Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Peyroteo94]

If he doesn't win now he will never win it. I mean WC TT. Also if he does win it, he will be crazy relaxed for RR.

I don't know if I agree with you. He is not as good as Remco (and will never be in normal circunstances) in flat TTs or even TTs they go over 49-50 kph however if we look to 2017 and 2018, the WCTT courses had a decent climb there.
I wouldn't say Pogacar wasn't a favorite in those TTs.

 

[James M]

I think he doesn't care about the Vuelta. I see him more excited to race PR or RVV.

I still have goosebumps with this presentation.

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Decent editing and infinite aura thats what I call that presentation. The Grim Reaper himself.

 

[pastronef]

Moreno Moser (on Discovery) said there are rumors Pog told the UAE management he wants Ayuso OFF the team -right now-

 

[Extinction]

Moreno Moser (on Discovery) said there are rumors Pog told the UAE management he wants Ayuso OFF the team -right now-

That's what I posted up thread.

 

[pastronef]

That's what I posted up thread.

sorry I missed it

 

[Peyroteo94]

Moreno Moser (on Discovery) said there are rumors Pog told the UAE management he wants Ayuso OFF the team -right now-

Rumours. Unfortunately we will never know if it's true.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Decent editing and infinite aura thats what I call that presentation. The Grim Reaper himself.

He lost his aura in the Tour 2022 but right now he looks more invencible than ever.

 

[Extinction]

Rumours. Unfortunately we will never know if it's true.

Go to the source and connect the dots. Of course it's true, we just don't know who shot JFK. Ask Oliver Stone or Pinko Paolino!

 

[BubbaChuck]

lol i knew pidcocck was in climbing form this year after strade. i hope that pog focuses on tt for real and shows what he can trully do on tt.

 

[BubbaChuck]

tt is only thing pog hasnot reached his full potential.

 

[BubbaChuck]

pidcock dropped jonas,lmaoo,with same cadance as when he was dropped by pog.levels,lol.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Go to the source and connect the dots. Of course it's true, we just don't know who shot JFK. Ask Oliver Stone or Pinko Paolino!

Yeah, right.

 

[Peyroteo94]

tt is only thing pog hasnot reached his full potential.

He will never reach his true potential because he doesn't really train them consistently. Unless he is preparing the Tour.
However, even if he starts doing way more TT training, I don't think he can reach Remco's level.

 

[Cycling111]

Novak isn´t having a particularly good performance in the Vuelta.
Let's hope he's better at the World Championships; he needs to be able to control more than100km

 

[Peyroteo94]

Novak isn´t having a particularly good performance in the Vuelta.
Let's hope he's better at the World Championships; he needs to be able to control more than100km

Yup. I think he can do it.

 

[Offline]

Novak isn´t having a particularly good performance in the Vuelta.
Let's hope he's better at the World Championships; he needs to be able to control more than100km

He always strong after a grand tour

 

[Peyroteo94]

He always strong after a grand tour

Well, never notice that.

 

[Offline]

Well, never notice that.

He is also always best in 3 rd week

 

[pastronef]

Pog being spotted throwing a bottle at a gas station tv where he was watching the Vuelta during his training ride

 

[Peyroteo94]

He is also always best in 3 rd week

But he still isn't reliable enough. Not due to lack of effort but lack of quality.

 

[Cycling111]

I wonder if Pogacar will ever be bothered by things like this. That they're working harder for Ayuso than the overall leader. Considering Ayuso's behavior, they've worked harder for him to win two stages in a breakaway than Ayuso worked for Pogacar in the Tour


This situation is worrying for the future. Other young cyclists could follow Ayuso's lead, and they're also rewarded for not helping the team. It's all surreal in this team.

 

[Rou]

Pog being spotted throwing a bottle at a gas station tv where he was watching the Vuelta during his training ride

Source?

 

[Peyroteo94]

According Pauwels this is how Belgium will beat Pogacar

Control, don't react, support: National coach Pauwels has sophisticated battle plan to beat Pogacar at the World Championships

On Monday, the Belgian federation announced its selections for the UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda, with Remco Evenepoel, unsurprisingly, named the clear team leader. To go for a second rainbow...

www.idlprocycling.com

 

[QueenStagiaire]

According Pauwels this is how Belgium will beat Pogacar

Control, don't react, support: National coach Pauwels has sophisticated battle plan to beat Pogacar at the World Championships

On Monday, the Belgian federation announced its selections for the UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda, with Remco Evenepoel, unsurprisingly, named the clear team leader. To go for a second rainbow...

www.idlprocycling.com

Control the race for him and then just try to follow him and see how it goes. Doesn‘t convince me

 

[Valv.Piti]

Tour team should see a complete overhaul

Pog
Yates (Majka role, and please dont screw it up by overracing him)
Almeida or Toro depending on who does the Giro (I'd prefer Del Toro doing Tour, and Almeida leading the Giro). Maybe you bring both do, Almeida could easily do 2 GTs back to back.
Wellens is the safest card on the roster
Narvaez, very close to Wellens status

Thats the core. Lets say you only bring one of Toro/Almeida:
Vine, pure climbing dom alá Poels/Kuss
Vermeersch for positioning with Wellens
Last one could be either Bjerg, Politt, Soler, Sivakov, Mcnulty, Arrieta or Baroncini. Would rather not see the old guard, I like Baroncini, but he does the same as Florian I think. I think Bjerg is always a nice balance who can do it all pretty well, and theres a TTT.

So:
Pog
Yates
Del Toro
Vine
Wellens
Narvaez
Vermeersch
Bjerg

I think is the most balanced all well rounded roster. But depends on the route, maybe you dont need Vermeesch or a similar rider like that when you have Wellens. But the 2024 was really bad IMO, and Soler and Sivakov was of no use. Politt as well. You should probably bring McNulty then instead of Veermersch, that would be a team of a team, but would solely rely on Wellens for positioning again.