Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[YavorD]

Luck would be a bigger factor too.

But Pogacar is a well known luck merchant, so obviously luck will be in his favour, no?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

No idea what Salah is doing there but everyone here is just going to vote for him because Carragher will spontaneously combust when he wins.

If they had to nominate a Liverpool player who's been gone half of the year it should have been Jota (too soon?).

 

[Monsi]

But Pogacar is a well known luck merchant, so obviously luck will be in his favour, no?

Well yeahhh. He wasn't that lucky in PR this year. Maybe next year is different.

 

[YavorD]

Well yeahhh. He wasn't that lucky in PR this year. Maybe next year is different.

He actually was though. MVDP punctured if I remember correctly. It's just that he made a mistake leading to his crash earlier.

 

[Miss Violet Smith]

Anyone read "Tadej Pogačar: Unstoppable" by Andy McGrath?

The author did not have the opportunity to interview Tadej or his closest circle and a great deal of the material from his UAE time is already publicly available. According to me, the most interesting parts were the descriptions of his junior and U23 years as well as the evolution of Slovenian cycling.

Note: The Kindle version needs some serious editing, McGrath writes better than that.

'I’m not bored by Tadej Pogačar, there were always new things to say about him' – how one writer set out to capture the uncatchable

How do you tell the story of a rider still winning practically every race he starts? Andy McGrath has sought to do that with his new book, Unstoppable

www.cyclingweekly.com

'Pogačar wasn’t anything special in Slovenia, let alone the rest of Europe' – this new biography tells the origin story of how cycling's new GOAT was built, not born | BikeRadar

Andy McGrath peels back the layers of cycling’s modern phenomenon, Tadej Pogačar in his new biography of the Slovenian

www.bikeradar.com

 

[CyclistAbi]

Tadej Pogačar in Janja Garnbret tretjič zapored na vrhu

Tako kot lani in predlani sta najboljša športnika Slovenije Tadej Pogačar in Janja Garnbret. Najboljši ekipi leta sta NK Celje in ženska odbojkarska reprezentanca, ekipa v individualnih športih pa skakalci Lovro Kos, Domen Prevc, Anže Lanišek, Timi Zajc.

www.rtvslo.si

Pogi won Slovenian Sportsperson of the Year 2025 award, lets see if Laureus is next.

 

[Cycling111]

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[Cycling111]

Del Toro will be the leader at UAE Tour, so Pogacar is spared that *** race this year .

What's striking is that Ayuso always managed to avoid going.

 

[YavorD]

Del Toro will be the leader at UAE Tour, so Pogacar is spared that *** race this year .

What's striking is that Ayuso always managed to avoid going.

Well, Ayuso had only one year where he could've done it and they sent Yates.

 

[Purito91]

When will he announce his race programm for next season? Is there any date?

 

[Monsi]

When will he announce his race programm for next season? Is there any date?

Saturday is their media day.

 

[James M]

I do expect one stage race he hasn’t raced before, aligned with what hes previously said. Besides that, more or less like last year, which is pretty much consensus by now I think. Lets see.

 

[Lorzenz08]

Now unless he goes for a GT double, only way to top 2024 and 2025 is for him to win PR or MSR on top of the other races.
Quite a challenge

 

[AmRacer]

Now unless he goes for a GT double, only way to top 2024 and 2025 is for him to win PR or MSR on top of the other races.
Quite a challenge

All five monuments perhaps

 

[Monsi]

I do expect one stage race he hasn’t raced before, aligned with what hes previously said. Besides that, more or less like last year, which is pretty much consensus by now I think. Lets see.

Would be Suisse but I guess it depends on the routes of the two TDF warm up races.

 

[AmRacer]

I do expect one stage race he hasn’t raced before, aligned with what hes previously said. Besides that, more or less like last year, which is pretty much consensus by now I think. Lets see.

Romandie or Suisse then

 

[YavorD]

Romandie or Suisse then

Don't think he is doing Romandie after such a busy spring.
Suisse, perhaps

 

[James M]

Now unless he goes for a GT double, only way to top 2024 and 2025 is for him to win PR or MSR on top of the other races.
Quite a challenge

He’s competing against himself and history, and having literally completed the greatest season in the history of the sport. The only debate is which one of his seasons it is, gonne be quite the challenge to top indeed. But also Intriguing.

 

[James M]

Romandie or Suisse then

I think Suisse. Romandie, if he now does a full classics campaign like last season, right after Liege, seems like a clunky schedule even for him. He has to feel the fatigue heavy at that point.

Lets see, he might do something different than last year too and then Romandie may be more value who knows.

 

[AmRacer]

I think Suisse. Romandie, if he now does a full classics campaign like last season, right after Liege, seems like a clunky schedule even for him. He has to feel the fatigue heavy at that point.

Lets see, he might do something different than last year too and then Romandie may be more value who knows.

SB, MSR, Ronde, PR, LBL ( maybe Amstel and Fleche...) 5-7 race days. Romandie should be very much doable but the no Dauphine or Suisse.

 

[James M]

SB, MSR, Ronde, PR, LBL ( maybe Amstel and Fleche...) 5-7 race days. Romandie should be very much doable but the no Dauphine or Suisse.

Plausible, sure. Hes transcending cycling norms more or less each year lately now, so who knows what he'll do.

 

[Cycling111]

Dauphine is better for the Tour.

 

[hayneplane]

I do expect one stage race he hasn’t raced before, aligned with what hes previously said. Besides that, more or less like last year, which is pretty much consensus by now I think. Lets see.

In terms of schedule the most logical one would be Suisse instead of Dauphiné. Can’t see him being up for Romandie after a full classics bloc.

 

[James M]

In terms of schedule the most logical one would be Suisse instead of Dauphiné. Can’t see him being up for Romandie after a full classics bloc.

It sure is more logical indeed, and I don’t either, lets see.