Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[solo80k]

Its true that Pogi has an exceptionally close relationship with his wife.

Are they married? I've heard about the engagement but nothing more.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Watched the Jens Voigt interview on cyclingdane, He has lots of interesting things to say, picks Pogacar for the win, thinks margin will not be dominant

Most interesting thing is who he picked for third place. Ben O'Connor!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Are they married? I've heard about the engagement but nothing more.

They are not married, or at least not officially. Vingegaard kept his wedding a secret for months, so perhaps Pogačar wants to beat him at that game, too.

 

[Mina.S]

They obviously have different training programs. You know there are many male/female riders in relationships who ride together.

There are also loads of male and female cyclists who aren't in a relationship who train together, especially in Girona, Andorra...

 

[BubbaChuck]

regarding watts,calculations and that silly debate.you have carapaz literally training 7w/kg for 20 as new training regime after pog set the benchmark.he is suffering as mf.twitter calculations are pretty spot on.

 

[yaf2]

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Jonas needs to register for this as soon as possible. We need a fight in july😅

 

[Peyroteo94]

regarding watts,calculations and that silly debate.you have carapaz literally training 7w/kg for 20 as new training regime after pog set the benchmark.he is suffering as mf.twitter calculations are pretty spot on.

And he did more than 7.2 w/kg no Combloux.

 

[Lorzenz08]

I listened to Laurent Jalabert comment on Pogi performance during stage 7 of Dauphine.

He says actually Vingegaard wasnt that far in terms of shape from Pogi. He says he looked more tired because he gave his all the last 500m, and Pogi went easy.

He said Pogi and Vingo gave about the same effort and they climbed about at the same speed. Most of the difference was made during the initial Pogi attack which he says maybe Vingo wasnt feeling confident enough in himself to really commit and try to follow Pogi.


He still commented after the finish line that Vingo was looking exhausted and that it was a hard day for him.

 

[scribers]

That’s traditionally what you want to do and jalabert knows as well as anyone how you finish off the training and show up in July

 

[hayneplane]

Watched the Jens Voigt interview on cyclingdane, He has lots of interesting things to say, picks Pogacar for the win, thinks margin will not be dominant

He didn’t sound very clued in generally though as he seemed convinced Ayuso would be in the UAE tour and was surprised to hear informed that Simon Yates was riding.

Also thought Bernal would be there and Ben O’Connor was a dark horse podium contender.

To be fair his stage by stage previews were worth listening to.

 

[Rou]

Is Pogacar happy watching Almeida at Suisse? He enters every climb at 50th position and looks too average compared to this weak competition. Maybe he is undercooked if he came down late from altitude.
I hope he improves significantly for the Tour.

 

[ppanther92]

Is Pogacar happy watching Almeida at Suisse? He enters every climb at 50th position and looks too average compared to this weak competition. Maybe he is undercooked if he came down late from altitude.
I hope he improves significantly for the Tour.

I think he is undercooked. And he will still win the GC. Nothing to worry about.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

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Jonas needs to register for this as soon as possible. We need a fight in july😅

I don't doubt Vingo and Remco will be there. Pogi needs to mind his words!

 

[Fos]

He said Pogi and Vingo gave about the same effort and they climbed about at the same speed. Most of the difference was made during the initial Pogi attack which he says maybe Vingo wasnt feeling confident enough in himself to really commit and try to follow Pogi.

This is not true. The initial attack put 5-8s on Jonas, the the time gap increased slowly til 33s under the flamme rouge.

 

[Peyroteo94]

This is not true. The initial attack put 5-8s on Jonas, the the time gap increased slowly til 33s under the flamme rouge.

31s to be more accurate.

 

[Peyroteo94]

No information about his training camp. He is training under the radar more often.

 

[Froome]

And he did more than 7.2 w/kg no Combloux.

It was 7/7.1 at best.

 

[Peyroteo94]

It was 7/7.1 at best.

Nah. Vingegaard wasn't doing 6,5 w/kg.

 

[Cookster15]

Is Pogacar happy watching Almeida at Suisse? He enters every climb at 50th position and looks too average compared to this weak competition. Maybe he is undercooked if he came down late from altitude.
I hope he improves significantly for the Tour.

Pogacar won't be concerned. Almeida is riding himself into form at Suisse. Will be primed for July.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Pogacar won't be concerned. Almeida is riding himself into form at Suisse. Will be primed for July.

I hope so but Pogacar will not need him IMHO.

 

[yaf2]

I don't doubt Vingo and Remco will be there. Pogi needs to mind his words!

Pog at the moment is wondering how he lost 2 tdfs seeing his level turnaround since last year. I think he has made an even better leap this year. Imo the gap to jonas this year will be even bigger unfortunately for the audience

 

[hayneplane]

Pogacar won't be concerned. Almeida is riding himself into form at Suisse. Will be primed for July.

Also very different riding styles needed to ride for your own result than for a leader. He is having to measure his efforts carefully in Suisse because the rest of the UAE team have left him isolated very early in most of the selective moments.

To be fair it’s a weak GC field here with only Almeida as a likely top 5 prospect for the upcoming TDF so he really should win.

 

[Froome]

Nah. Vingegaard wasn't doing 6,5 w/kg.

7.2 w/kg are in 60 kg standard weight.

In 65 kg standard weight, he did 7/7.1 w/kg.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Pog at the moment is wondering how he lost 2 tdfs seeing his level turnaround since last year. I think he has made an even better leap this year. Imo the gap to jonas this year will be even bigger unfortunately for the audience

Vingegaard is a monster GC rider. He deserved those Tours.

 

[Rou]

7.2 w/kg are in 60 kg standard weight.

In 65 kg standard weight, he did 7/7.1 w/kg.

Pogacar can be 80 kilos doing 5 W/KG. It doesn't matter. What matters is that he did almost 1900 VAM at insane speed on 7.1 %. This is unheard of.