Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Peyroteo94]

Pogacar looks so thin. He really matured physiologically. No more baby fat.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Pogacar looks so thin. He really matured physiologically. No more baby fat.

And stood little chance in a TT because of that, for RR obviously it might end up being beneficial, still not always true as it's not like we are talking big mountains here.

 

[Low is rhe new high]

Pogacar looks so thin. He really matured physiologically. No more baby fat.

Maybe he is anorectic but ? Explains the talk of retiring and his TT performance.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pogacar looks so thin. He really matured physiologically. No more baby fat.

Apparently porridge has gone up in price plus Urshka is focused on her career more than on cooking.

 

[Red Rick]

If this is based off the picture after the TT, any man looks like he's aged 20 years after a TT.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

If this is based off the picture after the TT, any man looks like he's aged 20 years after a TT.

he didn't look too good after FW either

 

[Peyroteo94]

If this is based off the picture after the TT, any man looks like he's aged 20 years after a TT.

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[Red Rick]

he didn't look too good after FW either

 

[Krzysztof_O]

@Peyroteo94 Not below TdF weight IMO, rather normal.

 

[scribers]

Explain to me your post please.

You’ve been wanting pogi at the vuelta last year, this year, and next year. I can’t reread your response to Lequack for you.

 

[Cycling111]

@Peyroteo94 Not below TdF weight IMO, rather normal.

I've never seen him so thin outside of the Tour.

 

[Peyroteo94]

You’ve been wanting pogi at the vuelta last year, this year, and next year. I can’t reread your response to Lequack for you.

Yes I wanted but I can't understand your point...
Just because I wanted, he should be there. Is this your point?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

I've never seen him so thin outside of the Tour.

He was very thin basically from the start of 2024, getting ready for the double.

 

[scribers]

Yes I wanted but I can't understand your point...
Just because I wanted, he should be there. Is this your point?

Far too tedious. Never mind

 

[Cycling111]

Aero bike?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Aero bike?

Picture of the day! Those guys cycling with 100 kgs of bananas are true watt monsters: they must be thinking "who are those weirdos without any baggage?". They would smoke Teddy, Remco and co on Sunday.

 

[HashRouge]

He was very thin basically from the start of 2024, getting ready for the double.

I still say Strade 2024 was the thinnest I've ever seen him.

 

[HashRouge]

I think he's thinner now.

In the podcast he did last year, he said he weighed more at the 2024 Classics than he at the start of the Tour . And now he's as thin as he was at the Tour.

I did think my perception might be a bit warped. I felt like he was thinner at Strade 2024 than he had been in 2023, so I just really noticed it. It seems to work fairly well for him, but I guess we'll see on Sunday.

 

[Cycling111]

I did think my perception might be a bit warped. I felt like he was thinner at Strade 2024 than he had been in 2023, so I just really noticed it. It seems to work fairly well for him, but I guess we'll see on Sunday.

In Flanders, he always weighs more than in the Tour, but now I see him as thin as in the Tour. To pass the cobbles, it's better to have a little more weight.

 

[rafa92]

In Flanders, he always weighs more than in the Tour, but now I see him as thin as in the Tour. To pass the cobbles, it's better to have a little more weight.

nah, remember that this race will have 5500 meters of elevation, flanders is around 2000 meters. It's better to be very low weight with so much elevation

 

[Cycling111]

nah, remember that this race will have 5500 meters of elevation, flanders is around 2000 meters. It's better to be very low weight with so much elevation

But except for Mont Kigali, they're short climbs. The weight of Flanders would be fine, isn't the weight of Pedersen or VDP.

 

[yaf2]

But except for Mont Kigali, they're short climbs. The weight of Flanders would be fine, isn't the weight of Pedersen or VDP.

His weight is more or less the same as all year around 65. Dont worry he has a world class coach who knows what he is doing with his weight management. I think the deception is with the camera angle + if he wears a full skin suit or not(wearing it might make him look like big)

 

[Berniece]

But except for Mont Kigali, they're short climbs. The weight of Flanders would be fine, isn't the weight of Pedersen or VDP.

Indeed. Unless Slovenia tries to make it as hard as possible in the first 150km's and Pogacar launches on Mount Kigali

 

[Cookster15]

But except for Mont Kigali, they're short climbs. The weight of Flanders would be fine, isn't the weight of Pedersen or VDP.

As mentioned above I think Pog will be close to his Tour weight. But even so, as you say a little extra weight isn't such a penalty on short climbs. But the issue would be cumulative fatigue.

On the Kigali course you have to repeat pulling that extra kilo or two up each of those climbs 9 times before the finishing circuit. It all adds to fatigue late in the race. 5,475 metres of elevation over 267 km is indeed brutal.

 

[Cycling111]

His weight is more or less the same as all year around 65. Dont worry he has a world class coach who knows what he is doing with his weight management. I think the deception is with the camera angle + if he wears a full skin suit or not(wearing it might make him look like big)

He also had a coach for the time trial, and it turned out worse than expected.

Some believe the travel to Canada and not doing the altitude camp were a mistake before ITT.

I don't know what his coach would advise regarding the time trial and Canada.