Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Lequack]

Off-season was too long. Can't wait to watch our heroes again! (Teddy and also his main rivals)

Teddy and his big rivals Lennert Van Eetvelt and Oscar Onley.
They could have brought Adam Yates who was already over there in the Oman desert, and sent Pog to Algarve to race Roglic and Vingegaard.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Off-season was too long. Can't wait to watch our heroes again! (Teddy and also his main rivals)

I just hope for no crashes. Teddy is riding a lot of hectic races, including these sprint stages in UAE where everyone is sleepy after 4 hours of zone 1 and all of a sudden, riders are on the tarmac.

 

[James M]

I just hope for no crashes. Teddy is riding a lot of hectic races, including these sprint stages in UAE where everyone is sleepy after 4 hours of zone 1 and all of a sudden, riders are on the tarmac.

No Ganna but you get a tier 1 benchmark in the TT nevertheless.

 

[Peyroteo94]

No Ganna but you get a tier 1 benchmark in the TT nevertheless.

Bisseger and Tarling are a threat.

 

[Monsi]

Bisseger and Tarling are a threat.

Don't really know about Bissegger. It's a short TT though so you can never count him out. Tarling should be the heavy favorite to take that TT. Pogi probably goes 2nd or 3rd.

 

[yaf2]

Teddy and his big rivals Lennert Van Eetvelt and Oscar Onley.
They could have brought Adam Yates who was already over there in the Oman desert, and sent Pog to Algarve to race Roglic and Vingegaard.

It was upto them to come to his race as uae tour is his obligation and if that was the case he would welcome them with open hands🤗. Why don't they go to Lbl or strade? His only opponent who has the balls to do a race with him is remco👏

 

[Salvarani]

Bisseger and Tarling are a threat.

Hoole could be up there as well

 

[Peyroteo94]

Don't really know about Bissegger. It's a short TT though so you can never count him out. Tarling should be the heavy favorite to take that TT. Pogi probably goes 2nd or 3rd.

Bisseger can do terrific TTs, specially short and fast TTs

 

[hayneplane]

Bisseger can do terrific TTs, specially short and fast TTs

Could do. Have to view his TT ability more in a past tense as it is 3 years since he won an ITT in a stage race of any level.

 

[AmRacer]

It was upto them to come to his race as uae tour is his obligation and if that was the case he would welcome them with open hands🤗. Why don't they go to Lbl or strade? His only opponent who has the balls to do a race with him is remco👏

and Mathieu

 

[Tymek]

Hating PR is like hating cycling, sorry!

Well, not for me, but ofc everyone can think anything.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Could do. Have to view his TT ability more in a past tense as it is 3 years since he won an ITT in a stage race of any level.

I didn't realize he was so bad in the last 3 years.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Well, not for me, but ofc everyone can think anything.

Yes but there is no race like PR. The hardest race but with very little vertical meters. What a paradox! This shows how hard are some of those cobbles

 

[yaf2]

and Mathieu

I wouldn't include Mathieu there I meant to speak of vingegaard who has the big mouth and who thinks he owns pog with better prep. Why don't he go to the big races and own pog now? He has been training since August no? And wait.. after the end of the 2025 tour when reality hits him in the face I hope his fans wont turn against him when he cancels the trip to vuelta to avoid pog🤞 The others including primoz, remco and vdp already showed respect for 🐐

 

[yaf2]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1870109606661206518

View: https://x.com/tomdanielson/status/1870109606661206518?t=do-k63NPhimhcOnesT-TKA&s=19

🫡🤝

 

[Peyroteo94]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1870109606661206518

View: https://x.com/tomdanielson/status/1870109606661206518?t=do-k63NPhimhcOnesT-TKA&s=19

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I don't agree to be honest. Genetics is still the X factor to be a world class rider. And it is obvious, Pogacar is two steps above everyone else (Vingegaard is close when we talk about GTs, MVP is close when we talk about classics but overall they are way worse). After seeing his level last year, I kinda think San Millan was hampering his chances of really showing his dominance. So Pogi with a suboptimal training was still the best in the world. Even Bardet said how useless some riders feel when they race against Pogi.

 

[scribers]

I wouldn't include Mathieu there I meant to speak of vingegaard who has the big mouth and who thinks he owns pog with better prep. Why don't he go to the big races and own pog now? He has been training since August no? And wait.. after the end of the 2025 tour when reality hits him in the face I hope his fans wont turn against him when he cancels the trip to vuelta to avoid pog🤞 The others including primoz, remco and vdp already showed respect for 🐐

Things that never happened so hard, it unhappened things that did. A little fan fiction is okay, just no need to be aggro about it

 

[Peyroteo94]

2 days to go. Can't wait for 7 w/kg in Jebel Hafeet.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Gregário de Tadej Pogacar dá detalhes sobre treino no trecho da Paris-Roubaix "ele me deixou pra trás nos 29 setores"

Na semana passada, Tadej Pogacar realizou um reconhecimento completo das seções de paralelepípedos da Paris-Roubaix ao lado de seu fiel gregário, Tim Wellens.

girodociclismo.com.br

Wellens said Pogacar dropped him in every single section during PR recconainssance

 

[hayneplane]

Gregário de Tadej Pogacar dá detalhes sobre treino no trecho da Paris-Roubaix "ele me deixou pra trás nos 29 setores"

Na semana passada, Tadej Pogacar realizou um reconhecimento completo das seções de paralelepípedos da Paris-Roubaix ao lado de seu fiel gregário, Tim Wellens.

girodociclismo.com.br

Wellens said Pogacar dropped him in every single section during PR recconainssance

Brutal.

 

[Tymek]

Gregário de Tadej Pogacar dá detalhes sobre treino no trecho da Paris-Roubaix "ele me deixou pra trás nos 29 setores"

Na semana passada, Tadej Pogacar realizou um reconhecimento completo das seções de paralelepípedos da Paris-Roubaix ao lado de seu fiel gregário, Tim Wellens.

girodociclismo.com.br

Wellens said Pogacar dropped him in every single section during PR recconainssance

Wellens finished 15th last year at PR, I'm just saying.
Politt was 4th and was supposed to be there with Pog, but finally didn't show up. If he could drop Politt then we'd know that he can fight for at least podium there.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Wellens says Pogacar is not only powerful but also has a very good ability riding on the cobbles.

 

[Salvarani]

Wellens says Pogacar is not only powerful but also has a very good ability riding on the cobbles.

Which we have seen in the Tour on two occasions.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Wellens finished 15th last year at PR, I'm just saying.
Politt was 4th and was supposed to be there with Pog, but finally didn't show up. If he could drop Politt then we'd know that he can fight for at least podium there.

Fight for podium is realistic but there will be two guys with considerably better chances to win. Those two guys are very powerful, have more experience on flat cobbles and have better sprint.

 

[AupaPyama]

One is Van der Poel, but who is the other one?