Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Krzysztof_O]

Pogacar's dominance is his biggest ever: over the last 9 months he's won the Tour, the WC and 4 monuments! Only one race is missing to achieve an all-terrain annual dominance.

For some reason I feel this PR will be a crucial moment. Either Pogacar wins completing the non calendar monuments+WC slam or...some disaster strikes on the cobbles. The Slovenian looking to complete the set will take more risks than he needs usually.

 

[canina82]

Pogacar's dominance is his biggest ever: over the last 9 months he's won the Tour, the WC and 4 monuments! Only one race is missing to achieve an all-terrain annual dominance.

For some reason I feel this PR will be a crucial moment. Either Pogacar wins completing the non calendar monuments+WC slam or...some disaster strikes on the cobbles. The Slovenian looking to complete the set will take more risks than he needs usually.

I hope he wins PR. Then go crazy next year with Giro-Tour-Vuelta (I don't believe he will do this but one can dream).

 

[yaf2]

Exactly, clearly he went much harder on the climb. If Pogacar gets a 3s gap after some cobbles I don't think MvdP is bringing him back. Getting the gap tho, that's the difficult part

On kwaremont you’re right, once there is 3 or 5 sec gap there is no way back for vdp but as you said on “some cobbles” i don’t think thats necessarily the case. We’ve already seen last year roubaix that even with a gap vdp is able to close on flat cobbles.
I would say either a sprint or fortune decides roubaix rather than them dropping each other.

 

[vappa]

On kwaremont you’re right, once there is 3 or 5 sec gap there is no way back for vdp but as you said on “some cobbles” i don’t think thats necessarily the case. We’ve already seen last year roubaix that even with a gap vdp is able to close on flat cobbles.
I would say either a sprint or fortune decides roubaix rather than them dropping each other.

I mean, if Pogacar exits the cobbles with a gap, it will be near impossible to bring him back. But you're probably right

 

[Jan the Man]

MVP is still the outstanding favourite for Sunday and nothing which happened yesterday was going to change that- still an another great performance from Pogi. If he stays upright difficult to see him not picking up LBL and Lombardia - that in itself will be amazing to win 4 monuments.

As i said i personally cannot see Roubaix myself as Wout Mads and others can be protagonists and more difficult to shake too, with MvP the big favourite

 

[yaf2]

MVP is still the outstanding favourite for Sunday and nothing which happened yesterday was going to change that- still an another great performance from Pogi. If he stays upright difficult to see him not picking up LBL and Lombardia - that in itself will be amazing to win 4 monuments.

As i said i personally cannot see Roubaix myself as Wout Mads and others can be protagonists and more difficult to shake too, with MvP the big favourite

I am not sure if he is the outstanding favorite, it’s not like he drops pog off his wheel like he can with Pedersen & wva. I would say he is the favorite b/c he has the sprint advantage

 

[Red Rick]

The natural selection of recent monuments should make any surprise attacks pretty impossible. I expect Van Aert to be a lot closer in Roubaix though

 

[rafa92]

The natural selection of recent monuments should make any surprise attacks pretty impossible. I expect Van Aert to be a lot closer in Roubaix though

I hear this thing about van aert being a lot closer every year and every year it's the same story, he's not closer. Van Aert is a great rider but when those two open the gas he can't stay with them

 

[MariaB]

I hear this thing about van aert being a lot closer every year and every year it's the same story, he's not closer. Van Aert is a great rider but when those two open the gas he can't stay with them

Yeah, I am tired as well.

He just doesn't have what it takes.

 

[the asian]

I hope he wins PR. Then go crazy next year with Giro-Tour-Vuelta (I don't believe he will do this but one can dream).

I believe this is the most likely scenario. Hope he wins Giro , Tour and the World's next year and falls short in the Vuelta.

 

[vappa]

I believe this is the most likely scenario. Hope he wins Giro , Tour and the World's next year and falls short in the Vuelta.

Unless Jonas does Giro-Vuelta to arrive fresh there nobody's beating him. Pogacar could also start with Itzulia, LBL and finish the season with Lombardia

 

[Red Rick]

I hear this thing about van aert being a lot closer every year and every year it's the same story, he's not closer. Van Aert is a great rider but when those two open the gas he can't stay with them

The math is very simple in that Roubaix suits Van Aert more than RvV.

He actually had Van der Poel on a gap in 2023 before the mechanical on Carrefour.

 

[Brullnux]

I hear this thing about van aert being a lot closer every year and every year it's the same story, he's not closer. Van Aert is a great rider but when those two open the gas he can't stay with them

Sample size for this is one, surely. He probably would have won in 2023 but punctured at maybe the worst imaginable time, and he was injured in 2024. Last year he came into it in iffy form and then lost contact on the Arenberg after an early crash, which was pretty disappointing.

I think Paris-Roubaix is still by far his best chance if he positions himself decently (big if). He is not near the top two in Flanders, sure, but I think he has shown he can beat van der Poel in Roubaix

 

[canina82]

I think Seixas will be his number one enemy after this year.

 

[Miha81]

And got heavy beating at home

Won the race, beat Visma and left with their girl.

 

[Miha81]

I think Seixas will be his number one enemy after this year.

Kid is sensational. It would be good for the cycling in general. Pog domination is getting kinda boring...

 

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