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You just ruined him for me.A few numbers on Pogacar's season thus far:
28 racing days
6 wins
17 top10s
Worst placement in a race this year is 43rd (echeleons stage in the TdF)
Valverde's level of consistency.
A few numbers on Pogacar's season thus far:
28 racing days
6 wins
17 top10s
Worst placement in a race this year is 43rd (echeleons stage in the TdF)
Valverde's level of consistency.
Quintana accelerated in the final climb from a group including Lopez and Valverde and Pogacar just followed his wheel to drop him later on.Meanwhile. I'm trying to remember how he won in Andorra last year? Didn't he attack the gravel section or something?
The bad news is that Formolo hit the deck pretty hard, they suspect that he broke his left collarbone. Pogi could end up having 2017 Aru levels of team support in the 3rd week if things go on like this...He was involved in a crash today. It didn't look serious but a close meeting with the tarmac is never a good thing. Hopefully it won't affect his performance in the Alps. It'd be a shame.
If he's feeling alright, Pogi will need to pretend he is a rider for TJV with Roglic domming for him. Follow Rogla up the hills and go around at the finish.The bad news is that Formolo hit the deck pretty hard, they suspect that he broke his left collarbone. Pogi could end up having 2017 Aru levels of team support in the 3rd week if things go on like this...
Yeah, that too. It sucks. But to be completely honest he's been having poor support since the beginning of the race. Like the team didn't believe in him from the beginning. It's not like Formolo and Aru were of great help. Only Polanc is always with him and has given him help as much as he could and today Laengen did a great job, too.The bad news is that Formolo hit the deck pretty hard, he could end up having 2017 Aru levels of team support in the 3rd week if things go on like this...
What do you mean, poor support? He was the support!Yeah, that too. It sucks. But to be completely honest he's been having poor support since the beginning of the race.
Now Pogacar will be basically teamless in the mountains.
Which was his starting weakness as a GC contender. He'll need to freelance and hope he guesses correctly. Looking at his crash today it was a horrible road and almost anyone could have gone down. Fortunately for him he didn't look scuffed up. His strongest ally, Formulo....not so good. Aru hadn't been much a part of the game from the start.Now Pogacar will be basically teamless in the mountains.
Not sure it's that much of a problem. Turns out, few of the GC guys have a really strong team. Roglic's strongest mountain domestiques are Dumoulin and van Aert/Gesink. Kuss and Bennett have mostly been a no-show so far. Bernal has Carapaz and can hope that Sivakov pulls through, but other than that, who has a strong team or real mountain doms? For the time being he can ride Roglic's coat tails and take advantage should an opportunity arise. I 'm still not expecting him to be an actual contender for yellow, more like a podium spot. But if he's still got something in the tank, he'll have to try and snatch it as late as possible. But again, the same goes for Quintana, Landa, Bardet, Martin etc
He's beaten Roglic in the NC ITT so that should give him some confidence.
I understand, but that doesn't change the fact that as it stands, not even Jumbo has a super strong mountain team. Maybe Sivakov will recover for Ineos, maybe not. But how often have we seen a top 12 in GC after 2 mountainstages, consisting of 12 different teams?To be fair, Kuss was very much a key to Roglic's stage victory, and he suffered a crash shortly thereafter, which affected his form. Hopefully, he will recover and once again be a factor going forward.
And how awesome to have only the team leaders left to contest the final climb of the day this past weekend, without the contingent of super-domestiques! Can’t really remember the last time we had that conversation circumstance for consecutive stages during the tour?I understand, but that doesn't change the fact that as it stands, not even Jumbo has a super strong mountain team. Maybe Sivakov will recover for Ineos, maybe not. But how often have we seen a top 12 in GC after 2 mountainstages, consisting of 12 different teams?
And somehow i feel that Pogačar is on the radar of the biggest teams.