Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

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Any news about Jay?

He is home in Andorra. But not training or anything jet as far as I know

 

[velaso montador]

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.

 

[velaso montador]

3 days untill G.Thomas and the rest meet up with the modern day Goat - from geraint thomas perspective.

Gonne be a fun Giro, I think more so than most think, I have a feeling its gonne be offensive its a lot of riders coming into it with the mindset they got nothing to loose, usually that makes for entertaining racing.

 

[KZD]

So how many stages will Pogačar win in the upcoming Giro?

I will go with 5 plus GC of course.

 

[Peyroteo94]

So how many stages will Pogačar win in the upcoming Giro?

I will go with 5 plus GC of course.

He will win stage 1 or stage 2 (or both). Stages 7 and 8 are locked too. After this, I believe he will (at least) win one more so 4 stages and GC for sure (without crashes).

 

[SafeBet]

So how many stages will Pogačar win in the upcoming Giro?

I will go with 5 plus GC of course.

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.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So how many stages will Pogačar win in the upcoming Giro?

I will go with 5 plus GC of course.

Stage 1 by sprint and then stick to G. wheel for the rest of the race.

 

[Red Rick]

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.

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.

 

[KZD]

Stage 1 by sprint and then stick to G. wheel for the rest of the race.

No chance it will be that boring.

I look forward to see how Pogi will perform on both TT, with the current UAE set-up he can actually win both under the right circumstances.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Estabashlishing dominace is by far the best strategy - make the rest ride for second as fast as possible if they didn't do that to begin with. After the first two days, and then the next week until the rest day, he should have a big enough gap that he can chill and do whatever he feels like the rest of the race.

I say 5 stages

 

[Netserk]

5 stages in the first week alone.

 

[Valv.Piti]

5 stages in the first week alone.

Conservative

Now that I look at it again, its prolly closer to 6-7 during all of the race.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

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.

After dominating first part of the race (at least 3 stage wins before the first rest day) UAE wont be making big efforts to chase breaks and Pog will be saving himself a bit for the Tour. Maybe Pog will want to win one more big stage in the second half.

 

[Netserk]

After dominating first part of the race (at least 3 stage wins before the first rest day) UAE wont be making big efforts to chase breaks and Pog will be saving himself a bit for the Tour. Probably Pog will want to win one more big stage in the second half.

He will win all stages that are up for grabs if other teams chase the break.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

He will win all stages that are up for grabs if other teams chase the break.

Why would other teams chase the break to be smoked by Teddy at the end?

 

[Netserk]

Why would other teams chase the break to be smoked by Teddy at the end?

They are dumb. This is cycling.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

They are dumb. This is cycling.

Nah, I think the Giro will be breaks paradise once Pog wins some stages and builds a comfortable gap

 

[Netserk]

He could end up with only 7 stage wins, but then breaks have to take almost all mountain stages after the first week.

 

[Netserk]

Ineos will try to "tire" Teddy by drilling it all day, but that will just hand him the stage win on a platter.

 

[Fos]

No chance it will be that boring.

I look forward to see how Pogi will perform on both TT, with the current UAE set-up he can actually win both under the right circumstances.

I think he is the favourite in both, unless Ganna reaches the last TT riding every stage before in grupetto.

 

[Red Rick]

They are dumb. This is cycling.

Mandatory "how can you know better than a proc cyclist"

 

[Netserk]

Mandatory "how can you know better than a proc cyclist"

Listen to Thomas for two full sentences, then there can be no doubt.

 

[Red Rick]

Listen to Thomas for two full sentences, then there can be no doubt.

Tried. Couldn't.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Ineos will try to "tire" Teddy by drilling it all day, but that will just hand him the stage win on a platter.

No, they won't. They don't have Vingegaard to beat Pogi in the third week.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Stage 1 by sprint and then stick to G. wheel for the rest of the race.

Sticking to G's wheel sounds like a recipe for getting caught up in crashes.