Teams & Riders The Pogačar - Van der Poel rivalry

[Berniece]

I would disagree and am not sure how you conclude that MvP is the better one day racer.

MvP is better in Roubaix and MSR.

Flanders is a 50/50 though in the three they’ve competed against each other it’s two one to Pog and MVP did not win that other one as they rode against each other.

Pogacar better in LBL and Lombardia.

However, Pog is far closer to MVP in MVP’s preferred races than MVP is to competing with Pog in his preferred races.

Without being sick, MVDP would've won 3 of the 4 monuments this spring. That's why he is the better one day racer.

 

[Jan the Man]

Without being sick, MVDP would've won 3 of the 4 monuments this spring. That's why he is the better one day racer.

That is an assertion that is both impossible to prove or disprove albeit i will respectfully disagree with you.

 

[Poursuivant]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1916579667441586407

View: https://x.com/StatsOnCycling/status/1916579667441586407

 

[Kwaremonster]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1916579667441586407

View: https://x.com/StatsOnCycling/status/1916579667441586407

That is some stat.

Surely mvdp will start declining soon though.

 

[Jan the Man]

That is some stat.

Surely mvdp will start declining soon though.

He’s still relatively young relating to the profile of the races in which he excels. It is not uncommon to see mid 30s compete in Roubaix for example- i would not bank on a decline unless he changes focus, albeit not sure why he would do that and has shown no inclination to do so

 

[hayneplane]

9-8 for Pogacar after Liège. If he rides Lombardia, it will almost surely be 10-8 by the end of this year. Then hopefully both of them ride MSR-RVV-PR in 2026 like this year.

Also 8th monument in a row one of them wins, crazy stats.

Only once in the last 16 monuments has a rider other than MVDP and Pogacar won a race that at least one of that duo finished (MSR 2024 Philipsen). The last occasion was 2022 Paris Roubaix won by Dylan Van Baarle with MVDP finishing 9th.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Boring rivalry, unless one of them dares to race and wins Scheldeprijs I'm not impressed.

 

[Tonton]

It is a rivalry, Matthieu denied Pog at least a MSR and a PR. That in itself is Jedi stuff...

 

[Peyroteo94]

There is really no debate about who is the best classics rider in the world. He has been since 2021 and will be the best for more years. Someone saying the opposite is just natural bias because their favorite rider gets always spanked by Pogacar lately (even slowed down on purpose to not be filmed. This is how badly he got spanked. I know this hurts but it is the hard truth). Facts are there and numbers don't lie, Pogacar will probably have the best monument season ever by the end of this season.