Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Krzysztof_O]

I'm just pulling your leg.

I honestly don't agree with any of the final predictions regarding this TdF being thrown around at this point, at all. I find everyone overrated & equally underrated at the same time. Pogacar isn't God on a bike, Jonas V isn't the new best thing & Ineos won't magically develop super tactics. There's also a huge heatwave coming to France over the next two weeks (check the forecasts, it looks brutal).

I believe that Vinge is upgraded compared to last year and unfortunately for Pog it will be hot already during Alpine stages (and even worse afterwards). The race is far from over and I rate Vinge's chances pretty high i.e. at least 30 percent.

 

[hayneplane]

Regarding stage 8 today, not sure if pog is "playing with their balls" or wanting to pad his lead and might pay for these shorter efforts later. I would suspect more the former, but I guess time will tell.

Green Jersey points - looking to overtake Jakobsen in case any misfortune hits Van Aert and he can grab another classification

 

[Extinction]

He wasn't even trying, because if he did he would have won. The point is that he needs to make alliances and keep the organization off his back.

 

[RedheadDane]

Green Jersey points - looking to overtake Jakobsen in case any misfortune hits Van Aert and he can grab another classification

Yeah, only winning three would be boring.

 

[Tinnekeisabella]

I think it is quite obvious he saw Matthews and wanted to give him the win but the he saw Wout and that was not the plan.

 

[Tinnekeisabella]

Did he get boo'd?

Yup seems like it

 

[Tinnekeisabella]

Yes, this one.

I think the "you left me too early" followed by Majka's "yes, sorry, sorry, sorry" indicates a quite clear power dynamic. But yeah, not that bad obviously.

Of course there is leader dynamic, but I do not think the “cycling is just fun” is an act. He just loves riding his bike and most of all winning.

I think he felt a bit stress on the Planche stage because it was la plance and with his girlfriend waiting and the foundation being launched…

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Did he get boo'd?

 

[Rollthedice]

Yup seems like it

Wait, when, why?

 

[Tinnekeisabella]

Wait, when, why?

After the end of the Planche stage but I have it seen before. Last Tour it happened a few times too. I sincerely wish people would remain civil but I guess that is too much to ask

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

There were a couple of Team Telekom hooligans who were cheering for Kämna. After that steal I also would've boooed the *** out of him.

 

[gunara]

Getting booed can also mean you're really good, too good for some likings.

 

[Salvarani]

There were a couple of Team Telekom hooligans who were cheering for Kämna. After that steal I also would've boooed the *** out of him.

There are cycling hooligans?! lmfao

 

[CyclistAbi]

It wasn't greed. That was the day he planned to take the yellow. He brought his whole family. He had to win or his family would boo him.

 

[Lequack]

He met up with his girlfriend today, she's riding the women's TDF in 2 weeks:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1546145923440562183

View: https://twitter.com/cyclingtips/status/1546145923440562183?s=20&t=3kL4BrdP9al6SuFJ-D1BtA

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So that short acceleration was supposed to be Pogi's watt bomb in the Alps? Lame.

 

[acm]

Is she really riding TdF ? I read her interview a few days ago and she said she won't be there.

 

[Lequack]

Is she really riding TdF ? I read her interview a few days ago and she said she won't be there.

Well she's on the startlist on PCS, I guess we will have to see. She didn't ride the women's Giro this week.

 

[acm]

Well she's on the startlist on PCS, I guess we will have to see. She didn't ride the women's Giro this week.

She said she's free now for more than a month and she'll come to some TdF stages to cheer for Tadej.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Well she's on the startlist on PCS, I guess we will have to see. She didn't ride the women's Giro this week.

Never trust the startlsts on PCS, at least not for women's races. And never trust any startlists two weeks in advance. Especially not in these Covid times.

 

[yaco]

Is she really riding TdF ? I read her interview a few days ago and she said she won't be there.

My understanding is that she will ride the TDF which was always the plan - This is is even more certain with Santesteban and Spratt both suffering COVID positives in the last 2 weeks.

 

[rokovski]

He is prepared to race in heat, was twice on Alpe d'Huezu at 37 degrees celsius.

"Za menoj je veliko vročih dni, na Alpe d'Huezu sem bil dvakrat pri 37 stopinjah"

Ni "Kanibal", a zmag se ne brani, tudi rumene majice ne, ki si jo želi osvojiti tretjič zapored. Na vročino je navajen, ali je Jonas Vingegaard res boljši na dolgih vzponih, pa bosta povedala ciljna klanca, pravi na prosti dan Tadej Pogačar.

www.rtvslo.si

 

[Axel Hangleck]

I think the 'he can't handle heat' is a bit much. Far too small a sample size.....until it actually happens consistently, then it's a myth. I also think it's a hope he has a weakness more than anything.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pogacar has a bigger problem than heat right now. He is on thin ice regarding COVID. Bennett is out, Majka is positive. Vinge may turn out to be luckiest man alive if another Slovenian is in trouble.

 

[Gargamel35]

Pogacar has a bigger problem than heat right now. He is on thin ice regarding COVID. Bennett is out, Majka is positive. Vinge may turn out to be luckiest man alive if another Slovenian is in trouble.

I wouldn't want to win a race because one guy got mauled by stray hay and the other by catching a cold.