Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Peyroteo94]

« Là, je peux comprendre s’il arrête le vélo » : la mère de Tadej Pogacar se confie sur la fatigue mentale de son fils

Le double champion du monde et quadruple vainqueur du Tour a montré des signes de lassitude après sa nouvelle saison de dingue. En Slovénie,

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[HashRouge]

If you’re Pog and you’ve acheived what you have it is natural you want to focus on MSR and Roubaix - it keeps the motivation. Going for the Tour is also a given for the next couple of years- maybe he will give the Tour a miss in 2028 if he wants to focus on LA depending on parcours.

I don’t see the Vuelta in the next couple of years. The worlds are a big objective and they suit him for the next 2 years. After that they probably won’t suit him for the rest of his careeer.

I was listening to the Lanterne Rouge podcast and they were hypothesising about what he might do next year. They reckoned he'd have done the Vuelta this year if he'd come out of the Tour the way he did in 2024 and I think they're probably right. Last year I think he'd have gone for it if it hadn't been for the internal politics of the team. So I don't think it's impossible that the Vuelta is on his schedule again next year, then it will depend on how the Tour goes.

 

[Monsi]

I was listening to the Lanterne Rouge podcast and they were hypothesising about what he might do next year. They reckoned he'd have done the Vuelta this year if he'd come out of the Tour the way he did in 2024 and I think they're probably right. Last year I think he'd have gone for it if it hadn't been for the internal politics of the team. So I don't think it's impossible that the Vuelta is on his schedule again next year, then it will depend on how the Tour goes.

I think the Vuelta will always be in consideration but it all depends on how he feels both physically and mentally coming out of the Tour. Now, if Jonas rides the Giro-Tour which could free up the possibility of Pogacar cruising through the Vuelta and still winning it, then it could increase the chance of Pogacar riding the Vuelta even with the Worlds as a target.

 

[Unchained]

It's super cool to see so many comments from all angles about some version of Tadej Pogacar's almost immortality.He is given an unbeatable God like status by some, but in his own words he is far from it, was suffering in pain he considered quitting the TDF.
Other riders too have discussed knee and back issues and at 27 if Pog is hurting that bad his discussion of possible retirement makes that much more sense.
Have not heard anything about issues with MVP in a while either.