Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Peyroteo94]

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.

Why? Pogacar won the 2024 TdF and Almeida was riding for his 4th place since PdB.

 

[Cycling111]

Why? Pogacar won the 2024 TdF and Almeida was riding for his 4th place since PdB.

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

 

[Peyroteo94]

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

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.
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.