Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

[canina82]

Easy to talk like this when you are so much stronger than everyone else.

“People think it’s easy to win” - Tadej Pogacar plays down stage clean sweep talk after surprise bunch sprint victory in Romandie

Tadej Pogacar pushed back on growing expectations of total dominance at the 2026 Tour de Romandie after sprinting to a second consecutive stage win, insisting the reality behind his victories is far f...

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[jmdirt]

This kid can sprint!

 

[Extinction]

Hardware

Is there a difference?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Will Teddy lose today and leave one road stage to the competition? He won't be merciful during the last two stages.

 

[yaco]

Sometimes it's better to leave a few titbits for your fellow competitors.

Do you realise that if not for Ineos riding then the break would have won the stage.

 

[canina82]

Will Teddy lose today and leave one road stage to the competition? He won't be merciful during the last two stages.

I hope he will. His odd to lose the stage is/was 1.5. I'm begging for a breakaway to succeed.

 

[Divergence]

Yeah, he is on his way to catch Cav as the most prolific winner in the modern era.

Oh, he is way past Cav.

 

[canina82]

Oh, he is way past Cav.

If he maintains this dominance, he will by the end of 2028. However Seixas is coming so it will be very hard.

 

[Tanakka]

Oh, he is way past Cav.

WT (+WC): Pog 91* - Cav 77
Total wins: Pog 114 - Cav 176


*92 if you count the EC

 

[canina82]

WT (+WC): Pog 91* - Cav 77
Total wins: Pog 114 - Cav 176


*92 if you count the EC

Cav has 165 according PCS

Which rider has the most victories in history?

with 278 wins, Eddy Merckx has the most career victories of all time, before Mark Cavendish (165) and Mario Cipollini (163).

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Tanakka]

Cav has 165 according PCS

Yeah, you're right.
I guess it's #176 taking into account his U23 wins too. Or something like that.

Anyway, 165 is still a lot. But I don't think it actually matters (for Pog).

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

Will Teddy lose today and leave one road stage to the competition? He won't be merciful during the last two stages.

The stage will belong to the breakaway if no one works like Ineos did yesterday.

 

[canina82]

Yeah, you're right.
I guess it's #176 taking into account his U23 wins too. Or something like that.

Anyway, 165 is still a lot. But I don't think it actually matters (for Pog).

Pogacar is 51 wins behind. I think it's pretty realistic to think he will surpass Cav by the end of 2028.
He has 19.5 wins in the last 4 seasons (2022-2025).
He is on his way to win more than 20 races this year. He will need to maintain this dominance for 2 more years.

 

[pelotonIQ]

Pogi lost the sprint at Paris-Roubaix, now he is gonna farm sprint wins every chance he gets He can easily drop everyone on Romandie mountain climbs and go solo but it's as if he wants sprint to gain more experience and improve.

 

[Divergence]

Cav's wins do not matter. Nobody who understands road cycling thinks Cav is in the same universe as Pog.

 

[canina82]

Cav's wins do not matter. Nobody who understands road cycling thinks Cav is in the same universe as Pog.

I don't think anyone said that. Pogacar needs 1 TdF and 1 Vuelta to be the undisputed second best rider ever. Mark is just the best sprinter ever.

 

[vappa]

I don't think anyone said that. Pogacar needs 1 TdF and 1 Vuelta to be the undisputed second best rider ever. Mark is just the best sprinter ever.

I definitely wouldn't call him best sprinter ever

 

[canina82]

I definitely wouldn't call him best sprinter ever

Cavendish?

 

[GdL]

I don't think anyone said that. Pogacar needs 1 TdF and 1 Vuelta to be the undisputed second best rider ever. Mark is just the best sprinter ever.

People only think Cavendish is the best because they never saw Cipollini. Cipo was so superior that even if you managed to grab his wheel, you still couldn't pass him.

 

[canina82]

People only think Cavendish is the best because they never saw Cipollini. Cipo was so superior that even if you managed to grab his wheel, you still couldn't pass him.

I definitely saw Cipo and Mark was still better. I don't see your point.

 

[GdL]

I definitely saw Cipo and Mark was still better. I don't see your point.

He was so superior to everyone else (Cipo) that once he was launched, not matter who was his wheel, his team mates would start celebrating, knowing there was no chance for his rivals to surpass him

 

[Red Rick]

People only think Cavendish is the best because they never saw Cipollini. Cipo was so superior that even if you managed to grab his wheel, you still couldn't pass him.

Cavendish went like 3-4 years basically getting beaten like once when launching the sprint in a good position in the TdF?

Cipollini is basically an aurafarming merchant and nothing more.