Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[yaf2]

What are the supposed to say? Don't bother watching, Pogi will will 12 stages and GC by 10 minutes? Of course they're going to big up Vingegaard. FWIW I hope they're right. Not that he wins necessarily, but that he's competitive against Pogi. I also kind of think Gilbert was right too - Pogi needs to be a little bit careful how he comes across, especially if he is this dominant during the Tour. He's got a lot of residual good will from the 2023 Tour, but I don't think a re-run of 2024 is going to make him more popular with a lot of people (and especially the French public). I din't think Gilbert was saying he shouldn't win, but just remember his opponents and be careful what he says.

I say all this as a Pogacar fan, but I don't enjoy the dominant wins as much as the big fights (MSR this year being a great example).

What is disrespect in ur vocabulary? On stage 6 they asked him what was the motivation behind for pushing hard to the finish & he said he wanted to see urska at swiss so he rode fast & stage 7 they asked the time it takes in doing all the leaders jersey obligations and he said he already was warming down to the finish so that he doesn't waste much time on rollers. They ask him stupid questions and he answers in a tadej way like a joke but that belgian nerd quoted his word and made a headline out of it. Its kinda funny to see this retired generations trying to stay relevant in 2025

 

[scribers]

who cares about urska at that moment. Make bland answers and move on instead of unfunny facetious comments. Pogi makes a lot of money and should be working with serious publicists to coach him on protecting his brand in the public eye.

 

[scribers]

With respect to comments about winning by 10 minutes. It’s right and that margin is completely unnecessary. Pogi can win by 2-3 minutes without digging any deeper (assuming he is that strong). And then go to the vuelta!

 

[Peyroteo94]

With respect to comments about winning by 10 minutes. It’s right and that margin is completely unnecessary. Pogi can win by 2-3 minutes without digging any deeper (assuming he is that strong). And then go to the vuelta!

First, he needs to avoid crashing out in the first week. Stages 1,8,9 are very dangerous.

 

[Peyroteo94]

He was 4 kilos heavier when he was young (before joining UAE). This is why he improved a lot.

"Tadej Pogacar ainda era um pouco gordo, ele pesava 4 kg a mais do que agora", diretor da UAE Emirates dá detalhes da contratação do campeão mundial

Mauro Gianetti, diretor geral da UAE Team Emirates, ainda se recorda nitidamente do momento em que conheceu Tadej Pogacar, o maior ciclista da atualidade.

girodociclismo.com.br

 

[TrekCyclist]

He was 4 kilos heavier when he was young (before joining UAE). This is why he improved a lot.

"Tadej Pogacar ainda era um pouco gordo, ele pesava 4 kg a mais do que agora", diretor da UAE Emirates dá detalhes da contratação do campeão mundial

Mauro Gianetti, diretor geral da UAE Team Emirates, ainda se recorda nitidamente do momento em que conheceu Tadej Pogacar, o maior ciclista da atualidade.

girodociclismo.com.br

If Gianetti says this is why he improved a lot, I guess we have to accept that is the reason for his improvement. Sounds like a logical explanation

 

[scribers]

Oh boy. Talk about needing a publicist. Apparently UAE publicist is focused on sports washing only.

 

[yaf2]

who cares about urska at that moment. Make bland answers and move on instead of unfunny facetious comments. Pogi makes a lot of money and should be working with serious publicists to coach him on protecting his brand in the public eye.

So should he say the boring answers '' i was motivated to attack b/c i lost 40 secs on the TT'' If we're in a business of splitting every word a person says it will be hard to have a normal life. But speaking of respect, pog always respected his rivals. On stage 1 after his win in the sprint he said after the finish jonas told him he was on the limit on the last climb & he said he was relieved to hear that b/c he was also on the limit there. If pog was an arrogant as those who said he was he could have said different. Dont be tricked by media washing more than sports washing

 

[scribers]

Create excitement on the bike and not incitement with the mouth.

If I were able to make the bank pogi makes I wouldn’t indulge in such inanity. If he’s interested in that just fire up an anonymous username and come hang out with us jackwagons on the internet. Break bread with @mou.

 

[yaf2]

Pogacar=Excitement personified 💯

 

[AmRacer]

If Gianetti says this is why he improved a lot, I guess we have to accept that is the reason for his improvement. Sounds like a logical explanation

There's another rider with constant weight issues.

