Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Red Rick]

Imagine Vegni spending years to finally get pOgI then he shows up and doesn't even go full gas.

 

[Rob5091]

Imagine Vegni spending years to finally get pOgI then he shows up and doesn't even go full gas.

It could be worse, if Pogacar does a Cipollini and goes off to the beach with the misses after the first week!

 

[Blanco]

Who on that list would even have had a chance of winning Zuri-Metzgete? You can't really blame Pogacar - or other current riders - for never having won a race that ceased existing before they even became pros.

Well two of them actually won it: Bettini won it twice and Rebellin once.
Meanwhile Kuurne wins were counted for Boonen and Sagan.
Zurich was at least twice the race Kuurne is, if not more...

 

[velaso montador]

Team Comfirmed:

POGAČAR Tadej (Slo)
OLIVEIRA Rui (Por)
NOVAK Domen (Slo)
MOLANO Sebastian (Col)
MAIJKA Rafal (Pol)
LANGEN STAKE Vegard (Nor)
GROßSCHARTNER Felix (Aus)
BJERG Mikkel (Den)

 

[tobydawq]

Well two of them actually won it: Bettini won it twice and Rebellin once.
Meanwhile Kuurne wins were counted for Boonen and Sagan.
Zurich was at least twice the race Kuurne is, if not more...

As soon as a race stops existing, it means nothing to RhD.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

As soon as a race stops existing, it means nothing to RhD.

Or if it isn't listed in Feltet's TV guide.

 

[scribers]

I think the first stage of the Giro will indicate the approach Pogacar is going to take. He could win it solo, probably easily, but he might chose not to. Immediately in pink, immediately having your team have to ride for the rest of the Giro. It’s easier to just keep calm in the beginning. Will also help for TDF preparation.

It will be interesting. Very difficult to ride as training if you’re chasing down breaks and controlling the pace as leader jersey. But it may be more about the team not riding as training. Probably have to analyze if pogi needs any of these guys in July.

 

[RedheadDane]

Well two of them actually won it: Bettini won it twice and Rebellin once.

Aah, of course. The only two on the list who were active before the race ceased to exist.

As soon as a race stops existing, it means nothing to RhD.

You're right; it's not important. If it was that important, it would still exist.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Aah, of course. The only two on the list who were active before the race ceased to exist.

The majority of riders on that list were pro cyclists when that race ceased to exist.

 

[saunaking]

Anyone listen to the cycling podcast Giro preview? They had an interview with the UAE head of performance.
I was listening as I go to sleep so its a bit foggy, but quite interesting.

He lost the tour in 2022 because he missed a feed and was double teamed by Rog and Jonas. (If this is true why wouldn't riders have a gel or 2 taped to their bike in case of emergency?)

New coach, Dr. Inigo Zone 2 has been canned and now Pog is doing way more intensity and better understanding and training the ability to do mega power after a long day of calorie depletion and workload and said this was evidenced by his long attacks in Strade and Liege.

My main takeaway was look the f0ck out next week

 

[Froome]

Anyone listen to the cycling podcast Giro preview? They had an interview with the UAE head of performance.
I was listening as I go to sleep so its a bit foggy, but quite interesting.

He lost the tour in 2022 because he missed a feed and was double teamed by Rog and Jonas. (If this is true why wouldn't riders have a gel or 2 taped to their bike in case of emergency?)

New coach, Dr. Inigo Zone 2 has been canned and now Pog is doing way more intensity and better understanding and training the ability to do mega power after a long day of calorie depletion and workload and said this was evidenced by his long attacks in Strade and Liege.

My main takeaway was look the f0ck out next week

The propaganda around Pogacar is running wild everywhere. They are doing a great job this season.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

The propaganda around Pogacar is running wild everywhere. They are doing a great job this season.

It's amazing how good Lutsenko is seeing that he's about to drop this Pogi guy on stage 1 and 2 of the giro.

