The rear shot of Pogacar climbing the last straight km would suggest he could play hockey this time of year. Perhaps that is the leanest Horner has seen him in early March, years ago. He looks like he's packing some power as his upper body is not overbuilt.
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I think the velon records are un reliable especially after remco exposed them after 2024 lombardy that they weren’t true. They said pog averaged 340 watts for 48kms but remco said he averaged exact same watts and was put 3 minutes in arrears
It must be true, if Remco said it. He is very trustworthy.
Strade 2024 is the leanest I've ever seen Pog. He definitely looks bigger this year.
I don't think there is much point reading anything into the time gaps. He doesn't always get huge gaps when he does long solo attacks - WC 2024 is a good example. The way the time gap went down quite quickly and then back up again also suggested to me that he'd eased off for a section before picking up the pace again. Certainly never looked like he was struggling. He's also possibly not optimum Strade shape - he's aiming much more at MSR, Flanders and Roubaix this year. Last year Roubaix was a fairly last minute addition to his schedule.
I don't think there is much point reading anything into the time gaps. He doesn't always get huge gaps when he does long solo attacks - WC 2024 is a good example. The way the time gap went down quite quickly and then back up again also suggested to me that he'd eased off for a section before picking up the pace again. Certainly never looked like he was struggling. He's also possibly not optimum Strade shape - he's aiming much more at MSR, Flanders and Roubaix this year. Last year Roubaix was a fairly last minute addition to his schedule.
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I'm not going to weigh in on that, however, either Horner is right or he has a serious problem with perception. The later, based on much of his knucklehead analyses, when he often is patently just wrong, would not surprise me. It's like there is reality, the real state of affairs and how things actually took place, and then there's the Horner way of seeing it from an alternative universe.
Someone put a side by side of Pogacar at the Strade finish line in 2024 and in 2026 and there is no comparison - he looks much slimmer in 2024. But that would make sense given he was riding the Giro that year.
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whether you like it or not he need to gain 2-3 kilos to win msr and roubaix and he did that he is to me 67 maybe more
The difference between them was big. Seixas just benefited from being in a small group most of the chase.
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Legs are gonna go cray cray in san remo. Pogacar really started at 10% his pro career,lmaoo.
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Why are we now comparing absolute watts of riders with different weight and different aero profiles?
He looks at least 2 kg heavier
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I think he's a bit heavier, but no more than 1.5-2 kg (max) but even with that added weight 40 watts is a huge difference over 2 hours, so yes the gaps to vermersch, christen, gregoire should have been much higher, unless you assume all of them overperformed significantly compared to their last races
You are completely ignoring how much time he lost because the race was already won.
That is the effect of drafting. If it was a 2 hour climb, he would have gained 20-30 minutes on these guys. And yes, they have also improved.
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He is coming prepared to this years PR I see after his field trip last year. I wont be shocked if the same happens there now as it did in RVV the following year after his first student trip in 22.
After seeing his power, MVP will have even more troubles to follow him in RVV.
SB never had so many people on the road like they had yesterday. Despite his dominance, people still love to witness a legend and probably the future GOAT of cycling.
When I watch on the TV, I find Pogacar frustrating when he does long solos. When I watched the Hautacam stage last year in person, I just found it wildly entertaining when Pog came past solo about 6km from the top of the climb. It's very different watching on the road to watching on TV.
I also think these solos are boring, specially when they are so normal for Pogacar nowadays. But I have zero doubts people love to see him live on the roads, more than anyone else.
Remco and Mathieu also do solos, not same distance but it's solo rides.
The excitement of watching a solo is the same, whether it's 40 k or 80 k. Watching the rider doing the solo is different, I prefer Pogi's solo.
Of course but Remco or MVP can't be dominant like Tadej. They do way less solos and with less kms.
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