Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

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They are both silent killers, champions are like that. I laughed pretty hard when some people thought Pogacar would give stage 20 to Vingegaard, specially after these quotes and defeats in 2022 and 2023 Tours. One thing I am sure, they will train pretty hard this winter and they will show an even higher level in 2025 because Pogacar wants to "humiliate" Vingegaard and vice versa. This is the biggest rivalry cycling has ever witnessed IMHO (at least since I'm alive). I don't know how big was the Coppi/Bartali rivalry btw.
 
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"Pogacar attacked me for 15 days. Due to his excessive agressiveness, I realised he would explode/bonk sooner or later.
Those who attack too much, are insecure and pay the price in the end"
Given that there's no video/recording of Vingegaard saying that and the only source of it is Spanish Eurosport's translation of another interview, I don't think he ever said that.

I'm unable to find any original source of his words in English or Danish, and as I don't think he did an exclusive interview with Spanish Eurosport, the original and untranslated interview should be out there.
 
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They are both silent killers, champions are like that. I laughed pretty hard when some people thought Pogacar would give stage 20 to Vingegaard, specially after these quotes and defeats in 2022 and 2023 Tours. One thing I am sure, they will train pretty hard this winter and they will show an even higher level in 2025 because Pogacar wants to "humiliate" Vingegaard and vice versa. This is the biggest rivalry cycling has ever witnessed IMHO (at least since I'm alive). I don't know how big was the Coppi/Bartali rivalry btw.
Pogacar will never give a victory to anyone from Visma with how they shadowed everything he did or the comments they made.
 
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He confirmed for Slovenian media Nedelo today that he's doing two GTs next year and he added:
"I will probably have to go to the TdF again, at the beginning of the season also to the UAE Tour, which I have not been to for two years. I will most likely compete again in the Tour of Flanders, which I missed this year, but I am also thinking about competing in the Vuelta."

Here is also link to that article, but it's under paywall.
https://www.delo.si/nedelo/tadej-pogacar-imel-sem-obcutek-da-me-slovenija-noce-za-svojega
 
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He confirmed for Slovenian media Nedelo today that he's doing two GTs next year and he added:
"I will probably have to go to the TdF again, at the beginning of the season also to the UAE Tour, which I have not been to for two years. I will most likely compete again in the Tour of Flanders, which I missed this year, but I am also thinking about competing in the Vuelta."

Here is also link to that article, but it's under paywall.
https://www.delo.si/nedelo/tadej-pogacar-imel-sem-obcutek-da-me-slovenija-noce-za-svojega
No, please no, I beg you Sheikh...
No Giro and Tour-Vuelta on the menu
 

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Uae tour i think was not his plan but the arabs demand for the world champion riding in their team to be present on their most important race
 
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We will have a duel between Pogi and Vingo only in the Tour? Dreadful... at least let's hope Vingo doesn't race the Giro and do Tour-Vuelta to have a duel between these aliens in 2 GT's. But I think Giro-Tour is almost certain for Vingegaard.
 
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They could spend all day every day if they had to respond to dumb *** on twitter.

View: https://x.com/looflol/status/1847632649168281609
Why are you playing the defense game for him? The entire team had been saying it the last 4 years. From their race director grischa niermann(last years tour) to their media outlet lantern rouge with the later even saying "thomas would cook pog" on livigno stage🤨. They were so blinded with their previous data & the boss showed them indefinable data so they're humble now