Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Losing hair was a part of his efficiency plan (aerodynamics).
The man dedicated the whole life to be the best version of himself on the bike.

Little did he know, that the secret is having your hair stick out of the helmet (he didn't wear one either!) to collect free energy from the magnetic field of the earth to directly convert into extra watts.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Little did he know, that the secret is having your hair stick out of the helmet (he didn't wear one either!) to collect free energy from the magnetic field of the earth to directly convert into extra watts.

Pogi's marginal gains never cease to amaze me! Sir Dave looks like a stone-age relict compared to Pogi and his team.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The only hope for the rest is that Pogi won't drop his Roubaix weight on time for the Tour.
Then again, even at 90 kg only Vingegaard would be a threat to him!

After he's won the Giro, Vingegaard should be the one to target 90 kg in order to win the green jersey before Pogačar does.

 

[yaco]

I just feel like we're idiots to even be discussing what we're seeing. No offense to anyone but psychoanalyzing these races feels entirely vacuous and devoid of purpose anymore. My random-pulled-from-my-butt opinion that's probably not worth the broadband this comment will consume?

They're doing everything. Blood manipulation/regular drugs/gene therapy doping/small bike motors with limited performance boost and also buying off officials and rivals whenever whenever. The end.



Yeah because everyone waited for the stars to catch up and put on a show because that's what the TV audiences had tuned in for.

I thought they were all doping and had motors.

 

[pelotonIQ]

I am saying that extreme differences between his performance on a given day and what of the rest of the best cyclists in the world do is what raises suspicions; you are asking why suspicions are not raised on the days when he is no better than some others.

You seem to be asking why a teacher does not consider a test in which the best mathematician in the class gets a lower score than his/her peers as evidence that he might have sneaked a calculator into the room.

Your 'teacher' analogy is flawed and doesn't represent my point.

The detail you missed and should add is that the teacher have always accused the best mathematician (Pogacar) and then suddenly stops accusing him when another student scores higher despite him scoring the same points that made the teacher accuse him in the first place and then on the next math-test the teacher goes back to accuse him when he's #1 with the same score that got him #2 on the prior test.

This has been the pattern in this thread every since Pogacar won his 1st Tour. This is how I see it.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I think you'll find that people respond to results and margin/manner of victory, not power numbers that are not widely shared.

Your finding something curious that most of us find rather predictable is in itself curious. But as you will.

 

[Red Rick]

I think you'll find that people respond to results and margin/manner of victory, not power numbers that are not widely shared.

Your finding something curious that most of us find rather predictable is in itself curious. But as you will.

Combloux had a lot of response based on a W/kg estimate that was way off.

 

[Gianetti_Is_The_Goat]

Your 'teacher' analogy is flawed and doesn't represent my point.

The detail you missed and should add is that the teacher have always accused the best mathematician (Pogacar) and then suddenly stops accusing him when another student scores higher despite him scoring the same points that made the teacher accuse him in the first place and then on the next math-test the teacher goes back to accuse him when he's #1 with the same score that got him #2 on the prior test.

This has been the pattern in this thread every since Pogacar won his 1st Tour. This is how I see it.

Pogacar hasn't been dropped a single time since the beginning of 2024 season when he was competing for victory.
You could argue that he was dropped by MvdP in Paris-Roubaix, but without the crash it remains to be seen.

 

[canina82]

Pogacar hasn't been dropped a single time since the beginning of 2024 season when he was competing for victory.
You could argue that he was dropped by MvdP in Paris-Roubaix, but without the crash it remains to be seen.

Montmarte. He was injured though.

 

[Gianetti_Is_The_Goat]

Montmarte. He was injured though.

Right. OMG. That changes everything

 

[AlpRaid]

Apparently Mr 60% invented a very efficient way of pedalling, which took him to the next level. If he shares the secret with his son then Pogi's days as cycling's top dog may be over.

but Pog's secret is the shortened crank length. no one else knew to do that and his perfs jumped mightily due just to this simple adjustment.

 

[KoopaCycling]

forget LBL. no one can compete against what we saw yesterday. no one.

best he can hope for at LBL is a distant 2nd like at worlds, euros and Lombardia. I would be absolutely shocked if anything else could happen. no one is in competition with what we saw yesterday. no one.

I'd like to think coming second is not a bad thing, as it may give you the victory in the end.
Alas i don't see the golden boy caught anytime soon. Not after i recently learned viewership has nearly doubled since his rise. No way they would bring harm to their main product.