can crack the code in San Remo) which is bonkers in itself.

Because of personal preference I do hope Remco can snatch a few of those wins from under his nose. Biggest chances might be LBL at the end of a heavy spring schedule for Tadej and Lombardia if Tadej rides Tour + Vuelta + Worlds. At some point he's got to feel some fatigue right? Right??
MSR would be amazing and is doable IMO but agree Remco stands a chance to beat him at LBL.

On fatigue, yes you are right, but we all thought fatigue would catch up to Pogi after winning the Giro-Tour double in emphatic fashion. But then he went on to be jaw droppingly beyond belief dominant in winning the worlds and Lombardia. If he was feeling fatigued it didn't show on the road.
 
UAE Tour is his sponsors requirement, maybe even written in the contract.
Other than that the biggest question is Vuelta here. He might actually skip it if the Tour turns out to be a monstrous battle.
Definitely will be at the suggestion of the team but reading some of Pogacar’s post season interviews, he seems to be putting a lot of emphasis on MSR next season. He wants to tick it off asap.
 
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Definitely will be at the suggestion of the team but reading some of Pogacar’s post season interviews, he seems to be putting a lot of emphasis on MSR next season. He wants to tick it off asap.

I don't know how emphasis on MSR would look like. It's always easy to fit in his schedule and his form at the season start is ridiculous anyway. It's simply that MSR is super hard to win.

If anything can help they should send a hyper-strong team there.