Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[Krzysztof_O]

Seixas also attacked with 26 kms to go and put 58 secs on Lipowitz on the climb.
Time gaps are relative but his numbers will give some indication how Pog's doing.

I've seen enough this year to know how Pog is doing. Any other result than demolition would be surprising. I'm not foreseeing any problems on long climbs.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

Veermersch said his job was marking other favorites to let Pogacar come back.

View: https://youtu.be/cGyWE_RO0vs?si=C_aFYBgMYo3rnRYw

When plan A falls apart, you have to react. Vermeersch would have been more effective, saving Pogacar the effort from behind.

 

[Oldman]

In Paris-Roubaix there are many cars between sectors; Van Aert himself was behind cars after his puncture.
But From the images taken from the helicopter, it didn't seem like Pogacar was behind the cars.

By the way, Van Aert finished third in Milano-San Remo because Visma riders followed Visma car after the accident, and nobody said anything...

Roubaix is littered with vehicles if the rider is coming off a mishap and drafting is unavoidable and alot safer than surfing the shoulder to pass a car. That goes for other races as well; when approaching the line of team cars behind a field it's best to take short drafts to make passing safer. When you follow your own team car for minutes when it's clear road ahead; that's not right.

 

[Oldman]

The stupidest thing I noticed about the interview was claiming the group went 15km/h faster because of the "wall of motorbikes"

As rough as the pave' is, the motos might be able to go that much faster without crashing. They'd overcook every corner but why spoil a good lie with facts?

 

[BubbaChuck]

You can see how tired was Pog,VVa was sending it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043318429692633261

View: https://x.com/cyclingontnt/status/2043318429692633261

 

[HashRouge]

Even a collaborator of LR (Visma environment) says that wasn't the case.

As I mentioned, Paris-Roubaix is usually a chaotic race,they'd normally have some car in front, but that wasn't even the case.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2044476090412847464

View: https://x.com/LucGrefte/status/2044476090412847464

I'm glad Luc posted this. I'm very happy to call out moto-pacing where necessary and we've seen some bad examples of it this year, like at Milano San Remo. But I also went back to re-watch Pogacar's chase after Naesen's comments, and also couldn't see any issue with moto-pacing. When Pogacar was on his own with no team mates, he almost never had a moto in front of him. There was definitely a moto filming head on for a while when Morgado and Pollitt were pulling, but the front group had a moto in front of them the entire time.

 

[HashRouge]

It seems like he did finish Roubaix with a rear wheel puncture, judging by this article. They do say they're not sure if it was his final bike of the day, but it ties in with what Morgado said. I can't think it would have made much difference though - as he's said himself, he was well beaten in the sprint.

https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/tadej-pogacar-paris-roubaix-colango-y1rs

 

[Monsi]

It seems like he did finish Roubaix with a rear wheel puncture, judging by this article. They do say they're not sure if it was his final bike of the day, but it ties in with what Morgado said. I can't think it would have made much difference though - as he's said himself, he was well beaten in the sprint.

https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/tadej-pogacar-paris-roubaix-colango-y1rs

As Pog said himself, his legs felt like spaghetti in the sprint.

 

[canina82]

It seems like he did finish Roubaix with a rear wheel puncture, judging by this article. They do say they're not sure if it was his final bike of the day, but it ties in with what Morgado said. I can't think it would have made much difference though - as he's said himself, he was well beaten in the sprint.

https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/tadej-pogacar-paris-roubaix-colango-y1rs

He was dead in the sprint. WVA deserved it.

 

[canina82]

McNuggets will not race AGR. At this point, I don't know if he will race LBL.
His team would be damn good but now without Christen, Del Toro, Narvaez and probably McNulty, things will be harder.

Ant news about Vine? Last year he raced Romandie so he could be in LBL.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

Vine crashed in Catalunya.

 

[canina82]

Vine crashed in Catalunya.

And? I didn't see any reports about an injury.

 

[yaco]

And? I didn't see any reports about an injury.

Vine was coming back from a broken wrist and may have reinjured it in the crash.

 

[canina82]

Vine was coming back from a broken wrist and may have reinjured it in the crash.

I think it was just caution.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2044756020736528780

View: https://x.com/i/status/2044756020736528780

 

[canina82]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2044756020736528780

View: https://x.com/i/status/2044756020736528780

This was already posted. He will probably win 3 stages + GC (3 minutes gap).