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Jesus Christ! They designed a route to hurt Pogacar but it will backfire big time.Clinic gonna explode next season
Names! We want names and are people asking in private because they're ashamed to know "The Mou"?A lot of people ask me privately...
We're getting to the 8w/kilo slowly but surely🤩
@mou responds to the topic of an Vingo do the double
“Difference between Pogi Giro-Tour and potentially Vini Giro-Tour is that Pog has one more gear and team.
UAE can send such a team that Vini will never have Giro as a training camp as some say like Pog had.
Vini can win the Giro,but he will work hard for it if he is not at 100%”
Eheheh. I think he said 8 w/kilo for 12 minutes. We will have a MTT in Peyragudes. I am expecting a 7,5 w/kg for less than 20 minutes.We're getting to the 8w/kilo slowly but surely🤩
Visma is stronger than UAE. Simon Yates has a higher ceilling than Adam. In fact I am expecting Simon to get back his 2018 level in Visma. If we add Matteo and a good Kuss, UAE is gonna be in troubles.I don't know. Valter-Tullett-Uijtdebroeks-Kruijswijk-Kelderman doesn't sound like a worse team than Laengen-Novak-Grosshartner-Majka to me.
And then Visma still have their A team for the Tour with DVB-Laporte-Benoot-WVA-Jorgenson-Yates-Kuss.
I mean, Visma are also stacked enough to send a strong team to the Giro and make it a training camp. Okay, depending on competition of course.
Visma is stronger than UAE. Simon Yates has a higher ceilling than Adam. In fact I am expecting Simon to get back his 2018 level in Visma. If we add Matteo and a good Kuss, UAE is gonna be in troubles.
Of course it is all about Pogacar vs Vingegaard. Vingegaard can have Yates, Kuss, Matteo in a mountain and Pogacar being isolated that doesn't matter, Pogacar can still drop Vingegaard and no one will help Vingegaard.Agreed. Almeida was somewhat helpful but despite finishing high on the one stage that another team (Visma) set the pace he was dropped early.
I can see situations where Vingegaard has Kuss, S. Yates and Jorgenson while Pogacar only has Adam. Of course, Almeida will probably finish 4th or something but that doesn't help.
Of course it is all about Pogacar vs Vingegaard. Vingegaard can have Yates, Kuss, Matteo in a mountain and Pogacar being isolated that doesn't matter, Pogacar can still drop Vingegaard and no one will help Vingegaard.
Vingegaard will have to drop Pogacar in order to win the Tour so Pogi only needs to follow Vingegaard. He can be isolated for the whole race. It doesn't matter, he just needs to follow Vingo's wheel.On most of the stages yeah, it comes down to the MTF. If Pogacar/Vingegaard gets isolated on Madeleine though things may be tricky. H
Yes, that's true but we both know that Pogacar won't just follow probably.Vingegaard will have to drop Pogacar in order to win the Tour so Pogi only needs to follow Vingegaard. He can be isolated for the whole race. It doesn't matter, he just needs to follow Vingo's wheel.
Almeida dropping early helped Pogacar pull an uno reverse on Vingegaard. Visma were cocky af till Pogacar attacked. Both teams should be in similar shape though but Visma has the better all arounders, it’d just be what stages they pick out.Agreed. Almeida was somewhat helpful but despite finishing high on the one stage that another team (Visma) set the pace he was dropped early.
I can see situations where Vingegaard has Kuss, S. Yates and Jorgenson while Pogacar only has Adam. Of course, Almeida will probably finish 4th or something but that doesn't help.