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Peyroteo94

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Netserk said:
Vine was planned to go before his crash.

McNulty has had a long spring, as he isn't down for any GT. So I don't think they could pivot to have him replace Vine.

While only Majka can remain in a ~10 rider group, I think Novak, Grossschartner and Bjerg will all be solid (on the mostly mid climbs of this Giro) and provide enough width to rotate their workload. Pogi will likely only be left with just Majka before the last climb on Grappa.
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I'm not intrigued about Grappa. Pogacar won't need help there. For me stage 15 it is very important. Probably, he won't have a enormous advantage to the second place and if he is alone in Mortirolo, he is in trouble if everyone rides against him (probably won't happen) in the valley after Mortirolo.
 
YavorD

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When I see the strat list, I'm not sure there's a team that's strong enough to isolate Pogacar.
Maybe if 2 or 3 teams work together it would be possible, but they will most probably be too busy fighting with each other rather than isolating Pogacar.
 
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YavorD said:
To be honest, I think building a gap early is the better strategy.
If he drops everyone on the first 2 stages, building 1-2 minutes advantage allows him to sit in the later stages, which I think is more important for his recovery.
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I think the only problem with that—in the context of saving energy—is having pink jersey means interviews and podium ceremonies for 3weeks straight and a little less rest. That won’t keep him from winning the Giro, so perhaps it doesn’t matter.
 
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Froome said:
cyclinguptodate.com

Head of UAE wants Jonas Vingegaard at Tour de France to battle Tadej Pogacar: "There is an undeniable rivalry"

The 2024 season began in the most exciting way possible. Cycling fans were looking forward to a Tour de France where the 'Big Four' would meet: Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Primoz Roglic and Remco...
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Matxin being a saboteur by going to the hospital visit Vingegaard.
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Spying job to decide Teddy's strategy for the Giro. Conserving energy and 5 stage wins vs dolce vita and 10+ stage wins.

Or he was offering Skeletor a superdom role for record breaking money from sheikhs.
 
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I woulda loved to see Del Toro at the giro but duo to the schedule he has its not feasible I get that. I guess Vuelta is in the cards for him and more Gt's next year. That guy will be incredible I think. Just going out on a limb and i think he might surpass Ayuso really fast. Anyway Pogacar coulda needed his skills already this year but makes sense with the schedule but still woulda loved to see him.

Also make sense for Pog as I suspect even in training mode noone will be able to follow him in the mountains so a more focus on roulers make sense which they have deployed and gone for here, also the route is less mountains anyway and their clearly saving the best guys for the Tour (minus Bjerg), which also align with what they said about he riding it more as a ''training'' and coming out stronger and fresher if all goes duo to their plan which it rarely does in the chaos of what a GT usually brings.
 
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SafeBet said:
I'd set the o/u at 4,5. If he's comfortably in the lead by week 3 he might gift every moutain stage to the break though.
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Yeah 4.5 seems the most natural over/under to me, although at the same time it feels ridiculously conservative. He won *** 4 stages in Catalunya.

I've also never seen Pogacar gift anything outside of .1 races to teammates, so it feels like we're finally gonna see how greedy Pog is.

But I guess gifting to the break is different than gifting to a direct competitor when the stage is right there.
 
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