Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Berniece]

Yes, maybe UAE should drop brute force tactics and try attacking with multiple riders. MVP is going to be great and undroppable, it seems.

They should've tried this every MSR, but they are so fixated on making Pogacar win, that they forgot to win as a team.

 

[AmRacer]

They should've tried this every MSR, but they are so fixated on making Pogacar win, that they forgot to win as a team.

Pogi wants to win, he's not giving away an MSR win to a friend.

 

[Cycling111]

They should've tried this every MSR, but they are so fixated on making Pogacar win, that they forgot to win as a team.

Remco might have thought the same thing at the European Championships, for example, but he's so obsessed with winning that Belgium did all the work being Pogacar alone.

We'll surely see Remco as Lipowitz's domestique at the Tour. In Liège, they should launch Van Gils and have him try to win from the breakaway. I'm sure Remco would agree to that too as we saw at EC
Pogacar was completely alone in that championship, but we already saw what Belgium did.

A team working 100% for the best cyclist of the last 50 years, very strange, yes.
Of the active cyclists, he has the most Monuments, but they're going to take a gamble on Del Toro, who has collapsed in every race over 200km. That's logical.

 

[Berniece]

A team working 100% for the best cyclist of the last 50 years, very strange, yes.
Of the active cyclists, he has the most Monuments, but they're going to take a gamble on Del Toro, who has collapsed in every race over 200km. That's logical.

It is strange when tactically there are better options. Do they also work for him during flat stages if they brought a sprinter?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pogi wants to win, he's not giving away an MSR win to a friend.

Attacking with 2-3 riders can benefit Pog actually.

 

[jotafap]

It is strange when tactically there are better options. Do they also work for him during flat stages if they brought a sprinter?

When Pogačar is clearly the second favourite and has been able to drop everyone except a single rider, I don’t think we can blatantly say there are better options.

At most, we can say there may be alternatives to put more pressure on the rivals and cause greater fatigue, but in the end, there is still only one rider in UAE with a significant chance of winning: Pogačar. So yes, they should work for him, the comparassion with a standard flat stage doesn't make any sense.

 

[Berniece]

When Pogačar is clearly the second favourite and has been able to drop everyone except a single rider, I don’t think we can blatantly say there are better options.

At most, we can say there may be alternatives to put more pressure on the rivals and cause greater fatigue, but in the end, there is still only one rider in UAE with a significant chance of winning: Pogačar. So yes, they should work for him, the comparassion with a standard flat stage doesn't make any sense.

Yeah looking at the riders that won MSR it’s clear favourites always win. There definitely aren’t any other options.

 

[YavorD]

Pogi wants to win, he's not giving away an MSR win to a friend.

Frankly this could be his best chance.
I think the chance if winning MAR through some team shenanigans might be as big, or bigger, than dropping everyone on 3-4%.

 

[jotafap]

Yeah looking at the riders that won MSR it’s clear favourites always win. There definitely aren’t any other options.

Yes, so what? How is that an argument for UAE not working 100% for Pog? I honestly don’t understand your point. If your plan is not built around your best rider (who is also the best in the world) —whatever that plan may be—then something is clearly wrong. They also don’t have anyone who can win a sprint from a larger group, like Alpecin do, so logically they will put all their bets on him. It’s not rocket science.