Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

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I hope you are right he is just cruising because it means Pog is riding smart. But he didn't look like he was cruising after the finish? It looked like he emptied himself.

For a reality check today by Pog was still way below the level Vingegaard showed on stage 16 of last year's TdF. That TT was only 32 minutes duration for the winner and yet in that brief time Vingo put 1'38" on Pogacar in 2nd place.
What exactly are you basing the statement that Pog's performance today was way below the level Vingegaard showed in last year's TDF on?
 
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I hope you are right he is just cruising because it means Pog is riding smart. But he didn't look like he was cruising after the finish? It looked like he emptied himself.

For a reality check today by Pog was still way below the level Vingegaard showed on stage 16 of last year's TdF. That TT was only 32 minutes duration for the winner and yet in that brief time Vingo put 1'38" on Pogacar in 2nd place.
He did look normal not even breat hard and dying after the stage. 100% he didnt go all out during this TT , dont forget he is without altitude camp
 
Vingo ‘23 is the greatest ever human performance on a bicycle. Nothing pogi does will ever surpass that
Probably, because Pogacar himself said in a interview after the Tour France 2023, that he could never do the performance Vingegaard did on that day. He said he could do a little better, but in the best scenario he always would lose 1 minute. He himself said on that interview he can't do the numbers that Vingegaard produced on that day. So yeah, probably you are right.

It was Pogacar who said that in a interview.
 
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This isn’t a knock on Pogacar at all, but I cannot remember a favorite facing such lackluster competition period, much less in the Giro during a double attempt, ignoring when riders crashed out. If Contador had faced this competition in 2011 or 2015, he might have won the double. 2018 Froome and Dumoulin had to face each other as the two best GT riders at the time, and a thermonuclear Simon Yates (until he popped).
 
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What exactly are you basing the statement that Pog's performance today was way below the level Vingegaard showed in last year's TDF on?
This . These gaps were created in a much shorter duration than today. Just 32 minutes.

 
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I find it funny how everyone is talking about how "Mou was right". I guess he was, but saying he'd be far in front by now was a completely obvious prediction.
Exactly. Everyone and their mother were able to predict Pog would have been way in front by now. The ultimate test of a true oracle is predicting altitude camps correctly instead of blaming Urska Zigart’s boyfriend’s girlfriend for one’s failed prophecies.
 
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This . These gaps were created in a much shorter duration than today. Just 32 minutes.

So no power or other data to compare the two rides? I'm not disagreeing I just think the statement seems a bit weak.
 
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The last climb really shows the difference. But it will different in the second TT for sure, it's totally flat.

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So they have them at same overall power with Pogacar at 9% higher speed despite Ganna around 25% heavier, on a climb… sensationalism at its best. Pog was amazing but let’s not pretend he put out the same Watts.

Ganna was not putting out 5.1W/kg LOL, I could do that.
 
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We will see today what performance can Teddy produce and what is his true climbing level now. He should go all out on Prati di Tivo. Next weeks, not necessarily.

Then again, absolutely crushing the climb may not actually be that good regarding his Tour chances. Oropa and the TT didnt necessarily suggest absolute peak but we will know more after today.
 
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He shouldn’t attack today just follow.
He went deep yesterday. Going deep two days in row isn’t smart with the Tour in mind.
Take it as chill you can and let a breakaway go!
 
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