Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

[solo80k]

WVA will be a surprise on this tour. It was a big mistake let him win so many time today.

If Wout can survive until first rest day... and Roglic won't need blood bags this year, maybe TJV can provide some transfusions to Wout on rest days? It's his only hope.

But I doubt they are prepared

 

[SafeBet]

If Wout can survive until first rest day... and Roglic won't need blood bags this year, maybe TJV can provide some transfusions to Wout on rest days? It's his only hope.

But I doubt they are prepared

They can always pull a Hamilton.

 

[Ripper]

They can always pull a Hamilton.

That's exactly what I was thinking

 

[Rackham]

WVA doesn't stand a chance & Pogacar will win this Tour with the biggest margin since Nibali. The only one who could rival him was Roglic.

That's why Pogacar is smiling a lot at the moment. He knows, we know, everyone knows.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

WVA doesn't stand a chance & Pogacar will win this Tour with the biggest margin since Nibali. The only one who could rival him was Roglic.

That's why Pogacar is smiling a lot at the moment. He knows, we know, everyone knows.

Pogacar is the obvious favourite to win the race but let's see how the Alps and Ventoux unfold. How his climbing compares to Carapaz. If he manages to drop him regularly then the final gap could be huge indeed but it's far from certain.

 

[Rackham]

Pogacar is the obvious favourite to win the race but let's see how the Alps and Ventoux unfold. How his climbing compares to Carapaz. If he manages to drop him regularly then the final gap could be huge indeed but it's far from certain.

We saw in Basque Country how superior Pogacar was to Carapaz. Granted, Carapaz wasn't fully ready then, but in order to be superior to Pogacar in the Tour he'd have needed to not just catch up with him in his preparation, but also surpass him.

I can't see it.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

We saw in Basque Country how superior Pogacar was to Carapaz. Granted, Carapaz wasn't fully ready then, but in order to be superior to Pogacar in the Tour he'd have needed to not just catch up with him in his preparation, but also surpass him.

I can't see it.

Pog has been in a very good form since the season start so it's not hard to imagine that Carapaz's progress was bigger (he started from a low level). Carapaz already showed he has a very strong punch. At the weekend we will know what tempo he can maintain compared to Pog. If the latter hits 1850 of VAM for 20+ minutes probably nobody will match that but we will see, such efforts are costly and the race is long.

 

[Riek s]

Without accidents I don't see the need for Pogacar to dig deep... Carapaz is already distanced, Roglic is out, Thomas is out, Froome is back to his normal level. Unless they really want to lay it big... he might not even need to expose his radiation level.

 

[therealthing]

Get the f**k out of here, beyond laughable now.

 

[GuntherL1]

I hope Pogacar destroys some climbing records this Tour. That would remove all doubt.

 

[Savant12]

Is he breathing yet in this Tour?

 

[OldCranky]

I'm fairly sure he's from Slovenia not Slovakia or the fictional Marvel/ MCU country of Sokovia. Although I guess if we do end up with someone from a fictional country then we have bigger issues than doping.

He's riding like he's from Wakanda these days.

 

[QuickZulu]

He'll win this thing by over 10min.

 

[Tim Cahill]

The clinic is BACK with a bang

#Unbanhog

 

[Netserk]

I just hope he will try to beat the Ventoux record.

 

[F_Cance]

How can they just let this pass? At this point it's not even entertaining for the sport.

 

[lenric]

this is entertaining

 

[ontheroad]

Not normal.

 

[burning]

Even Kirby is saying "almost otherworldly performance", this is absolutely next level stuff.

 

[Roland Rat]

This is absurd.

 

[solo80k]

So strong, good luck with fighting against him. I doubt Roglic had any real chances against such mutant performance.

 

[No_Balls]

Riding on the big ring Bjarne Riis at Hautacam-style. Cycling never fails to deliver.

 

[Roland Rat]

The new Sestriere 1999.

 

[JosefK]

Just dropping by to see the posts. More coming soon, I'm sure.

 

[Eeslliw]

So strong, good luck with fighting against him. I doubt Roglic had any real chances against such mutant performance.

Zero chance. This is on another level.