Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[QueenStagiaire]

Organisers shouldn't be providing a classification kit....it's an outdated system - what other sport would this happen? Absolute nonsense......

In what other sport is it as hard to identify the race leader?

 

[bNator]

Organisers shouldn't be providing a classification kit....it's an outdated system - what other sport would this happen? Absolute nonsense......

Alpine skiing and - you guessed it - ski jumping 😉 well, starting numbers have different background colour at least…

 

[CyclistAbi]

I'm not saying it does. The rules are based on the same legal framework and how sports law and the rules that determine it get applied. Strict liability, look it up.
What does happen though is UCI, race comms and the jury have discretion on applying their own rules or not ie they don't have to, even though they're written down. We see that balance all the time and think that will happen here with a fine only which was brought in in Januarys rules.

No. UCI can't fine Pogi in this case and if by any chance they would try to, then Pogi can still take them to CAS and win.

 

[Unchained]

UCI is going to find out just how marginal bike racing really is.. Comedy writers couldn't come up with better material!! Rider and race organization at odds with the governing body that gave us the Lance Armstrong conundrum!! It's beyond unbelievable that anyone at the UCI would come out in public about the best racer in the sport wearing an objectionable and inappropriate shade of pink!! You can't make this stuff up!! We will work on doping and getting riders paid but first, that's not the authorized pink!!!

 

[Sciatic]

In what other sport is it as hard to identify the race leader?

Swimming

 

[Extinction]

UCI is going to find out just how marginal bike racing really is.. Comedy writers couldn't come up with better material!! Rider and race organization at odds with the governing body that gave us the Lance Armstrong conundrum!! It's beyond unbelievable that anyone at the UCI would come out in public about the best racer in the sport wearing an objectionable and inappropriate shade of pink!! You can't make this stuff up!! We will work on doping and getting riders paid but first, that's not the authorized pink!!!

And the UCI clearly has no fashion sense, the real issue here! I mean, pink top and pink bottom is vomitevole! Leave Italy decide the appropriate color match, which, by the way, they did a fine job with here (a nice cangiantismo worthy of a Michelangelo sibyl). Those UCI officials know nothing about style!

 

[Potomac]

I think if he had ridden 1 or 2 kilometres with those bibs, he could stay in the race. But he kept riding with them for more than 160 ks. Should be kicked out.

Testify!

 

[Sandisfan]

Are riders allowed to ride naked?

That is a very prominent element of Seattle’s annual solstice parade

This reminds me of the saying I once heard...that those who most want to go around "neked" are those you least want to see "neked" LOL

 

[AmRacer]

In what other sport is it as hard to identify the race leader?

Orienteering

 

[Peyroteo94]

Another easy stage without crashes!! Very good! Hope for a break tomorrow before the storm in the TT!!

 

[Red Rick]

I expect him to win tomorrow

 

[Netserk]

I expect him to win tomorrow

Yeah, that final hill is perfect for him after a hard stage. The team will drill it.

 

[Didinho]

That hill in the end looks ideal for his winning move. Or does he give the jersey away and have his own TT suit? But a leaders jersey also gives you wings.
I’m guessing he wants a solo win in pink, good chance tomorrow.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Hope to see him without the pink jersey tomorrow. Let his team rest tomorrow and after tomorrow to put the hammer down in Prati di Tivo.

 

[Netserk]

I’m guessing he wants a solo win in pink, good chance tomorrow.

Good chance for three in a row.

 

[Oldermanish]

That is a very prominent element of Seattle’s annual solstice parade

Embarrassingly so. Especially on a cold, wet afternoon.

 

[tobydawq]

Bernal should have taken a solo win in pink on the sterrato in 2021. Let's hope Pogacar is more up to the challenge than he was.

 

[Peyroteo94]

This sterratto stage is a farse. It is all about that wall with a ramp of 20%.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Lets see if the punch is there.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Rest today and go for the hunt tomorrow. We rarely see Pogacar do TT's.

 

[Berniece]

Rest today and go for the hunt tomorrow. We rarely see Pogacar do TT's.

Don't think he'll take it easy, too much of a killer for that. He wants those stage victories on top of the pink jersey.

 

[Extinction]

Don't think he'll take it easy, too much of a killer for that. He wants those stage victories on top of the pink jersey.

He took it easy today.

 

[Red Rick]

Bit surprised cause I think the stage win was up for grabs. Maybe he didn't think the hill was hard enough for him to drop everyone?

 

[Extinction]

Bit surprised cause I think the stage win was up for grabs. Maybe he didn't think the hill was hard enough for him to drop everyone?

TT and Prato di Tivo

 

[sam6]

They got to the stage where the gap was 20 seconds with 4km to go. All they need to do is 4km working on the front then they get a stage win basically. I don't know why they didn't