Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[canina82]

They are managed by Flanders Classics now? and this is what One Cycling would have looked like. (And they do the men's and women's stages on the same day).

It really hurts my eyes to see a route map with a bunch of isolated loops instead of something more connected.

Just one mountain stage and a lot of punchy stages. I would like to see a real monster climb and there is not a single one.

 

[canina82]

His team for LBL was released. Such a weak team! Wth? No Grobschartner, no McNulty. Putting riders like Rune and Laengen instead of Florian is a joke.

 

[Monsi]

His team for LBL was released. Such a weak team! Wth? No Grobschartner, no McNulty. Putting riders like Rune and Laengen instead of Florian is a joke.

I don't like it. I don't hate it. Weaker than usual but what can they do with the injuries to Narvaez, Christen, IDT, etc. Would've liked to see Vermaerke, McNulty, and Grosschartner.

Rune and Laengen should be fine to control the early part of the race then start making it hard with Novak and Wellens. Sivakov then Cosnefroy leadouts to launch Pog.

 

[Rou]

Guys, are you surprised about the Swiss route? It was already announced at the end of last year that the race is shortened and it will be criteriums.
The race has its problems and has lost some of its prestige.
Pogacar will need to do two hard efforts on stages 4 and 5 because there is a REAL possibility of DETRAINING.

 

[Unchained]

Guys, are you surprised about the Swiss route? It was already announced at the end of last year that the race is shortened and it will be criteriums.
The race has its problems and has lost some of its prestige.
Pogacar will need to do two hard efforts on stages 4 and 5 because there is a REAL possibility of DETRAINING.

Is DETRAINING what happens when you don't buy a ticket? Or unable to get a team provided lead out? Or is DETRAINING forgetting what you learned?

 

[Rou]

Is DETRAINING what happens when you don't buy a ticket? Or unable to get a team provided lead out? Or is DETRAINING forgetting what you learned?

You know exactly what detraining is. Detraining is me laying on my back and getting my butt kicked by somebody who's put the hard miles.

 

[canina82]

Guys, are you surprised about the Swiss route? It was already announced at the end of last year that the race is shortened and it will be criteriums.
The race has its problems and has lost some of its prestige.
Pogacar will need to do two hard efforts on stages 4 and 5 because there is a REAL possibility of DETRAINING.

Stage 1 and stage 2 are for puncheurs.

 

[GdL]

Seixas is amazing and i love seeing another alien in the peloton. Still i think he is unlucky that he is in the same era as Pogi and not other way around. This and next year maybe he will win something against Pogi but not much. Also i don't believe he will be to close at TdF against Pogi nor Jonas. At the Basque i already had feeling, he would have problems with Lipowitz, if race would have been longer. Also let say he comes at the same level with Pogi, Tadej will still be stronger at finish on races like LBL, Lombardia. WCs after 2027 are not gonna be hilly. I am still 100%, Pogacar 3rd week at GTs are unterrated (the same goes for Jonas).

Pogačar might not have many years at the very top left, and his level could start to decline from here. It’s hard to imagine him getting much better than what we’ve already seen.

There are plenty of races where Pogačar doesn't compete. If I were Seixas, I’d build my program around those to stack up wins and boost my confidence at least for this year. Imagine him winning the Vuelta this year; he would become the youngest Grand Tour winner in history. Or he may have serious chances in prestigious races like the Clásica de San Sebastián.