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Krzysztof_O

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tobydawq said:
I am too young to have watched it live and have never gotten around to watching videos of those Tours as I've been told how boring they were because he never won a mountain stage during his reign and always won the Tours through emphatic TTs.

And still I wouldn't really expect to get a Kwaremont feeling from watching it...
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The way Big Mig crushed elite climbers on La Plagne ascent was epic. He was so big that those lightweight mountain goats (Pantani included) were almost completely hidden behind his back and still he dropped them all uphill!
 
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tobydawq said:
I am too young to have watched it live and have never gotten around to watching videos of those Tours as I've been told how boring they were because he never won a mountain stage during his reign and always won the Tours through emphatic TTs.

And still I wouldn't really expect to get a Kwaremont feeling from watching it...
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I wouldn’t say they were boring. That was when I got hooked on the sport. I was actually wishing someone would beat Indurain - like Rominger. But when Indurain was dethroned on the road to Pamplona in 1996 I was quite sad.
 
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Moose McKnuckles said:
Sepp Kuss reading this:
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kuss didnt have a higher chance of winning
 
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He did. No other opposing team contender could take any of the lead out of Kuss. His teammates had a chance with the ITT and could not either.
 
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Berniece said:
You are overestimating the difficulty of the race and the quality of the Slovenian team to drop all those riders
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Pogi does not need a team - he'll go a couple of times and then be on his own. Roglic will just be a rolling roadblock together with the other Slovenians.
 
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Rob5091 said:
Pogi does not need a team - he'll go a couple of times and then be on his own. Roglic will just be a rolling roadblock together with the other Slovenians.
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Lol, Slovenia not making the race hard 150km out from finish would play in the cards of every other rider. Did you miss how he won LBL or even more recently Montreal?
 
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Not to hard, remember Van Aert being destroyed by Evenepoel? You don’t want to come into a situation where Hirschi and Evenepoel get an advantage on a flatter part and all teammates have been spent.
get somebody in the early flight or make sure there are no outsidersthere, so you don’t have to work to hard the first 150 km.
Danger might come from inside the team, what does he do when Mohoric, Tratnik or Primoz get into a promising position…
 
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stekelegel said:
Not to hard, remember Van Aert being destroyed by Evenepoel? You don’t want to come into a situation where Hirschi and Evenepoel get an advantage on a flatter part and all teammates have been spent.
get somebody in the early flight or make sure there are no outsidersthere, so you don’t have to work to hard the first 150 km.
Danger might come from inside the team, what does he do when Mohoric, Tratnik or Primoz get into a promising position…
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If they don't make it too hard, like UAE did at LBL then you can expect to finish together with MVDP.

Also besides Roglic no one from Slovenia should come in a promising position because they should work for Pogacar.
 
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Berniece said:
If they don't make it too hard, like UAE did at LBL then you can expect to finish together with MVDP.

Also besides Roglic no one from Slovenia should come in a promising position because they should work for Pogacar.
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What? MVP can't even compete in Amstel
 
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This is a 273 km race. Pogacar will attack after 5:30 hours on the bike, this WC will be brutal, more than Glasgow
 
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Peyroteo94 said:
What? MVP can't even compete in Amstel
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MVDP weighs much less, check his face, it's like Evenepoel at Dauphine and at TDF difference. He also doesn't have a long peak from WC CX -> Roubaix behind his belt now, he's fresher.

Obviously he won't be able to follow when Pogacar goes, but I don't see Pogacar ride away that easily from everyone and finish solo. So if he's joined by others, and the tempo is gone, MVDP is one of the first ones to come back. He was 3rd at LBL for a reason, and he's in better form and physique now.

The race might have 4500 altitude meters, but the route isn't as difficult as people assume at the moment.
 
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Froome said:
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"I can't make any predictions" - Primoz Roglic plays it cool when asked if he'll support Tadej Pogacar in World Championships or go for glory himself

At the 2024 World Championships in Zürich, Slovenia arguably have the 2 leading contenders for victory amongst their ranks, in the form of Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic. The question is, which of th...
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I guess Roglic have another plans. It would be beautiful if Roglic betrays Pogacar.
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Just wishful thinking.

Pogacar will not be denied.
 
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Froome said:
cyclinguptodate.com

"I can't make any predictions" - Primoz Roglic plays it cool when asked if he'll support Tadej Pogacar in World Championships or go for glory himself

At the 2024 World Championships in Zürich, Slovenia arguably have the 2 leading contenders for victory amongst their ranks, in the form of Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic. The question is, which of th...
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I guess Roglic have another plans. It would be beautiful if Roglic betrays Pogacar.
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He can do whatever he wants, Pogacar will still destroy him and you will cry
 
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Froome said:
What if Pogacar loses because the team wasn't commited around him since the start of the race?

I heard something about roglic being more popular and loved in slovenia than Pogacar.
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Yes, you did... I'm not slovenian and I know Roglic is no longer Slovenia's favourite. Maybe he was 3 years ago, not now.
 
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