Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Peyroteo94]

I think he will try for the stage.

Maybe but if riders hit the last hill with full speed, it's hard to think how can he drop everyone.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Pogacar chatting with Vingegaard. Maybe they are not really enemies.

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[Rechtschreibfehler]

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Talks expectations down a little I feel like

My main takeaways are:
- He doesn't know the exact effect of the training yet, and says the leg's aren't as GT ready as they were last year, because of different training for the classics campaign.
- He's very happy with his numbers.
- "Unfortunately I'm stuck with it every year" about the Tour. He needs to change his racing schedule because "otherwise I woudln't last very long" because of boredom.
- He needs to take the thought away that he definitively needs to win the Dauphine, because it's not an exact indicator for the TdF anyway.

Overall I'd say he sounds pretty confident (very happy with the numbers) but knows that different training might have an effect on his stage racing, and he's not 100% certain that the legs will do his bidding exactly already, or if they need to do a little more work on certain aspects after the Dauphine.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Pogacar chatting with Vingegaard. Maybe they are not really enemies.

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I think actually, for 2 riders being in such a fierce competition, they seem to get along pretty well.

 

[Peyroteo94]

My main takeaways are:
- He doesn't know the exact effect of the training yet, and says the leg's aren't as GT ready as they were last year, because of different training for the classics campaign.
- He's very happy with his numbers.
- "Unfortunately I'm stuck with it every year" about the Tour. He needs to change his racing schedule because "otherwise I woudln't last very long" because of boredom.
- He needs to take the thought away that he definitively needs to win the Dauphine, because it's not an exact indicator for the TdF anyway.

Overall I'd say he sounds pretty confident (very happy with the numbers) but knows that different training might have an effect on his stage racing, and he's not 100% certain that the legs will do his bidding exactly already, or if the need to do a little more work on certain aspects after the Dauphine.

He still has 12-14 days of altitude training after this Dauphiné. If he says his numbers are good, it's are good news because he was training on long climbs and he is probably doing his best numbers ever.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Other important thing is Pogacar can go hard this Dauphiné. The first 5 stages will be very easy and not demanding by any means. The TT is only a 22 minutes effort.
Stage 7 is where he will need to go hard for many km.

 

[AmRacer]

2026
No UAE, no SB.
A classics campaign with a one-week WT stage race he hasn't won.
A month holiday, then start training for a full autumn calendar including the Vuelta.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Pogacar chatting with Vingegaard. Maybe they are not really enemies.

I'm sure they are not. They are undoubtedly far more reasonable and mature about their rivalry than many supporters of either.

 

[AupaPyama]

2026
No UAE, no SB.
A classics campaign with a one-week WT stage race he hasn't won.
A month holiday, then start training for a full autumn calendar including the Vuelta.

And Almeida, Ayuso and Del Toro for the Tour? The sjeiks would like that haha.

 

[snipeheem]

GOAT

 

[Cycling111]

The team missing as usual. Narvaez also, despite the stage going well for him.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Yeah baby! His team looked awful today.

 

[scribers]

Lmao that interview. He’s a friendly troll.

This win was a freebie. Choice bonus. Chonus

 

[Peyroteo94]

Expectations are so high for him that some people are prasing Vingegaard more than him. He just got a dominant win in Dauphiné.

 

[rafa92]

Yeah baby! His team looked awful today.

imo pog's win or his team level are not the main takeaway from today, the main takeaway is that vingegaard is on a monster level, today he looked stronger than pog (considering the parcours and their characteristics as riders)

 

[rafa92]

Expectations are so high for him that some people are prasing Vingegaard more than him. He just got a dominant win in Dauphiné.

becasue vingegaard was more impressive to be honest, considering the nature of the parcours, after today I'm already worried about the level he will have at the tour

 

[Peyroteo94]

imo pog's win or his team level are not the main takeaway from today, the main takeaway is that vingegaard is on a monster level, today he looked stronger than pog (considering the parcours and their characteristics as riders)

How?

 

[scribers]

We might be entering the punk rebellious pogi phase

 

[tp4493]

Agree, both Jonas and Remo looked strong today, will be interesting to see how their shape will develop through the race, very open. However today great result

 

[Cycling111]

becasue vingegaard was more impressive to be honest, considering the nature of the parcours, after today I'm already worried about the level he will have at the tour

You're not taking into account that Pogacar had to close the gap on Jorgenson twice.
Visma attacked Pogacar with two riders. UAE disappeared as usual.

But getting a conclusion for this is Lioran 2.0.

 

[rafa92]

How?

vingegaard attacked on the flat and pog was on his limit (on the flat) and in the sprint (a flat sprint) he was very close. You have to keep in mind how much lighter vingegaard is compared to pog. The level vingegaard showed on the flat is super impressive, it's exactly the same thing we say when pog keeps up with vdp on the flat at PR despite being much lighter.

 

[Rou]

As usual UAE team is a joke. Pogacar isolated and had to cover attacks from Tulett, Jorgenson and Vingegaard. They underrated the stage again.

 

[Peyroteo94]

This Dauphiné will give us a lot of information. I think Vingegaard is closer to his peak (2022 and 2023 showed that) than Pogacar so this race will be interesting.

 

[Peyroteo94]

vingegaard attacked on the flat and pog was on his limit (on the flat) and in the sprint (a flat sprint) he was very close. You have to keep in mind how much lighter vingegaard is compared to pog. The level vingegaard showed on the flat is super impressive, it's exactly the same thing we say when pog keeps up with vdp on the flat at PR despite being much lighter.

Pog wasn't on his limit... what race did you watch?

 

[Cycling111]

vingegaard attacked on the flat and pog was on his limit (on the flat) and in the sprint (a flat sprint) he was very close. You have to keep in mind how much lighter vingegaard is compared to pog. The level vingegaard showed on the flat is super impressive, it's exactly the same thing we say when pog keeps up with vdp on the flat at PR despite being much lighter.

Once again. After riding on Pogacar's wheel who who had to close the gap to two attacks of Jorgenson.