Good and convincing win.
I am not saying Pogacar is not great. Obviously not. But as you also said - everything this season feels “expected”.
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Could the plan have changed after the crash at itzulia? He seems a little undercooked compared to what I was expecting. I don't see him really soft-pedaling, too much spitting, laborer facial expressions. Maybe I'm underestimating the competition.
Because they put the 30 extra km in? Other than that it was copy/past of last time he won.
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Of course I didn't buy all the hype mou put in Pogacar. However, we tend to forget how incredible he has been this season. We are getting to the point where Pogi has disappointed when he doesn't crush his rivals by several minutes. What he did in strade bianche is incredible and can't be seen as "expected". Or even Vallter 2000, where he gained a minute and half in a fairly easy climb.
Today was a good performance but we need to wait for the Tour to assess his true level.
Not sure, he just went earlier but it looked equally dominant in 2022, no? Or at least not like on a whole new level.
Fair, maybe I am indeed to “hard” on him since he just does awesome stuff over and over again. Just not sure if Pogacar’s gap to his rivals became that much larger (if at all).
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Probably took a bit of a breather between LBL and the Giro. Your form temparily goes down a bit as but it the rest pays off as you get back into racing.
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its all been stated. Hes racing the giro as a training block per Uae bosses long before it started. So ofcourse naturally he will only grow into it and the goal is to win and go out of it fresh and stronger than he was going in and fresh and build on that to the tour. Thats the UaE goal if it goes according to their plan.
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Was n't there talk abot training at the Giro? After Vingegaard's crash I think UAE really thought that Teddy can do the double barring accidents. The crazy strong UAE team for the Tour won't be needed so much or might be changed. We'll see.
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He didn't looked like a rider that wasn't going full gas. Especially last 2,5 km.
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You have all the right to think this (personally I agree) but you ruin all your credibility when you say O'Connor was able to follow him. Dude, he completly exploded after trying to follow Pogi.
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So now we are going to debate whether 80km solo is expected or not? I’m sorry but I’m not doing that… You go and dig out how many times an 80+ km solo was successfully done in modern cycling. It doesn’t even need to be with 3 min advantage in the end. And then we can discuss how expected or unexpected it is…
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Day 2....don't get too frisky. Not sure he restrained himself near enough so my projected race strategy is already done.
I don’t think he was underwhelming today. He’s on pace to win by like 10 min if he keeps it up on the big stages.
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I think the big story of the day was that his gap was big enough so the other riders wouldn't be in the background of his finish photo. Makes it look nicer.
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"not end of the world without your power meter....listen to your body". I knew I like this guy for some reason.
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