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Would the sheikhs be more open to it perhaps if they had someone else that was as much of a sure thing to win the Tour. Or at least someone they believed in enough. Perhaps Del Toro eventually.
These months until the start of the new season are going to be so long. Pogacar will definitely go to the 2026 Tour, but we'll read a thousand rumors that he won't, even though he said in Lequipe interview after the Tour that he will go next year.
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I can't see him skipping the TdF in 2026-2028.
The Vuelta for a 2nd year in a row is clearly calling him to race it
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Vuelta DS must be quite frustrated knowing that it's the only big race Pogacar is constantly skipping. And he'll probably have to wait 2-3 more years. Pogi did it once but it was before he became a big star.
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He doesn't hide his dream.
“We couldn’t make it any closer to home” – Vuelta a Espana director urges Tadej Pogacar to finally target 2026 edition
The Grand Depart of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana was officially presented in Monaco on Thursday — and race director Javier Guillen used the opportunity to send a very public invitation to Tadej Pogacar, w...
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He doesn't hide his dream.
“We couldn’t make it any closer to home” – Vuelta a Espana director urges Tadej Pogacar to finally target 2026 edition
The Grand Depart of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana was officially presented in Monaco on Thursday — and race director Javier Guillen used the opportunity to send a very public invitation to Tadej Pogacar, w...
He should hope Pogacar wins Roubaix. Then Vuelta will become his target (and he will skip cobbles more often than not).
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MVP is the best there but nothing is constant. Form changes plus luck also plays its role in PR.
Rain in Roubaix? No. It benefits heavy cyclists, especially in muddy areas.
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I don't think he can drop MVP. I'm not sure Pedersen would have been dropped.
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Probably i am just biased but i really got a felling every race DS just want Pogacar and don't really care about anyone else. Vuelta bringing him race literally home is crazy.,If those 9km TT is somewhat uphill(as stage 21 at TdF 2024) then they are literally begging him.
They don't choose Monaco for Pogacar, but for the money they pay. In other years, they've come from Holland, or this year from Italy.
In 2024, they couldn't finish in Paris because of the Olympics.
But you're forgetting Combloux, that Nice time trial was detrimental to Vingegaard?
In 2025 they have put several stages where Pogacar lost, in 2026 Le Lioran.
2026 route is designed so that Pogacar can't make a difference. The favorite will benefit from a tough route to try to seal the victory as quickly as possible.
Pogacar has won most of the Tour de France stages in the Pyrenees, and they've practically been eliminated
. It's a route designed so that Vingegaard arrives tied for stage 20, and if Pogacar has another crash like this year and arrives right on the final day...
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I firmly believe that stage 6 in the Pyrenees with the Aspin, Tourmalet, and Gavarnie will be the stage where Pogacar will gain the most time out of any stage in the 2026 Tour and I will stand on that until the Tourmalet is crossed on that stage.2026 route is designed so that Pogacar can't make a difference. The favorite will benefit from a tough route to try to seal the victory as quickly as possible.
Pogacar has won most of the Tour de France stages in the Pyrenees, and they've practically been eliminated
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They try different routes to challenge Pogacar but deep inside, they know it's useless because Pogacar is better than Vingegaard in everything.They don't choose Monaco for Pogacar, but for the money they pay. In other years, they've come from Holland, or this year from Italy.
In 2024, they couldn't finish in Paris because of the Olympics.
But you're forgetting Combloux, that Nice time trial was detrimental to Vingegaard?
In 2025 they have put several stages where Pogacar lost, in 2026 Le Lioran.
2026 route is designed so that Pogacar can't make a difference. The favorite will benefit from a tough route to try to seal the victory as quickly as possible.
Pogacar has won most of the Tour de France stages in the Pyrenees, and they've practically been eliminated
To all other riders the difference is just too big in the mountains.
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'In principle, the Tour and the Worlds' - UAE Team Emirates-XRG not foreseeing any changes in Tadej Pogačar's key goals in 2026
Team manager Matxin celebrates record number of wins in 2025 but warns 'We have to keep on evolving.'
www.cyclingnews.com
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Reading some Mexicans aon social media, I'm not sure if I want Del Toro to go to the Tour as a domestique .
It's going to be an Ayuso 2.0. Even if Del Toro thinks differently, that media frenzy isn't good for a Tour. Winning his fifth Tour is crucial, and Pogacar needs a team free of media problems.
Pogacar is fed up with all the circus surrounding the Tour.; the last thing he needs is to add Mexican journalists.
In Lombardy they let Del Toro focus on his position, but in the Tour they can't do that. Besides, Almeida is already thingin in his result, and one domestique focused on the podium is enough.
.It's going to be an Ayuso 2.0. Even if Del Toro thinks differently, that media frenzy isn't good for a Tour. Winning his fifth Tour is crucial, and Pogacar needs a team free of media problems.
Pogacar is fed up with all the circus surrounding the Tour.; the last thing he needs is to add Mexican journalists.
In Lombardy they let Del Toro focus on his position, but in the Tour they can't do that. Besides, Almeida is already thingin in his result, and one domestique focused on the podium is enough.
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Why? Pogacar won the 2024 TdF and Almeida was riding for his 4th place since PdB.Reading some Mexicans on social media, I'm not sure if I want Del Toro to go to the Tour as a domestique
It's going to be an Ayuso 2.0. Even if Del Toro thinks differently, that media frenzy isn't good for a Tour. Winning his fifth Tour is crucial, and Pogacar needs a team free of media problems.
Pogacar is fed up with all the circus surrounding the Tour.; the last thing he needs is to add Mexican journalists.
In Lombardy they let Del Toro focus on his position, but in the Tour they can't do that. Besides, Almeida is already thingin in his result, and one domestique focused on the podium is enough.
Just because he's done it once doesn't mean he should go into the Tour with the preconceived notion that another cyclist is thinking about his result.
In any case, you're talking about one, not two. By the way, we already saw what happens when two domestiques want to be on the podium and therefore don't want to be the one sacrificed on the Galibier...
And all the media hype surrounding Del Toro is very tiresome; I don't even want to think about what that would be like in the Tour.
Pogacar would retire on the second day
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Almeida went to help and he did. Maybe you don't remember but Almeida worked a lot for Pogacar on Galibier and Adet. When Pogacar closed the TdF on stage 15, Almeida had a free card to play his own Tour. Ayuso tried to not work already on Galibier.Just because he's done it once doesn't mean he should go into the Tour with the preconceived notion that another cyclist is thinking about his result.
In any case, you're talking about one, not two. By the way, we already saw what happens when two domestiques want to be on the podium and therefore don't want to be the one sacrificed on the Galibier...
And all the media hype surrounding Del Toro is very tiresome; I don't even want to think about what that would be like in the Tour.
Pogacar would retire on the second day
Regarding Del Toro, I'm pretty sure he will work if he rides the TdF. Probably will get a chance to ride his own race because I'm pretty sure Pogacar will close the Tour on Tourmalet.
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Every race organizer in the world knows he has to do something to attract the best rider in the world. 🐐 effect
Every race organizer in the world knows he has to do something to attract the best rider in the world. 🐐 effect
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For sure a better race if he shows!
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