Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[vappa]

I see all the best working together, they all know about the importance of a decent sized separation. Wout, put on a brave face, but after he finished he probably replayed places were he didn't push as hard as he should have. Remco has to walk the walk after multiple days of complaining about Vingegaard racing conservative and not working for any separation from long distance. With such a quality field and semi dangerous conditions, great racers are not going to have a big fat pack, curb to curb, teams will thin things out as fast as possible, all the best riders have to race from the front, Wout and Remco showing that they can get a gap really quickly.

MvdP should also work, especially after he called out Van Dijke a few weeks ago after Omloop

 

[AmRacer]

Even if he doesn't win, who cares?

Everyone cheering for him winning every race of importance, and some.

 

[Unchained]

MvdP should also work, especially after he called out Van Dijke a few weeks ago after Omloop

I hope a selection happens early, I would love to see @15-20 guys go up the road.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Everyone cheering for him winning every race of importance, and some.

If a race ceases to exist due to acclaim and hype,was it ever really important in the first place?

 

[AmRacer]

If a race ceases to exist due to acclaim and hype,was it ever really important in the first place?

At the time, it was. Then it wasn't.

 

[Berniece]

For the fans, Pogacar is on national tv in Belgium. He joined the "Vive le velo, leve de ronde" panel, where they have been discussing De Ronde van Vlaanderen the past few days. Obviously the interview is in English, so everyone can enjoy it.

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He was there for 5min, nothing really interesting was said besides him saying that he expects to be less motivated in a couple of years.

 

[yaf2]

For the fans, Pogacar is on national tv in Belgium. He joined the "Vive le velo, leve de ronde" panel, where they have been discussing De Ronde van Vlaanderen the past few days. Obviously the interview is in English, so everyone can enjoy it.

VRT MAX

www.vrt.be

He was there for 5min, nothing really interesting was said besides him saying that he expects to be less motivated in a couple of years.

He said he is okay after sanremo which is the most important thing to hear. One in the bag, 4 to go to accomplish the greatest achievement in cycling history: winning all 5 monuments in the same season. let’s go💪

 

[canina82]

He said he is okay after sanremo which is the most important thing to hear. One in the bag, 4 to go to accomplish the greatest achievement in cycling history: winning all 5 monuments in the same season. let’s go💪

Without misfortunes, I can see him winning at least 4 and this is already history. No one has ever made it.

 

[yaf2]

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This was the state of the bike pogacar won sanremo on. Crazy how he pulled it off with a damaged bike. Cannibal!

 

[Lorzenz08]

Crazy how he has a legit shot to equal Eddy Merckx 19 monuments record in the next 2 years

 

[hayneplane]

Crazy how he has a legit shot to equal Eddy Merckx 19 monuments record in the next 2 years

To further underscore how unique what he is doing is, when you look at how many monuments all TDF winners have have won, Pogacar has won more of them than the entire combined total of every TDF winner post Merckx who won his last monument 50 years ago.

Pogacar x 11 monuments

Hinault x5, Fignon x2, Nibali x3 = 10 monuments.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

For the fans, Pogacar is on national tv in Belgium. He joined the "Vive le velo, leve de ronde" panel, where they have been discussing De Ronde van Vlaanderen the past few days. Obviously the interview is in English, so everyone can enjoy it.

VRT MAX

www.vrt.be

He was there for 5min, nothing really interesting was said besides him saying that he expects to be less motivated in a couple of years.

Fans of other riders should hope he wins PR this year. He will "bulk up" to 100 kg next year then.

 

[vappa]

Fans of other riders should hope he wins PR this year. He will "bulk up" to 100 kg next year then.

If the rumours are true and he will go for GT triple if he wins Roubaix suddenly everyone, including Jonas, will become a 1 day racer

 

[AmRacer]

If the rumours are true and he will go for GT triple if he wins Roubaix suddenly everyone, including Jonas, will become a 1 day racer

GT triple is for next year, and Jonas has already banked his GT palmares winning all three.

 

[canina82]

Crazy how he has a legit shot to equal Eddy Merckx 19 monuments record in the next 2 years

It's too soon to tell. 8 monuments is not an easy task. Excluding Pogacar, only one rider from the modern era has 8 monuments and this rider is his arch rival in these type of races.

 

[canina82]

To further underscore how unique what he is doing is, when you look at how many monuments all TDF winners have have won, Pogacar has won more of them than the entire combined total of every TDF winner post Merckx who won his last monument 50 years ago.

Pogacar x 11 monuments

Hinault x5, Fignon x2, Nibali x3 = 10 monuments.

You forgot Andy.

 

[hayneplane]

You forgot Andy.

Technically yes but he didn’t win it on the road. I still think of that as a Contador win.

 

[canina82]

Technically yes but he didn’t win it on the road. I still think of that as a Contador win.

For the record books, he is a TdF winner. But this also doesn't matter, in 2 days your point will be correct when Pogacar wins his 3rd RVV.

 

[Monsi]

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[QueenStagiaire]

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So Cosnefroy in for more pressure on the hills.

 

[hayneplane]

So Cosnefroy in for more pressure on the hills.

I like it. He was pretty good at DDV this week so the form is on the up and punchy short climbs are his key skillset.

 

[canina82]

So Cosnefroy in for more pressure on the hills.

But this lineup is strange. Who is gonna be the first to work? I was expecting Julius or Rune to do that work. Bjerg has been injured and I wasn't expecting him to do the dirty work for 150 km.
Nevertheless, Cosnefroy is a nice addition for the hilly part.

 

[vappa]

GT triple is for next year, and Jonas has already banked his GT palmares winning all three.

Besides the point, the point was that everyone will be where Pogacar isn't

 

[HashRouge]

But this lineup is strange. Who is gonna be the first to work? I was expecting Julius or Rune to do that work. Bjerg has been injured and I wasn't expecting him to do the dirty work for 150 km.
Nevertheless, Cosnefroy is a nice addition for the hilly part.

Politt and Bjerg surely? They won't have brought Bjerg if he's not capable.

 

[canina82]

Politt and Bjerg surely? They won't have brought Bjerg if he's not capable.

This is not the TdF. Politt will work later for sure.