Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Ilmaestro99]

Apparently Matxin has given a press conference today where he have lots of news about Pogacar and his team's schedule in 2024.

Pogacar will target Strade, Tirreno and MSR before the giro and won't do any Flemish or ardenne classic. He will do around 10 race days before the giro.

He confirmed Pogacar will target the giro + tour double.

He said the team that supports Pogacar on giro will be:

Pogacar
Vine
Majka
Grosschrartner
Rui Oliveiroa
Molano
Novak
Bjerg


He also said these riders will target le Tour:

Pogacar
A Yates
Ajuso
Almida

https://twitter.com/x/status/1736765072041459805

View: https://twitter.com/stefanorizzato/status/1736765072041459805?t=PutoF9t9bOew2LpbF3yGDQ&s=19

 

[CyclistAbi]

So the plan is:

• Strade Bianche
• Milano-Sanremo
• Catalunya
• Liège–Bastogne–Liège
• Giro
• Tour
• Olympics RR
• Québec
• Montréal
• Worlds RR
• Il Lombardia

Prvič Giro ali tretjič Tour? Pogačar: "Svetovno prvenstvo!"

Prvi kolesar sveta si je za leto 2024 zamislil podjeten dirkalni načrt. Tadej Pogačar si želi dirkati od belih cest prek Sanrema do rožnate dirke in velike rumene pentlje, čemur takoj sledijo olimpijske igre, za piko na i pa še boj za mavrično majico.

www.rtvslo.si

Edited: LBL was added, Tirreno Adriatico removed and Catalunya added.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Giro:

• Tadej Pogačar
• Jay Vine
• Rafal Majka
• Felix Grosschartner
• Rui Oliveira
• Sebastian Molano
• Mikkel Bjerg
• Domen Novak

Tour:

• Tadej Pogačar
• Juan Ayuso
• Adam Yates
• Joao Almeida
• ...

So for the Tour it looks like all in. UAE participating with all the best GC riders.

 

[Aimar16]

He said the team that supports Pogacar on giro will be:

Pogacar
Vine
Majka
Grosschrartner
Rui Oliveiroa
Molano
Novak
Bjerg

So he will not get any help in that race

 

[Mayomaniac]

Exclusive footage of Ayuso and Almeida, who now think that they are Tour leaders:

 

[Tim Cahill]

The right idea, I was thinking he was going to do Flanders classics or the Ardennes and end up in some kind of battle to the death again, if he keeps it light in the run up to the Giro he might be able to carry the form all the way through to August.

The Tour squad could be hilarious, I wonder if they will send Soler and Fischer-Black again and have them all 'go for their own ambitions'. Probably can't risk looking like an absolute circus in the biggest race but it would still be funny.

 

[Elos Anjos]

UAE to Jumbo the Tour with first five places.

 

[Pantani_lives]

I was hoping for this. He urgently needs to win a third GT, and the Giro looks relatively easy in 2024 in terms of course of competition. He will be the big favorite. In the longer term he'll want to win the three Grand Tours, so winning the Giro next year would be a big step.

After the Giro he'll feel whether he has enough left for a good Tour as well. I don't think the Olympics are a major factor, because he will be only one of many contenders there, and it might just be a group sprint. So most likely he'll try to win the Giro and decide afterwards what his next goals will be.

 

[Izzyeviel]

UAE to Jumbo the Tour with first five places.

Congrats to Adam Yates/Majka on his first grand tour win!

 

[scribers]

The right idea, I was thinking he was going to do Flanders classics or the Ardennes and end up in some kind of battle to the death again, if he keeps it light in the run up to the Giro he might be able to carry the form all the way through to August.

The Tour squad could be hilarious, I wonder if they will send Soler and Fischer-Black again and have them all 'go for their own ambitions'. Probably can't risk looking like an absolute circus in the biggest race but it would still be funny.

The tour will be absolute chaos anyhow. Might as well throw wrenches into the works themselves

 

[scribers]

I am surprised no LBL. But maybe this is more of an indication of the seriousness they intend for the tour

 

[Mayomaniac]

Ok, I now fixed my previous post.

 

[Salvarani]

So the plan is:

• Strade Bianche
• Tirreno Adriatico
• Milano-Sanremo
• Giro
• Tour
• Olympics RR
• Québec
• Montréal
• Worlds RR
• Il Lombardia

Together 56 race days.

No Flanders or Ardennes classics.

Prvič Giro ali tretjič Tour? Pogačar: "Svetovno prvenstvo!"

Prvi kolesar sveta si je za leto 2024 zamislil podjeten dirkalni načrt. Tadej Pogačar si želi dirkati od belih cest prek Sanrema do rožnate dirke in velike rumene pentlje, čemur takoj sledijo olimpijske igre, za piko na i pa še boj za mavrično majico.

www.rtvslo.si

Great plan.

 

[Salvarani]

Exclusive footage of Ayuso and Almeida, who now think that they are Tour leaders:

Ayuso and Almeida: We really want to do Tour!

Pog: Lol, okay. I will do the Giro, but I am going Tour as well. Lets see if they can keep up.

 

[Unchained]

I am surprised no LBL. But maybe this is more of an indication of the seriousness they intend for the tour

I think you are right and with what some are calling a collapse in media coverage, the already important TDF will be more important if that's possible. I know many people who watch no bike racing all year and tune in for the Tour..With total measurement, probably impossible, with YouTube, Facebook and other online media and TV coverage would not be surprised to see records broken for viewership

 

[Salvarani]

Tour:

• Tadej Pogačar
• Juan Ayuso
• Adam Yates
• Joao Almeida
• ...

So for the Tour it looks like all in. UAE participating with all the best GC riders.

Probably Laengen and Pollitt are nailed on for the Tour as well.

Then it will probably be any out of Soler, Hirschi, Sivakov and McNulty for the last two spots.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Tour:

• Tadej Pogačar
• Juan Ayuso
• Adam Yates
• Joao Almeida
• Nils Politt
• Pavel Sivakov
• Marc Soler
• Tim Wellens.

 

[Salvarani]

So he will not get any help in that race

Roglic won the Giro with:

Affini
Bouwman
Dennis
Hessmann
Kuss
Gloag
Oomen

 

[Salvarani]

Tour:

• Tadej Pogačar
• Juan Ayuso
• Adam Yates
• Joao Almeida
• Nils Politt
• Pavel Sivakov
• Marc Soler
• Tim Wellens.

No way Wellens will be there. I would be extremely surprised.

It will be Laengen, if healthy.

 

[CyclistAbi]

No way Wellens will be there. I would be extremely surprised.

It will be Laengen, if healthy.

Not my opinion, this is the list in Slovenian article. At first only 4 names were provided. Now all of them are listed.

 

[Salvarani]

Not my opinion, this is the list in Slovenian article. At first only 4 names were provided. Now all of them are listed.

Cool, dont buy it and think it would be a mistake if Wellens starts ahead of Laengen.

 

[hayneplane]

Weird eh? Nibs is only one of the greatest Italian cyclists ever

He was also one of those riders who had to super peak in order to win races.

Pogacar is an entirely different beast who wins year long and wins big big races.

 

[noob]

Cavendish legendary sprint train, and the UAE foursome. It's gonna be too much fun to skip watching next year

 

[Tim Cahill]

Has Wellens decided to just take the corticos for his sun allergy?

I thought that was part of the reason he was always cracked in February and March then tailed off.

 

[Gigs_98]

A little sad about LBL but I guess this is a sign he is taking the challenge of the double very seriously. The dominant hilly classics rider of his generation not having had a proper shot at LBL for 3 consecutive years will definitely be weird though.