Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Lequack]

Well there was no thread so I made one. This kid has a bright future ahead of him.

https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/tadej-pogacar

Sealed the overall win at Tour de l'Avenir today by almost 1 and a half minutes, a dominant performance. And came 4th in Tour of Slovenia this year, but only beaten by Roglič, Uran and Mogorič. And in the final timetrial he was actually only second to Roglič. Great performance there as well.

And of course he signed for UAE for 2 years starting next year. I hope it's the right team for him, they're no exactly renowned for building up young talent. He and Roglič could be making a killer team in Lotto Jumbo.

 

[Lequack]

Celebrating his overall win at the Tour de l'Avenir:

Signing for UAE:

 

[Lequack]

And found a nice article about him as well.

Get to know Tadej Pogacar:
https://u23cyclingzone.wordpress.com/2018/03/09/get-to-know-tadej-pogacar/

 

[Armchair cyclist]

TADezh POGachar with a hard G? Is that a reasonable approximation?

 

[Juan Pelota]

Looks like he might be the biggest young talent of them all.

 

[Lequack]

Re:

TADezh POGachar with a hard G? Is that a reasonable approximation?

It's taah-day, with a emphasis on day. And poe-gah-char, with an emphasis on gah, the second syllable.

 

[fauniera]

Yep. You can also listen to Tadej pronouncing his own name at the beginning of this video.

Great rider obviously. I have high hopes for him.

 

[Lequack]

Yep. You can also listen to Tadej pronouncing his own name at the beginning of this video.

Great rider obviously. I have high hopes for him.

Yeah I just hope UAE can develop his talents, I'd hate to see him dom for Fabio Aru's top 10 places or something like that.

 

[RedheadDane]

I'm just trying to wrap my brain around the fact that he's only 19.
Seriously, when his name first started appearing in the race reports and updates from l'Avenir my first reaction was; "Haven't we been hearing about this guy for years?"
I suppose there are two possible explanations:
1: We actually have. That's the advantage of international media; you get to hear about upcoming stars from multiple countries.
2: Other people may have, but I actually only heard about him during Tour of Croatia. It's just that my brain's ability to process passage of time is a bit, off...

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Re:

I'm just trying to wrap my brain around the fact that he's only 19.
Seriously, when his name first started appearing in the race reports and updates from l'Avenir my first reaction was; "Haven't we been hearing about this guy for years?"
I suppose there are two possible explanations:
1: We actually have. That's the advantage of international media; you get to hear about upcoming stars from multiple countries.
2: Other people may have, but I actually only heard about him during Tour of Croatia. It's just that my brain's ability to process passage of time is a bit, off...

Well, he does turn 20 in a few weeks (1998). He's more than a year older than Arensman for instance.

 

[RedheadDane]

Arensman I know for sure I'd never heard about before l'Avenir.
Besides, even if a rider is almost 20, it still doesn't make a lot of sense if your brain tries to claim that you've been hearing about him for years.









(Then again, just the other day my brain tried to make me believe that Mohoric is 27...)

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Well, it's basically a whole year longer you could have been hearing of him
I also thought you were referring to his age in reference to his win, not just your funky brain

 

[PeterB]

Yep. You can also listen to Tadej pronouncing his own name at the beginning of this video.

Great rider obviously. I have high hopes for him.

Yeah I just hope UAE can develop his talents, I'd hate to see him dom for Fabio Aru's top 10 places or something like that.

Mohoric finally reached his top level only after he left UAE. Who knows if it was inevitable delay after being signed at very young age, or it was due to bad coaching at Cannondale and Lampre/UAE...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Pogacar was on my radar since Tour of Slovenia 2017. He was already 5th that year I think

 

[Rollthedice]

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Pogacar was on my radar since Tour of Slovenia 2017. He was already 5th that year I think

Me too, that Tour was televised and won by Majka with Visconti second. Pogacar 5th. 18 years of age.

 

[Lequack]

Hope he gets a good result in today's U23 race!

 

[Lequack]

Well what a ride today, beating Poels and Mas to the line! I am excited for this man.
Also I hope the Eurosport commentators learn how to pronounce his name correctly, they keep slaughtering it.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Very impressive. Not many 20 neo pros ever done that

 

[Lequack]

Yep. You can also listen to Tadej pronouncing his own name at the beginning of this video.

Great rider obviously. I have high hopes for him.

Yeah I just hope UAE can develop his talents, I'd hate to see him dom for Fabio Aru's top 10 places or something like that.

I am glad they didn't order him to drop back to Aru today, and he rewarded the team with the win.

 

[Kwibus]

Pogchamp

 

[tobydawq]

I had forgotten how young he was. Incredible performance.

There really are some monstrous talents at the moment.

 

[Salvarani]

Re:

I had forgotten how young he was. Incredible performance.

There really are some monstrous talents at the moment.

They also dont seem to be needing that much time to adapt either. They just going for it.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Very nice win. Impressive really.

The changing of the guard is upon us. From Mas, to Bernal, over Pogacar, to Evenepoel... Already more riders to cheer for than the current crop

 

[The Chicken]

Pogchamp

:lol:

 

[Krokro]

Amazing display of strength today, I really enjoyed that moment. Plus it was against some talented riders. Chapeau. Jumping in the bandwagon with lot of hype!