Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[canina82]

Not that i think that he couldn't go faster, he most likely could, but the sprint itself doesn't say much. Had plenty of time to "recover" and he is by a mile better sprinter than anyone in that group, not even remotely close.

Maybe. It was still a very dominant sprint.

 

[AmRacer]

Jonas has been beasting multiple WT stage races this year already while Pogacar has been hiding from stage races and only done 4 race days.

Pogi's wins >>> Jonas, but Jonas has a Giro to win.

 

[Extinction]

Different efforts though.
His sprint showed he was fresh, a pity he didn't go all out.

He didn't need to and there is no reason to gratuitously humiliate colleagues. Even he needs to be diplomatic now and then. Pog the magnimanious sovreign.

 

[Berniece]

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.

This is concerning for the tour

You guys are insane. He gained weight for Roubaix and MSR, and is still tired from LBL. Nothing is wrong. Would be nice to have an exciting TDF though, but the challenge will come from Vingegaard rather than Seixas

 

[hayneplane]

A little surprising not to see him simply waltz away but then once they hadn’t simply crumbled behind it was sensible riding to just ride a strong controlled pace and have a small group to ride on the flat to stay clear.

Sprint was highly impressive as I at least expected Lenny Martinez to be somewhat competitive yet it was around 5 bike lengths gap.

 

[mikks]

Some Pogi fans are truly bizarre. He just had one of the best—if not the best—spring campaigns in history. And now, after a single stage at Romandie where he admittedly underperformed slightly but still solid (he did win a stage, after all), it’s suddenly all doom and gloom. You are completely overreacting.

 

[BahamontesPhantom]

To be honest I’d quite like to see Vingo beat him at the tour, we can see then his mental abilities and whether he goes full tour next year to get number 5 or does he still try to juggle classics and tour ?

 

[Gratemans]

Some Pogi fans are truly bizarre. He just had one of the best—if not the best—spring campaigns in history. And now, after a single stage at Romandie where he admittedly underperformed slightly but still solid (he did win a stage, after all), it’s suddenly all doom and gloom. You are completely overreacting.

Might be a bit harsh, but I can't call them anything but inexperienced gloryhunters. They're used (and like to) see someone utterly dominating everywhere, all the time. I can't for the life of me understand why they're so obsessed with seeing that, but they apparently are.
And once he doesn't win by a huge margin, they are immediately panicking.

I'm not a particular fan at all, but to me it seems he just peaked towards the spring classics, and decided to get one more race in where there's more long climbs just to kinda get a feel for it again. Also, Gianetti promised the TdR organiser that Pog would ride it one day and why not now?
He has had very little actual racing hours up until now, so throw in a small multi-stage race, put in a block of rest after and start to work towards towards the Tour.
He certainly didn't give it his all today but he'll probably do so in one of the later stages. Or not. And if so, what's the problem? He doesn't win something he partakes in. It might get people here all riled up, but I doubt he cares one way or another.

 

[Lorzenz08]

Wait, did people really expect to see Pogi pulling ~7watts/kg for >20min when Roubaix was 2.5 weeks ago ? hahahaaa

Come on guys I know some casual are fans of Pogi but at least make some efforts..

If that was the case Pogi would never even make the effort to go to altitude training in Spain, at this point just enjoy your time in Monaco with your girlfriend, come out for the tour, and peace out 😉

 

[Shortcut]

Wait, did people really expect to see Pogi pulling ~7watts/kg for >20min after being in Roubaix shape barely 2.5 weeks ago ? hahahaaa

Come on guys I know some casual are fans of Pogi but at least make some efforts..

If that was the case Pogi would never even make the effort to go to altitude training in Spain, at this point just enjoy your time in Monaco with your girlfriend, come out for the tour, and peace out 😉

I think we are just having some new haters that are trying to act as really "concerned" fans. Like you said he is really not in right shape to do this type of races but only against Jonas and Seixas. But i still think they wouldn't drop him even today. I really wanted to see him racing at 80% and just play it smart. Just win a race and that is it. If he gets another stage and overall i would call it great. I think he is trying out, what would happen i he goes just easy when competition is not great.,Today it was so obvious he is just playing with them, he tried his best to not drop Lipo. I still think, if he finishes TdF without injury or sickness, he will do Vuelta. He really can just do training there like he did it today. If there is no Jonas or Seixas (it seems so) and after that also no Lipowitz, Pelizzari, Remco it is just to easy.

 

[jmdirt]

Whoogh, he wasn't washed after all.

 

[jmdirt]

Some Pogi fans are truly bizarre. He just had one of the best—if not the best—spring campaigns in history. And now, after a single stage at Romandie where he admittedly underperformed slightly but still solid (he did win a stage, after all), it’s suddenly all doom and gloom. You are completely overreacting.

Uh, those aren't TP fans.