But it's not just Vingegaard who beat him. If Vingegaard had beaten Pogacar in second place, then that would be indicative of the difference between them. But when Pogacar lost to Jorgenson, as had never happened before, and was on par with Lipowitz, it's the one that Pogacar's performance was unusually subpar.
UAE tt setup is arguably one of the worst in general (it's very old, the bike was released almost 4 years ago), and probably the worst when there's a very steep hill. There's a video of pogacar holding visma TT bike to get the weight because he's clearly disappointed with the weight of his bike. He also had visible problems handling the bike on the flat and descents (he looked way different than on the descent of the TT in stage 21 of the 24 Tdf)
I find the fact that Visma as a team has been flying lately and UAE has underperformed way more concerning than Jonas beating Pog today.
he clearly had problems with the bike and materials, it's impossible that he looses that much time on the flat, even in his january shape. The fact that he was good on the climb just proves it. He was shockingly bad (for his standards) on the flat
Simon Yates' performance in Finestre was underestimated here.
Wait, really? I wonder what went on with the flat sections. He didn't look super comfortable, so maybe it is to do with his position? His TT performances last year were really good, so it's naturally a bit concerning/ surprising when he's a bit ropey.
Do you know, I was thinking the same thing! Quite refreshing
are you sure about that time on the climb? where did you get it? because if that's true, today's result can be a huge problem for the tour, considering there's a 33km entirely flat TT, and there seemed to be a clear problem on the flat parts
if a person of that caliber and with that knowledge of that world makes those kind of statements (even if he had to retreat a bit because of PR reasons) there is certainly a lot of truthTom Boonen seeing the UAE Colnagos getting slammed....
These are calculations they made at X.
Okay, that is weird. I did notice he was down on the climb because they showed him, Jonas and Remco at the same point and I noticed he was 9 mins+, whereas I'd been sure Remco and Jonas were under 9 mins. I didn't go back and check though so didn't realise that most of his time loss to Jonas was prior to that point. It could have been a pacing strategy, but would seem odd to go for a significant negative split like that.
I'm more concerned about the gap to JV to be honest. Remco is the best TTer in the world and I'd expect a decent chunk of change between him and the next guy on a TT like this, whereas I'd expect a relatively similar time from Jonas and Pog.
wow! very difficult to explain, he lost more than 30 seconds in 6.5 kms of flat? that's very hard to explain, if you think about it, it can't be explained by his shape or a bad day, because in the first kms everyone is fresh, he can't loose that much time. On the climb he was indeed the faster, and that's a positive sign going forward, in the flat something clearly went wrong
don't consider remco, focus on jonas vs pog, it's impossible that pogacar looses 30 seconds in 6.5 km of flat at the beginning of the TT (so when fresh). Something clearly went wrong, when I see him lifting the bike of visma after the race or when I see him wobbling on the bike whenever he went above a certain speed makes me believe he is not happy with the materials. To me the fact he was the best on the climb is a very good sign
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