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Streets won't forget Contador doing 458 watts for 19'59 in the age of not knowing humans need food to do exercise.
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please stop with the nonsense, VAM is already expressed as m/h in the computer, he was probably doing a zone 2 ride
His BPM were at 173. Impossible to be a zone 2 ride.
Edit: but maybe I'm wrong and he was 953m above sea level.
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yes because in that precise moment he was pushing more than 400 watts (410 in the last 3 sec). Even in a zone 2 ride he probably does some short efforts, but I repeat you in the last 30 minutes his vam was 953, probably because the parcours was not all climbing but rather a mixed terrain (typical of the calpe area). If you really believe he was doing a 2010 vam for 30 minutes you are delusional and don't have any idea of how the measure is computed and shown on the computer
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indeed i dont get it what theyre thinking when they clearly emphasize a close race early. Imagine if they think he’ll do nothing. The guy has no chill. Of course he’ll use Tourmalet to create a gap, does the bear *** in the woods...
I already said it is possible that I am wrong. Nothing like see in races what his true level is.
- Sep 16, 2021
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Pogačar must be pretty happy right now knowing he doesn't need to ride the UAE Tour for the coming years.
There are plenty of challengers; few real contenders, though.
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As cliche as it may sound, time will tell. Seixas is only 19. He's got a long way to go before reaching peak Remco's level in those types of races, let along Pog's level.
As they say, time will tell.
A few years ago, people said Pogacar would have an easier time in San Remo today because VDP would be 30. And not only has he not declined, but VDP is stronger now than he was in 2022. He's much more dominant in races like Roubaix now, and I think four years ago VDP wouldn't have climbed the Cipressa like this.
You never know. And maybe it won't be Seixas, but someone else who wins the Tour or Olympics. The most obvious example was Vingegaard. The year Pogacar was winning his first Tour, Vingegaard was just a domestique whom Pogacar had beaten by 40 minutes two years earlier in the Tour de l'Avenir. Two years later, Vingegaard won the Tour.
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First of all, Pogacar is better than anyone else in short races too.
I believe Olympics and WC have specific rules and must have 250 km (or close to). So if you add 80 km to those very hard 170 km, Pogacar is a massive favorite.
In those 170 km, they will have 3300 vertical meters.
View: https://youtu.be/NOnoHdb8HaI?si=jW18OT84Zgbh3wOr
- Sep 12, 2022
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Then every race is perfect for him… so there’s nothing special about the route
The race is one of those we look and say "hth will he lose this race?". We didn't have this impression in 2024 Zurich for example.
Except Pogacar, as a Kid destroyed all the pros on that Rock Store climb during his break-out Tour of California. It may be nothing but a sentimental sector but It's doubtful he'd skip the race.
I can't wait for his debut at Strade Bianche. He dropped everyone in Fleche Wallonne, by what margin would he have won today in Malhao?
I also think everyone this week is being overrated: Del Toro, Ayuso, and Seixas. They're very good, buen they are still a long way behind Vingegaard in a GT, for Remco in a Monument, or Pidcock in Strade Bianche.
Then will come the complaints that he´s boring
View: https://x.com/cycloben2/status/2025627256983364088?s=20
I also think everyone this week is being overrated: Del Toro, Ayuso, and Seixas. They're very good, buen they are still a long way behind Vingegaard in a GT, for Remco in a Monument, or Pidcock in Strade Bianche.
Then will come the complaints that he´s boring
View: https://x.com/cycloben2/status/2025627256983364088?s=20
It's normal to read these bold opinions. No one likes to see pure dominance race after race. This is the feeling we have been experienced in the last 2 years with Pogacar.I can't wait for his debut at Strade Bianche. He dropped everyone in Fleche Wallonne, by what margin would he have won today in Malhao?
I also think everyone this week is being overrated: Del Toro, Ayuso, and Seixas. They're very good, but they're still a far difference with Vingegaard for a GT and with Remco for a Monument, or Pidcock for Strade Bianche.
Then will come the complaints that he´s boring
View: https://x.com/cycloben2/status/2025627256983364088?s=20
Plapp also said Del Toro could be better than Pogacar. This hype around Paul being able to compete with Pogacar is just sensationalism. We all know, without crashes, Pogacar will just destroy everyone in SB.
- Jul 7, 2013
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Obviously, if Del Toro is better than Pogacar, Plapp will have been seconds behind the best in the world.
Plapp knows what he's talking about 😜 .
I'm just joking because these same Twitter users will be using the words boring and predictable in a few weeks.
- Jul 7, 2013
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At the Tour Plapp will be fighting for 2nd against Pogacar. The Bull will win easily of course.
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