Teams & Riders The Big 6

[Cycling111]

1: Pogacar
2: VDP - Vingegaard
3: Remco-Roglic

No sepecific level or candidates for level 3: Van Aert, Pedersen, Philipsen, Jorgenson, Almeida, Ayuso, Merlier?

I can't put VDP on the same level as a cyclist who is his rival on "his home", but without the reverse happening (Liège, Lombardy). And considering that VDP can't compete in the Tour or stage races.

A rider who is everyone's rival has to be above him.
Something that not even Remco is. Remco is possibly the second most complete rider, but except in World Championships, he's never faced VDP. That puts Pogacar's ability into context.

First level: Pogacar.
Second level: his greatest rivals. VDP at some classics, Vingegaard at TDF.
Third level: Roglic and Remco. The other highest rivals, but both inferior to Vingegaard.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Guys, for a while now people enter this thread with intention to cut off some fat and end up leaving sore.

 

[kn0s]

Nah, Roglic smashed Volta a Catalunya with a dominant solo display on the last stage. If he falls apart in this Giro without crashing, sure, but if he wins this breathing through his nose, as I think he will, then he still has a big ole seat at the table.

I really liked the Roglic solo in Volta a Catalunya, but I wouldn't really call it dominant. Every time they got to the top, he was within spitting distance. More a just getting it across the line kind of victory in my book.

 

[CyclistAbi]

@kn0s

Please clean your glasses or at least burn that book.

 

[Kwaremonster]

Members of the big 6 should be winning races easily without the other member of the big 6 present. At the moment this does not include Van Aert unfortunately. Its hard to say how much of that is part of the injury. It could play a big role. Hopefully he's fully back next year.

 

[proffate]

Members of the big 6 should be winning races easily without the other member of the big 6 present. At the moment this does not include Van Aert unfortunately.

Never did

 

[Red Rick]

Members of the big 6 should be winning races easily without the other member of the big 6 present. At the moment this does not include Van Aert unfortunately. Its hard to say how much of that is part of the injury. It could play a big role. Hopefully he's fully back next year.

Evenepoel hasn't won without the others there, only with Van Aert there. Vingegaard similarly hasn't won this year without the others there, but he did win with Roglic there in Algarve.

It's really only a Big 3 left.

 

[Berniece]

Evenepoel hasn't won without the others there, only with Van Aert there. Vingegaard similarly hasn't won this year without the others there, but he did win with Roglic there in Algarve.

It's really only a Big 3 left.

Winning when anyone of the others is there also counts of course, right?