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Yeah, we saw that this year.
After second attack only one who immediately cought Pogi was Mathieu.
Honestly I want Pogačar to win MSR this year so I won’t be mad if MvdP wouldn’t show up on the MSR start.
I didn’t thought so until mou stated that.
Now… I just… I don’t know, but let’s just say that I don’t want to play poger with mou.
Suddenly there isn’t. Sponsor wants to win and Tadej teammates had problems with that lastly so they need him to win that race.
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Flemish Pogacar with a weak classics team is the Pogacar I like the most. For 2023 that was exciting, there was a novelty to it. For 2025 I'm mostly interested in the races that suit him less like E3 and Gent Wevelgem. For RVV I'm afraid that his team just brings him to Oude Kwaremont and he rides of into the (rainy, muddy and cold) sunset.
Ofcourse MSR could be a great 20 minutes too. The tour can be investing only of Vingegaard can compete with him again.
Ofcourse MSR could be a great 20 minutes too. The tour can be investing only of Vingegaard can compete with him again.
This. I think RVV will be a massacre. Now he has the team to just nuke every single climb and wait for a move in Kwaremont.
he will race and I back the decision 100%. your owners race and you wear the world champ jersey. would be foolish not to go there.
I know why he will race UAE Tour and you are right. I can add UAE doesn't win the race since 2022 and this is important to owners too.
But what a waste of time and energy, it is going to UAE and just do recovery rides every single stage.
why waste? it's a race, he could do Algarve or Andalucia and do "recovery" rides, as you say, every single stage
Recovery. What kind of training is Pogacar having when he is riding in a bunch peloton for 99% of the race, specially in a flat terrain?
It is different. Those races have hills and undulating terrain, and I'm not even talking about these races are closer and shorter compared to UAE Tour.
UAE Tour has 2 uphill finishes. he'll have to fly in any case, be it Malaga, Lisboa, Dubai. UAE team will probably arrive there a few days before to train in warm conditions and do promotional stuff. it would be unusual if he didn't ride.
Yeah, i have the same opinion and don't really get a hate. He doesn't need to be in his peak form for that race, taking 1-2 stage wins +gc win is nice start. Even if he doesn't win UAE tour and Strade who cares. If he somehow manages to win MSR, than i can see him starting later in the season in future, but right now UAE tour+Strade make more sense than T-A or P-N.
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We love and cheer for him more than italians
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Yes I meant most italians cheer for him more than our own.
I find that sad, a country with such a proud cycling history with so many great teams and champions.
Now so little.
I can think of 50 million reasons he might want to do the UAE Tour. Plus it's warmish weather training for him when Europe weather is crap.
Maybe, but when was the last time we seen peak WVA? Tour 2022 (?) and never on Classics against Pogačar.
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Pogacar
Yates
Almeida
Sivakov
Soler
Narvaez
Wellens
Politt
(florian vermeersch) Super solid on all fronts. Without taking Bjerg, Mcnulty, Vine etc into considiration the team is very stacked.
Yates
Almeida
Sivakov
Soler
Narvaez
Wellens
Politt
(florian vermeersch) Super solid on all fronts. Without taking Bjerg, Mcnulty, Vine etc into considiration the team is very stacked.
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I like Narvaez on the Tour team. He was a menace during the Giro last year and if he takes another level with the uae training and gear like Politts for instance I believe he can be a very vital piece in the Tour team, he is super strong and can climb very very decent aswell, value on many terrain is always gold in a GT team.
With Florian as first reserve atm I saw today that team is rock solid!
With Florian as first reserve atm I saw today that team is rock solid!
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