Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[rafa92]

i'm a bit disappointed by the gaps, I mean seixas is crazy strong, but to me it seems strange pog only gained 2:14 on pidcock , last year he gained 1:24 just in 18 km after a bad crash and having to gain back 30 seconds. Today it was pidcock who had a mechanical (actually 2) and the gap was not much higher. Also his haps to vermersch, christen and gregoire are all pretty low

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Another year, another long solo win by Pogi in Strade. It seems status quo in cycling will continue this year but it can't be denied that there's an incoming force from France.

 

[canina82]

i'm a bit disappointed by the gaps, I mean seixas is crazy strong, but to me it seems strange pog only gained 2:14 on pidcock , last year he gained 1:24 just in 18 km after a bad crash and having to gain back 30 seconds. Today it was pidcock who had a mechanical (actually 2) and the gap was not much higher. Also his haps to vermersch, christen and gregoire are all pretty low

He was cruising for 30 km

 

[rafa92]

He was cruising for 30 km

don't think so, he was actually pushing a lot

 

[canina82]

don't think so, he was actually pushing a lot

Compare his body language with Zurich

 

[Rou]

don't think so, he was actually pushing a lot

Come on now. He is not obliged to win by 5 mins. It was obvious even for Stevie Wonder that he was entirely in control of the gap.

 

[No Excuses]

i'm a bit disappointed by the gaps, I mean seixas is crazy strong, but to me it seems strange pog only gained 2:14 on pidcock , last year he gained 1:24 just in 18 km after a bad crash and having to gain back 30 seconds. Today it was pidcock who had a mechanical (actually 2) and the gap was not much higher. Also his haps to vermersch, christen and gregoire are all pretty low

He is declining

 

[Rou]

I want to know the time on Sante Marie. To me his attack looked stronger than previous years.
After that he was cruising.

 

[rafa92]

I want to know the time on Sante Marie. To me his attack looked stronger than previous years.
After that he was cruising.

on sante marie imo he beat the kom by a lot, but after that he was not super impressive, actually looking at his body language he was more on the limit than other times he went solo

 

[rafa92]

Compare his body language with Zurich

in zurich ok, but in rwanda he was actually looking better, he was more in control than today

 

[rafa92]

Come on now. He is not obliged to win by 5 mins. It was obvious even for Stevie Wonder that he was entirely in control of the gap.

I'm not saying he is obliged to win by 5 mins, I'm just saying his gaps are less impressive than last year when he had a bad crash, I mean especially the gaps to pidcock, vermersch, christen.. I'm not talking about the gap to del toro and seixas

 

[Salvarani]

I want to know the time on Sante Marie. To me his attack looked stronger than previous years.
After that he was cruising.

You are right.

 

[Rou]

I'm not saying he is obliged to win by 5 mins, I'm just saying his gaps are less impressive than last year when he had a bad crash, I mean especially the gaps to pidcock, vermersch, christen.. I'm not talking about the gap to del toro and seixas

Just chill, mate. If we see a 8:40 Cipressa in two weeks we'll be singing a different song.

 

[rafa92]

Just chill, mate. If we see a 8:40 Cipressa in two weeks we'll be singing a different song.

completely agree with you, but today I just comment the gaps of today, that's it

 

[canina82]

Seixas was grimacing a lot to get on his wheel and he was accelerating more and more until Seixas broke his engine.

 

[Bombarolo]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2030317694453514681

View: https://x.com/faustocoppi60/status/2030317694453514681?s=20

 

[SHAD0W93]

Congrats GOAT!

Another big win.

Another big win and great start to the season for Pogacar but after some thought, maybe caused by some crazy work shifts, I don’t know if we can call Pogacar the GOAT just yet when he’s missing something.


Sure he has all these accolades and accomplishments but you know something he hasn’t done, win Milano San Remo and Milano Torino. Sure Pogacar has to fight MVDP in MSR and has only done MT once finishing a respectable fourth. The sprinting GOAT on the other hand won both and for one of the races it was the year after Pogacar’s fourth. How can Pogacar be the GOAT of GOATs if he can’t do what the sprinting GOAT accomplished? Maybe this is the year he gets it done??

 

[canina82]

He looks bulkier than ever. Nothing like the Tadej I saw in SB 2 years ago. He might be 67 or even 68 kg.

 

[Salvarani]

He looks bulkier than ever. Nothing lime the Tadej I saw in SB 2 years ago. He might be 67 or even 68 kg.

I got that impression as well. Or at least 65-66 kg.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Pogi should have waited for del Toro, he shouldn't indulge in this little pleasures. Scrap that.

Chapeau!

 

[Rasto]

on sante marie imo he beat the kom by a lot, but after that he was not super impressive, actually looking at his body language he was more on the limit than other times he went solo

there was a motor bike in front of a G2 a lot thats why the t ime is like that

 

[Rasto]

pogacar averages 50 watts more than seixsas atleast what velon post

 

[James M]

So it begins. Season underway. Hes in the mid of the greatest run ever btw. Last two seasons are back to back 1-2 in history. Impeccable

 

[jotafap]

don't think so, he was actually pushing a lot

For what reason should he be pushing a lot when the race is totally decided? It's pretty obvious the gap could be twice as big, like it was at some point.

 

[canina82]

He loves to create these 1' gaps and then cruise. He does this all the time.