Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

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All this nonsense about tactics, feed zones, general animosity towards each other etc. stems from the fact that we havent seen a mountain stage yet. Thats the problem. For now its small time gaps and a lot of words, some real hard stages will calm all this down when Tadej most likely just shows to be the much superior rider. Maybe that happens tomorrow, although I doubt its a bit too easy to do real damage.
 
Pogacar said he will probably race the Vuelta. Good news!


I think it really depends on what happens at the Tour. There will be some monster stages that could suck your energy. Tour result can also affect their decision. They can reconsider this at any time and focus on WC (both RR and TT) instead.
 
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The feed zones sound chaotic according to the Move guys. And such incidents are normal. So maybe they need to string these sections out more
I don't think so. Cycling always had moral rules and the vast majority of riders don't break these rules. However there are riders who think they are smarter than others but they eventually pay the price later.
Matteo can probably be in contention for a TdF stage win in the future but Pogacar will not allow that just like he didn't in Isola.
 
All this nonsense about tactics, feed zones, general animosity towards each other etc. stems from the fact that we havent seen a mountain stage yet. Thats the problem. For now its small time gaps and a lot of words, some real hard stages will calm all this down when Tadej most likely just shows to be the much superior rider. Maybe that happens tomorrow, although I doubt its a bit too easy to do real damage.
Stage 10 misses steep climbs IMHO.
 
I think WC double is an attractive alternative goal though. He may never have a better chance in a WC TT and defending the RR title is also big.
I'm pretty sure he doesn't give the WC TT much relevance. He normally does better TTs in the Tour because it's the only competition where he actually wants to perform in TTs and for that reason he spends more time on the TT bike before the race.
 
I don't think so. Cycling always had moral rules and the vast majority of riders don't break these rules. However there are riders who think they are smarter than others but they eventually pay the price later.
Matteo can probably be in contention for a TdF stage win in the future but Pogacar will not allow that just like he didn't in Isola.
You don’t think the move guys right? They’ve been in actual pro cycling a long time. And they say this thing is normal in that chaos
 
You don’t think the move guys right? They’ve been in actual pro cycling a long time. And they say this thing is normal in that chaos
To be honest, they are incoherent sometimes. How many times, do you see them saying things like "they no longer racing like us in sprint stages", "they attack everywhere". LA and US Postal were bullies, no way a rider would break moral rules of the peloton without a big warning from them. They were in charge, they always let french riders (no GC threats) go to the break but they chose who were those guys. Back in those days, moral rules were broken but lot less than now IMHO (as a spectator who follow cycling for 25 years regularly).
 
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To be honest, they are incoherent sometimes. How many times, do you see them saying things like "they no longer racing like us in sprint stages", "they attack everywhere". LA and US Postal were bullies, no way a rider would break moral rules of the peloton without a big warning from them. They were in charge, they always let french riders (no GC threats) go to the break but they chose who were those guys. Back in those days, moral rules were broken but lot less than now IMHO (as a spectator who follow cycling for 25 years regularly).
Wiggins is the biggest driver in “there’s nothing worth seeing here” regarding what happened in the feed zone. Plus, he is highly suspicious of the media coverage due to the determination to sensationalize of non stories.
 
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