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He really likes that jacket. With Roglic and a fan
Oh god no... Roglic looks super in that, but where can I apply to become Tadej's personal shopper? He needs me!! (Or anyone else.)
Problem is Laureus awards heavily favor certain sports. For it heavily favors tennis players, and for the men, Formula 1 as well. They just seem to occasionally nominate the TdF winner for the main award, but preferably just for the breakthrough award.The funny thing about it is if both Pogačar and Garnbret would get Laureus. You really couldn't argue all that much as that being unfair. Especially Garnbret. Achieving everything there is to achieve in competitive climbing by the age of 22. And already to be considered to be the GOAT. It's just hard to top that.
A cyclist and a climber. If you merge their bodies you'd get the perfect human athlete. Climbers have famously chicken legs but amazing upper bodies while for cyclists it's the reverse.Congratulations on winning the Slovenian sportsman of the year awards.
Pogačar mother is a french teacher. At home she was always just a mom hence Pogačar is rather bad at speaking french. In his defense he is rather good at riding a bicycle in France.
P.S. Slovenian sportswoman of the year award went to Janja Garnbret.
Problem is Laureus awards heavily favor certain sports. For it heavily favors tennis players, and for the men, Formula 1 as well. They just seem to occasionally nominate the TdF winner for the main award, but preferably just for the breakthrough award.
Basically I think Max Verstappen will get it. I think Djokovic would've been a shoe-in if he had won the USO but now I don't think so. I think Pogacar literally deserves it more than either but he won't get it cause Laureus isn't an award where people know races exist outside of the Tour.
Women's award I guess rock climbing isn't big enough of a sport. Seems to be an athletics/tennis fest with Simone Biles thrown in there
A cyclist and a climber. If you merge their bodies you'd get the perfect human athlete. Climbers have famously chicken legs but amazing upper bodies while for cyclists it's the reverse.
Despite Pogacars crazy palmares at his age, Garnbret even edges him, she's really an enigma. Has dominated the scene for half a decade but still only 22 years old.
As for the Laureus award, sports climbing is just too small I guess. And I wouldn't put Pogacars chances too high as well, their award history is really weird and the criteria appear quite random. I mean, Federer has won it 5 times, I like him but that's just obscene.
Tadej Pogačar widens net to target monuments, grand tours and worlds in 2022
Not content with 'just' the Tour de France, Slovenian star outlines 2022 ambitions that also include the Vuelta a España, four monuments, and the worlds.www.velonews.com
Four monuments + two Grand Tours? Very ambitious. Isn't it too much?
UAE Tour, Strade Bianche, Tirreno-Adriatico, Milano-Sanremo, Ronde van Vlaanderen, La Flèche Wallonne, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Tour of Slovenia, Tour de France, La Vuelta a España, World Championships Road Race and Il Lombardia.
Crazy program.
Tadej Pogačar widens net to target monuments, grand tours and worlds in 2022
Not content with 'just' the Tour de France, Slovenian star outlines 2022 ambitions that also include the Vuelta a España, four monuments, and the worlds.www.velonews.com
Four monuments + two Grand Tours? Very ambitious. Isn't it too much?
It's not like a monument is that much more difficult to ride than other one-day races.
UAE Tour, Strade Bianche, Tirreno-Adriatico, Milano-Sanremo, Ronde van Vlaanderen, La Flèche Wallonne, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Tour of Slovenia, Tour de France, La Vuelta a España, World Championships Road Race and Il Lombardia.
Crazy program
Pro Cycling Stats say Itzulia Basque instead of Tirreno-Adriatico. But make no sense you can't ride Ronde van Vlaanderen and Itzulia Basque. Than rather Amstel Gold Race between Ronde van Vlaanderen and La Flèche Wallonne.
Is it really confirmed that he will ride Tirreno or just something like Milan-Torino between Strade and Milan San Remo? If he actually skips it he will have only around 20 racing days before the Tour even if we add a race like E3/Dwars before De Ronde and Amstel/Brabantse Pijl before the Ardennes plus Tour of Slovenia which would actually be less than average and even with the Tour, Vuelta, WC and Il Lombardia it would be aroubd 65 racing days so not that much.
Just make it fit a tiny bit better and it would be perfect! I think he looks really cool and on trend and I am even not even remotely a Pog fan.Oh god no... Roglic looks super in that, but where can I apply to become Tadej's personal shopper? He needs me!! (Or anyone else.)
I really don’t see it as super arduous. Yes they are basically all high level high prestige races but before the Tour there are only 2 week long stage races and 1 four day race in the list with the rest being one dayersYes. It's doable until the Tour but he'll be running on fumes at the Vuelta and afterwards.
I think the issue would be having to be in good form for those monuments, which is where De Ronde I think fits in a bit poorly.It's not like a monument is that much more difficult to ride than other one-day races.
I think the issue would be having to be in good form for those monuments, which is where De Ronde I think fits in a bit poorly.
It's a minor issue though. If he goes to the Vuelta and is too fatigued there it would only affect his Lombardia performance.
And of course he won.Pogacar going cyclo-cross this winter. He'll ride a cross in Ljubljana tomorrow.
He wouldn't be able to finish the race in Dendermonde today tho.And of course he won.