Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[yaf2]

This is concerning for the tour

 

[Rasto]

i mean he didnt looks like he is going full but he never does so who knows

 

[rafa92]

Underwhelming performance. I will wait for the end of Romandie but if he shows another performance like this, Seixas will be my number one favorite for the Tour.

you're funy, pogacar has officially started his training on long climbs today...

 

[Rasto]

but i think he just didnt want to go alone why go from bottom he had domestique

 

[Bratone]

From the best 4 minute effort in cycling history to showing his worse climbing level since his debut year? I know the races are not even remotely comparable but still, the difference in performance is too big.

 

[Rasto]

i mean if he wins the sprint it doesnt matterits a long way to the tour and u cant be in peak shape in may

 

[Monsi]

Here goes the panic posters again lol. No matter if he wins Romandie by 1 second or whatever, this is not the Pogi that will show up at the Tour.

 

[fenns]

he's just easing himself back into stage racing - probably do the same all week then crush them all on Sunday

 

[Rasto]

i mean if he went full and gaiun only 30 sec on the top it would be counterproductive its not worth depends how much faster he could go

 

[Bratone]

Here goes the panic posters again lol. No matter if he wins Romandie by 1 second or whatever, this is not the Pogi that will show up at the Tour.

But Catalunya Vingegaard would have put 2 mins into Pog today, and that was 1 month ago. That version of Vingegaard also won't be the one that will show up in July, it will be much better.

 

[skippo12]

Played it smart. Not in a nuclear climbing shape and probably still feeling Liege in his legs.
If he goes solo over the top he is on his own in the headwind against an even bigger chasing group lead by RBH. This way he at least got some pulls from Lenny.

 

[canina82]

Played it smart. Not in a nuclear climbing shape and probably still feeling Liege in his legs.
If he goes solo over the top he is on his own in the headwind against an even bigger chasing group lead by RBH. This way he at least got some pulls from Lenny.

Not in nuclear climbing? This was his worst performance since 2023 GdE.

 

[MariaB]

He rode in a very intelligent way today.

He got some help on the flat.

He won the sprint very comfortably.

So yeah, it's all good.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Most terrestrial performance in a road race since...Lombardia 2023? Let's see if this continues for the whole week or if it was just one off following Liege hard effort.

 

[rafa92]

But Catalunya Vingegaard would have put 2 mins into Pog today, and that was 1 month ago. That version of Vingegaard also won't be the one that will show up in July, it will be much better.

you people are really funny, in july you will see what I mean...

 

[AmRacer]

Most terrestrial performance in a road race since...Lombardia 2023? Let's see if this continues for the whole week or if it was just one off following Liege hard effort.

Don't think he has trained on long climbs yet, so the TdF build up starts now.

 

[Revelation]

It's obvious he deliberately kept the group with him, could've gone 1-1.30 faster on the climb if he wanted.

 

[Red Rick]

I would personally encourage everyone who is seriously worried about Pogacar doing a casual training ride during a race because it wasn't fast enough to just retire from watching cycling altogether and stick to following Pogacar on Tiktok

 

[rafa92]

by the way to all the people telling he was horrible on the climb, based on watts2win analysis his performance was similar in terms of level to vingegaard's best 2026 performance (stage 5 catalunya) and a bit below seixas performance in basque stage 2, all while looking on a training ride, today he has officially started his training for long climbs...

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Don't think he has trained on long climbs yet, so the TdF build up starts now.

Some say so but how did ha manage almost 9 w/kg for 4 minutes. It's very short but one can't do it without absolutely yolo relative VO2max. I still stick to one day occurence hypothesis. It could be that he simply didn't try hard. Otherwise his power curve must have been steepened significantly before the season (classics preparation focused near Z5/Z6 border).

 

[Rasto]

by the way to all the people telling he was horrible on the climb, based on watts2win analysis his performance was on a similar level of vingegaard's best 2026 performance (stage 5 catalunya) and a bit below seixas performance in basque stage 2, all while looking on a training ride, today he has officialy started his training for long climbs...

if thats true then its all fine

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

He was coocked in Roubaix. He still has a sprint far superior to the rest of the GC contenders.

 

[yaf2]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2049513277487501341

View: https://x.com/laflammerouge16/status/2049513277487501341?s=46

Pogacar version in stage races since 2025 tdf has been pure comedy for his fans lol

 

[jibbo90]

Underwhelming performance. I will wait for the end of Romandie but if he shows another performance like this, Seixas will be my number one favorite for the Tour.

Seixas is probably not even competing this year at the Tour as well. There is still a huge gap between the French man and Tadej. In fact the only one who can really compete for the victory alongside the Slovenian is Vingeegard. 113th victory for him today - he dominated the sprint with no issues. There is no need to panic for today's performance. I thought he really did the bare minimum being strategically smart. Being chased by a larger group after the downhill if he didn't have any companions could have been a risk.
His margins to grow from here until July are huge - this should worry his competitors.

 

[rafa92]

if thats true then its all fine

https://watts2win.eu/it/performance