Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[YavorD]

He will miss him next year for sure.

Doesn't he get some role within the team?

Still, today was the only race they rode together and last year they did the Giro (and obviously Lombardia), so they don't ride too often together nowadays.

 

[Tanakka]

Not only money wise. The prestige, the scale, the attention and the glory are all multiplied in Grand Tours.

Yeah, but only because casual fans don't understand ***.
'Casual fans' translates into money.

Therefore, if we are not talking about money, the Vuelta and, to a maybe slightly lesser extent historically, the Giro, don't mean "anything"... when you have 4 wins and 2 second places, as a 27y.o., in the TdF, which is by far the KING when it comes to GTs:
it's all about the TdF!

For those who understand cycling:
- MSR and PR, even more so the latter, would be epic.
- RVV was already a big deal (and by 'big deal' I actually mean it being "impressive")
- Only LBL and GdL aren't such a huge deal from a GT winner - albeit even in those scenarios we were generally talking about 2-3 total LBL+GdL tops, definitely not 5 GdL in a row

 

[Tanakka]

He will miss him next year for sure.

Doesn't he get some role within the team?

Still, today was the only race they rode together and last year they did the Giro (and obviously Lombardia), so they don't ride too often together nowadays.

Yeah but, even so... he won't get to look at his *** as much.

During the 2024 Giro there was a funny IG comment/Tweet stating that Pogi sees Majka's butt more than he sees Urska's, and Pogi&Majka gave it a like/retweeted it.

All jokes aside, it's a pity that Majka is already up there age wise 'cause while UAE is obviously a very strong team some could argue that some of his teammates are not as reliable as domestiques.
Majka was hard to match in that sense.

 

[jmdirt]

Spectacular season TP!

 

[BubbaChuck]

 

[Peyroteo94]

2 aliens side by side!

 

[Peyroteo94]

Love this song. He also put this song last year after winning GdL.
What a season! He really loves this race!

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[Monsi]

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Just stating his goals again so it's possible his schedule for next year is pretty similar to this year. Just hoping UAE Tour gets left off as well as AGR and FW.

 

[Peyroteo94]

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Just stating his goals again so it's possible his schedule for next year is pretty similar to this year. Just hoping UAE Tour gets left off as well as AGR and FW.

His schedule will be similar to 2025

 

[Peyroteo94]

Second year in a row with 5 major wins! He and Merckx did this.

 

[Lorzenz08]

Probably no Vuelta before 2029
2026 WC course will be good for him
2027 will be even better
2028 is in UAE

 

[Shortcut]

It is just crazy important how good he will be at first 3 monuments next year. If he wins 2 of those it will be already great season, if it is 1 then its good and 0 would mean big pressure for rest of the season.

 

[Cycling111]

Probably no Vuelta before 2029
2026 WC course will be good for him
2027 will be even better
2028 is in UAE

For sprinters.

 

[Shortcut]

For sprinters.

Why are you so sure it will be for sprinters?

 

[Blanco]

Second year in a row with 5 major wins! He and Merckx did this.

17 major wins. Tied with Coppi, one more than Hinault, but still 16 less than Merckx.
In one-day races only, he's even better, 12 major wins, surpassed De Vlaeminck, only Merckx up front with 22.

 

[Samamba]

Only one day race (not counting TTs) this guy has not finished in the top 4 of in the last 3 years is Quebec 2 years in a row.

MAKE EVERY RACE LIKE QUEBEC!!!!

 

[Monsi]

Why are you so sure it will be for sprinters?

I've read some things that there were attempts to try and include Jebel Hafeet for the 2028 Worlds but it was insisted that they keep it a flat Worlds course to give the sprinters a chance.

 

[Monsi]

Probably no Vuelta before 2029
2026 WC course will be good for him
2027 will be even better
2028 is in UAE

I think Tour-Vuelta + Worlds + Lombardia is doable in 2027 with the Domancy Worlds but I also won't be surprised if he just plays it safe and does maybe Giro-Tour-Worlds-Lombardia or another Classics-heavy season + Tour (depends on how MSR and Roubaix goes next year).

 

[Cycling111]

Why are you so sure it will be for sprinters?

Because that's what those with information say. The route will revolve around Abu Dhabi, where the finish will be.

 

[hayneplane]

The PCS numbers agree:

2025: 8635 km in 50 days | PCS points: 4921 | UCI points: 11680
2024: 9959 km in 58 days | PCS points: 4588 | UCI points: 11655

The CQ ranking points are lower but that difference can basically be fully explained by the loss of 19 days of Giro leaders jersey points.

 

[YavorD]

I've read some things that there were attempts to try and include Jebel Hafeet for the 2028 Worlds but it was insisted that they keep it a flat Worlds course to give the sprinters a chance.

I don't like it for obvious reasons, but it makes sense actually. We didn't have a sprinters friendly worlds since 2016. Not that I miss it, but yeah..