Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[James M]

almeida was brilliant but pogacar looked so fresh almost scary how strong he is.

 

[Miha81]

almeida was brilliant but pogacar looked so fresh almost scary how strong he is.

He will need most of this freshness in third week.

 

[scribers]

And Ayuso almost threw away all the work done by Adam and Almeida.

That Ayuso was there to follow the selection to the line and take placement seconds from his challengers should not be overlooked. It’s very demoralizing dragging your opponent’s teammate to the line and losing to them. I think Ayuso broke Vingo mentally at that moment

 

[BubbaChuck]

i think pog is gonna do these attacks,but will not go full out til isola.imo pog is preparing absolute watts bomb on isola and it will make monte grappa look like kids show.isola is gonna be real fireworks.

 

[James M]

people cant complain about ayuso to much he emptied himself when he first went at the front and uae team noone can complain about today, they was the best of everyone hard to be to harsh.. But again Pogacar what a insane performance after the Giro blows my mind how strong he is.

 

[Extinction]

That Ayuso was there to follow the selection to the line and take placement seconds from his challengers should not be overlooked. It’s very demoralizing dragging your opponent’s teammate to the line and losing to them. I think Ayuso broke Vingo mentally at that moment

Ayuso was not with Vingegaard.

 

[scribers]

Yes he was

 

[Oldermanish]

I was pleased to see both Almeida and Ayuso stronger than Jorgensen

Those dudes were impressive. Being able to screw with the downhill pursuit was helpful to Tadej and will be more so as the Tour continues. JV looked bad except for the newbie.

 

[BubbaChuck]

you could say tactis is identical to giro,only he needs to follow remco on itt,instead of gana.lmao last itt and isola is where pog will be fully unleashed.no mercy.

 

[Red Lobster]

Pogacar passes the altitude test portion of the Tour?

 

[Poursuivant]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1808161711695839603

View: https://x.com/CafeRoubaix/status/1808161711695839603

 

[SHAD0W93]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1808161711695839603

View: https://x.com/CafeRoubaix/status/1808161711695839603

And 1 away from tying Greipel for GT stage wins.

 

[BullsFan22]

Great move from him. I think had he gone earlier he maybe would have paid the price higher up. Had he not done anything, well, he likely would have been sprinting for the win at the finish.

I thought Vingegaard was looking strong to close down the move fairly quickly, but then Tadej kept the high pace going and the elastic snapped.

A very good descent and the gaps in the end were significant. Visma not looking particularly good as a team, so it will likely be down to Jonas to gain back the time and hope to be assisted by other contenders.

 

[BubbaChuck]

if im pog,im calling mvdp and tell him.look we attck on gravel,put 2 minutes on everybody and i give you victory.van aert cant follow,he dead.

 

[James M]

Great move from him. I think had he gone earlier he maybe would have paid the price higher up. Had he not done anything, well, he likely would have been sprinting for the win at the finish.

I thought Vingegaard was looking strong to close down the move fairly quickly, but then Tadej kept the high pace going and the elastic snapped.

A very good descent and the gaps in the end were significant. Visma not looking particularly good as a team, so it will likely be down to Jonas to gain back the time and hope to be assisted by other contenders.

If the climb was harder and steeper I think Pogacar would gained way more from a far out attack where that was possible which it wasnt here duo to wind and gradients. Cant remember the name but a peyrero guy said it he is climbing long climbs faster than ever and he just sustain it which noone has been able to follow without blowing up this entire year.

 

[Jack_89]

Just a little reminder about the Giro fatigue thing...his wasn't like that Pantani(vs Tonkov), Contador (vs Landa, Aru) or Froome( vs Yates, Tom D). Talking about the last double attempts ...

 

[Miha81]

Pogacar passes the altitude test portion of the Tour?

Now he has to do the heat test. It will be getting hot out there again soon.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Now he has to do the heat test. It will be getting hot out there again soon.

According to the newest forecast pleasant weather for the whole week. Next week maybe but too soon to say that any major heat-wave is coming.

 

[ppanther92]

kuss wouldnt even been in the front group like what... Vingegaard just blew up trying to follow pogacar like everyone else has this year when they try.

You make it sound like Vingegaard just found his master, yet this guy was in ICU 2 months ago and gap was below 10s on top of the climb. Pogi is great, but one can for sure not rule out Vingegaard becoming stronger.

 

[velaso montador]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1808070264531321271

View: https://x.com/lucasaganronald/status/1808070264531321271

 

[velaso montador]

No surprise today Pogacar is just something else weve seen it all the time unless he is hurt good luck, its impossible clearly even with the giro in his legs now too and that scary/sad almost tbh.

Said it before people better hope he gets somewhat hurt to equal the playing fields to the rest cause the giro even now is not enough even it I wont dare to think about the fact when Pogacar has not ridden that either...

 

[snipeheem]

6.95 for 20:48min for sea level normalized. Mou was right

 

[Krzysztof_O]

You make it sound like Vingegaard just found his master, yet this guy was in ICU 2 months ago and gap was below 10s on top of the climb. Pogi is great, but one can for sure not rule out Vingegaard becoming stronger.

Sure, no tragedy happened. Vingo still distanced all other guys uphill and wasn't far behind Pogacar on Galibier (lost more time later). Considering the circumstances he's above pre-race expectations of most people. Predicting his form later in the race is not as straightforward as in the previous years though.

 

[Peyroteo94]

6.95 for 20:48min for sea level normalized. Mou was right

He could have gone way faster with a tailwind.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Insane stuff from UAE. Now, they just to keep him safe until stage 14