 

[Lorzenz08]

Hmm okay guys Im not very superstitious but I gotta do some anti jinx we are getting too excited..

- Pogi shape is going to crash out on the 3rd week and he will lose 5 minutes in one single stage.
- Pogi is going to fall and get injured.

Thats it, no 4th TdF for Pogi this year.

 

[yaf2]

Never gonna happen even in the dreams

 

[scribers]

Hmm okay guys Im not very superstitious but I gotta do some anti jinx we are getting too excited..

- Pogi shape is going to crash out on the 3rd week and he will lose 5 minutes in one single stage.
- Pogi is going to fall and get injured.

Thats it, no 4th TdF for Pogi this year.

And Scarlett Johansson is finally gonna hit me up

 

[CyclistAbi]

who cares about urska at that moment.

Pogi.

 

[Peyroteo94]

It is the first time I see a rider taking his girlfriend to an altitude training camp befoee the Tour. Pogi is the boss of UAE.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

It is the first time I see a rider taking his girlfriend to an altitude training camp befoee the Tour. Pogi is the boss of UAE.

Any objection by Gianetti or Matxin and they are gone.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

It is the first time I see a rider taking his girlfriend to an altitude training camp befoee the Tour. Pogi is the boss of UAE.

I‘d guess most riders‘ girlfriends have jobs and those are incompatible with sitting in some hotel at altitude

 

[yaco]

It is the first time I see a rider taking his girlfriend to an altitude training camp befoee the Tour. Pogi is the boss of UAE.

Riders often take their family to altitude camps. And Urzka is a WT rider who finsihed 6th in the Suisse.

 

[yaf2]

It is the first time I see a rider taking his girlfriend to an altitude training camp befoee the Tour. Pogi is the boss of UAE.

No She was also in isola last year. Its not pogi who started it its a normal thing in the peleton

 

[Unchained]

And Scarlett Johansson is finally gonna hit me up

She needs to call me first!!
Someone here with better sense of history will remember the years when children started to appear on the podium with winning riders. In the US we were brainwashed with TV writers that had Greg LeMond's marriage and wife, kids(?) Warm fuzzy stuff, As pre packaging the backstory.. Gunshot recovery and on and on.
Pogacar doesn't see a big downside of over exposure, including the inner workings of his relationships.. It's probably OK because cycling is so small and he can walk through majority of world airports or streets and nobody would notice him. Definitely some danger in adding his significant other to training if things go wrong temporarily or in Paris..did your decision to include your girlfriend in TDF prep cause you to lose?
Don't know if adding that variable has lots of upside. I think his current public image marketing has healthy dose of his very outward good deeds and has lots of content of family moments on the bike.. Oh look my GF and I out training, ect..See me give stuff away, ect.
If I was UAE no way in the world Pog household is there as pre tour distraction.. And double down, if she is there, well kept secret.. Another team signal that Pogacar is calling the shots at UAE not the other way around.. Can't imagine those conversations when riders ask if there is room for their wives,GF or in the case of Del Toro, his mom!!! LoL!
Scarlett at sea level is fine for me!!

 

[Peyroteo94]

Riders often take their family to altitude camps. And Urzka is a WT rider who finsihed 6th in the Suisse.

But they aren't riding with their husband/boyfriend.

 

[Lorzenz08]

Its true that Pogi has an exceptionally close relationship with his wife. They are together for years and they still have the same vibe as a new couple who know each other for a couple of months and are in the " honeymoon phase".

But I think this is because of their character they are probaby slightly co-dependent for some reasons... it seems to work for now though.

 

[Mina.S]

She was also went to altitude with him before the giro last year. In an interview she said it’s convenient because she’s never been in a team which pays for women to go to altitude so she had to pay herself.

Pretty sure they only ride together on rest days and the rest of the time they have their own schedules.

She will go down from altitude earlier anyway I suspect because Slovenian nationals are next weekend.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Its true that Pogi has an exceptionally close relationship with his wife. They are together for years and they still have the same vibe as a new couple who know each other for a couple of months and are in the " honeymoon phase".

But I think this is because of their character they are probaby slightly co-dependent for some reasons... it seems to work for now though.

They will not break up. They are very similar humsn beings.