Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Peyroteo94]

If he wins the Tour, he sits alongside Gods of Olympus. Everything else is a bonus! He doesn't care about Olympics because he knows he can't win. He will save himself for worlds where he has only one rival (Remco) for the win.

 

[Salvarani]

If he wins the Tour, he sits alongside Gods of Olympus. Everything else is a bonus! He doesn't care about Olympics because he knows he can't win. He will save himself for worlds where he has only one rival (Remco) for the win.

Agreed, but that wont rule out a participation as of now. He is not doing it either atm. Maybe, maybe not. Going for the win or a medal in the Olympics is then a completely different question.

 

[Red Rick]

Apparently he is extending until 2030 for and going to 8M/y

 

[Alien Performance]

Apparently he is extending until 2030 for and going to 8M/y

Source?

 

[Vudy]

Source?

'Tadej Pogacar could extend with UAE Team Emirates until 2030 with €8 million salary'

The Giro d'Italia has just ended, and with a triumph

cyclinguptodate.com

 

[Miha81]

Source?

I do not know the source but our Slovenian media reported a 2M raise for extension of additional 3 years (he is signed for 6M per season until 2027 now). They usually have right information as they are close to "Slovenian core" in UAE.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Not surprising TBH, he's a pretty decent rider.
Even if he wanted €10M I don't think they would oppose.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Even if he wanted 10$ I don't think they would oppose.

His agent probably would.

 

[BubbaChuck]

Pog should demand much more than 8 M,are we serius.He is more popular,than rest of top 10 GC combined.

 

[Elos Anjos]

Not only Pog but all the peloton doesn't get paid enough.

I mean, let's go over the whole supply and demand details and focus on the sport. It's liekly the toughest sport there is coupled with the most random causes for crashes or misgivings. In the overall sports scene they are the low-class.

 

[Froome]

Not surprising TBH, he's a pretty decent rider.
Even if he wanted €10M I don't think they would oppose.

10 M is nothing for the sheiks.

 

[Oldermanish]

Most likely he will want to represent his country in the Olympics either way.

Both he and Primoz will want to. That's once in every four years and after a reasonable Tour they'd both know how to recover to some extent. It's also and Olympic RR in France. No more press could be found for either of them.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Veneration / Adoration

In italiano here

Today Mattia keeps the water bottle (still full of water and with the vitamin gel attached) as if it were a relic. He keeps it inside a perfectly airtight plastic bag. «We have already ordered the display case in which we will carefully preserve it» confess father Simone and mother Barbara laughing, but in the meantime Mattia always keeps it with him.
«His place, for the moment – he explains – is on my bedside table. It's the last thing I look at before falling asleep and continues to dream about it at night. It still doesn't seem true : it's the best gift I've ever received."

 

[tobydawq]

@Salvarani

Pogi has never done a GT double before, lets first see on how that goes. On top of that he was in great form through whole spring campaign. There are limits involved, even when it comes to Pogi. So in my opinion Olympics participation will come down to form and freshness left. We'll see.

I think this makes a lot of sense. He also has eyes on Worlds and he could perhaps decide that keeping the form going through the Olympics makes it too hard to be at top level 7 weeks later.

Then again, he usually does that at Lombardia, however, he seems a bit less lethal there than in the rest of the season.

 

[tobydawq]

Not surprising TBH, he's a pretty decent rider.

No need to exaggerate.

 

[velaso montador]

This picture is just greatness personified. And the great El Pistolero is ofc right.

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[Slavique Nuke]

Not only Pog but all the peloton doesn't get paid enough.

I mean, let's go over the whole supply and demand details and focus on the sport. It's liekly the toughest sport there is coupled with the most random causes for crashes or misgivings. In the overall sports scene they are the low-class.

I wouldn't say they're low-class. Especially Pog, who already earns €6 million a year. The advantage for cyclists is that they can choose where they want to live and move to a low-tax country like Monaco or Andorra. It makes a big difference not having to give half your earnings to a corrupt government.

 

[Arnout]

His €6mln or €8mln salary is just that, salary. He'll probably earn 1.5x-2x that in total due to image rights, prize money etc. I think there's people we need to feel more sorry for.

 

[Elos Anjos]

His €6mln or €8mln salary is just that, salary. He'll probably earn 1.5x-2x that in total due to image rights, prize money etc. I think there's people we need to feel more sorry for.

Of course there are, but in the international money laundring scheme that are contemporary sports, I think riders are the underdogs.

 

[topcat]

Veneration / Adoration

In italiano here

I have Erik Breukink's water bottle. Beat that!!

 

[Elos Anjos]

Veneration / Adoration

In italiano here

Now there's something that will never happen with Vingegaard. Can't imagine a kid running after him for whatever reason.

 

[topcat]

Now there's something that will never happen with Vingegaard. Can't imagine a kid running after him for whatever reason.

Vingo would drop the kid.

 

[bNator]

Now there's something that will never happen with Vingegaard. Can't imagine a kid running after him for whatever reason.

Bag full of candy on his bike?

 

[Peyroteo94]

I like to check bookies before a GT and he is the overwhelming favourite. It is scary to think bookies think he has almost the same odd to win Tour than he had for the Giro. Before the Giro, he was at 1.22 (22bet), now 22bet are giving him 1.30 to win the Tour. They are not counting on Vingegaard to race the Tour, let's see how Pogacar's odd will oscilate with Vingegaard's presence.
The second favourite is Roglic with 5.5.
The third favourite is Remco with 9.

 

[ciranda]

Now there's something that will never happen with Vingegaard. Can't imagine a kid running after him for whatever reason.

yeah coz hes like cringe and a moron and and eh he just a wuss and also skinny thumbs up for the tough guys but not for cringe tattoo dude rock on ELLOS