 

[Nick2413]

Anyone listen to the cycling podcast Giro preview? They had an interview with the UAE head of performance.
I was listening as I go to sleep so its a bit foggy, but quite interesting.

He lost the tour in 2022 because he missed a feed and was double teamed by Rog and Jonas. (If this is true why wouldn't riders have a gel or 2 taped to their bike in case of emergency?)

New coach, Dr. Inigo Zone 2 has been canned and now Pog is doing way more intensity and better understanding and training the ability to do mega power after a long day of calorie depletion and workload and said this was evidenced by his long attacks in Strade and Liege.

My main takeaway was look the f0ck out next week

I think most of this is just talk for the sake of talk. Would be nice to see the obsession with Zone 2 die down a bit though so maybe they can keep that narrative going.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

The propaganda around Pogacar is running wild everywhere. They are doing a great job this season.

Teddy will smash the Giro in such a fashion that Skeletor won't be willing to come back. It's his chance to leave the sport as an undefeated TdF champion, otherwise it's only downhill from now on!

 

[RedheadDane]

The majority of riders on that list were pro cyclists when that race ceased to exist.

Here I was, thinking most of them didn't turn pro until after 2000... silly me; we're including junior years.
I suppose Pogacar could even have ridden the "last 100 metres" kid's race doing a vacation with his family.

 

[Froome]

Teddy will smash the Giro in such a fashion that Skeletor won't be willing to come back. It's his chance to leave the sport as an undefeated TdF champion, otherwise it's only downhill from now on!

Yeah, we can't wait to see Pogacar smashing Lutsenko and Pozzovivo in the Giro! The GOAT!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Here I was, thinking most of them didn't turn pro until after 2000... silly me; we're including junior years.
I suppose Pogacar could even have ridden the "last 100 metres" kid's race doing a vacation with his family.

Do you know when this race was last held?
We‘re talking about Zurich, right?

www.cyclingnews.com presents the 93rd Zri Metzgete - Championship of Zurich

 

[RedheadDane]

Do you know when this race was last held?
We‘re talking about Zurich, right?

Oh... I thought it was some silly 90es race.
Some silly 00es race then... big difference.

But enought about that minor race; this is the Pogacar thread!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Do you know when this race was last held?
We‘re talking about Zurich, right?

www.cyclingnews.com presents the 93rd Zri Metzgete - Championship of Zurich

Samu simply destroyed the roads.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Oh... I thought it was some silly 90es race.
Some silly 00es race then... big difference.

But enought about that minor race; this is the Pogacar thread!

Blocked and reported.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Yeah, we can't wait to see Pogacar smashing Lutsenko and Pozzovivo in the Giro! The GOAT!

Everybody and their grandpa knows that Teddy Merckx aka the GOAT is gunning for the Giro so only stage-hunters are left in the race. They are hoping for a tired Teddy at the Tour but the true is that only Skeletor had a 1% chance to beat him there (I'm being generous here) and the rest has big fat 0.

 

[RedheadDane]

Blocked and reported.

For saying that we should go back on topic, rather than continue talking about some random non-relevant race?
Just because Samuel Sanchez won it, doesn't make it important...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

For saying that we should go back on topic, rather than continue talking about some random non-relevant race?
Just because Samuel Sanchez won it, doesn't make it important...

I'm not sure I would even have become a fan of him if he hadn't won that race, although his other results towards the end of the 2006 season also played a part in my decision to root for him.

 

[Froome]

Everybody and their grandpa knows that Teddy Merckx aka the GOAT is gunning for the Giro so only stage-hunters are left in the race. They are hoping for a tired Teddy at the Tour but the true is that only Skeletor had a 1% chance to beat him there (I'm being generous here) and the rest has big fat 0.

Pogacar honoring merckx by beating farmers in every race he enters in the last months!

 

[kingjr]

Freire stories are basically all anecdotes from former Rabo riders. Forgetting the shoes and switching them happened in the breakaway live on TV.

There's a story about him getting lost during training the day before the 2001 World Championships and having to take a cab back to the hotel. He then won the race, of course.