Pog has won one of the CA races and wants the other one on his palmares.
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Temper ego and exuberance in favor of measured, GT winning output. Remco is a stellar talent, has matured alot in the last two years but being a tactical leader isn't his prime skill. And Landa is not going to save a race for him.
At the top of my head, i can only think of 1 race.
Volta a Catalunya 2023. I felt he could have taken the overall had he not celebrated his stage win before crossing the line, and doing a better tactical sprint on some other stages. He ended up losing the overall by a mere 6 seconds.
My bad. Saw GC instead of GT. Still that's the only race i think he lost cause of ego & exuberance. He tends to ride the GT's more according to a predetermined plan & by his power meter
How many has he started? Many feel he's had the talent to win for 3 years now. It's not his weight, by the way.
Ego and exuberance also includes making management choices, contract commitments and race selection.
We will never know, because we didn't know the selection before Van Aert's crash either.
It couldn’t have anything to do with a life changing crash, training too soon, or having COVID which resulted in him not already having won 3 Giro’s? Not saying he would’ve won all 3, but at least one and mor likely two.
Not winning the Vuelta last year was due to a bad build up, which had everything to do with his weight for the WC ITT.
He only realistically had a chance to win in the 2023 Giro. Where he was still being a bit to much in one day / one week mode. But he impressed me during this years TDF, showing two things that he had not done before: good measured racing instead of showboating and the ability to ride several high mountain stages against the ebst opposition without having a really bad day.
Convinced me that he can win a GT against good opposition, but I still doubt that he can beat a top Pog or Vino. But they will not be around always and everywhere,
I also dont know how long he will be able to keep up fighting for GT, as he is a more naturally gifted one dayer and his weight is clearly more of an issue vs several contenders.
I always wondered if it is just his genes, or that his football career has determined his rather strong upper body, something that he now cant correct anymore.
Convinced me that he can win a GT against good opposition, but I still doubt that he can beat a top Pog or Vino. But they will not be around always and everywhere,
I also dont know how long he will be able to keep up fighting for GT, as he is a more naturally gifted one dayer and his weight is clearly more of an issue vs several contenders.
I always wondered if it is just his genes, or that his football career has determined his rather strong upper body, something that he now cant correct anymore.
2021 Giro - 2 early after his Lombardi crash. needed the whole season to get back to previous level.
2022 - Won the Vuelta
2023 - Was in pink and looking solid before having to leave cause of covid.
2024 - 3rd In TdF after Basque crash
Seems he doing okay GT wise to me. I don't think he should have done combo GT. From next year on (depending on his programme) maybe. He will be 25 then.
Wouldn't recommend under 25 to do combo GT's myself unless your whole programme is centered around GT and GT only. Remco wants to win Worlds, Classics, Monuments, semi-classic, Olympics, ... as well.
2022 - Won the Vuelta
2023 - Was in pink and looking solid before having to leave cause of covid.
2024 - 3rd In TdF after Basque crash
Seems he doing okay GT wise to me. I don't think he should have done combo GT. From next year on (depending on his programme) maybe. He will be 25 then.
Wouldn't recommend under 25 to do combo GT's myself unless your whole programme is centered around GT and GT only. Remco wants to win Worlds, Classics, Monuments, semi-classic, Olympics, ... as well.
Right, but it was after Giro-Covid and Worlds ITT, not the best prep for the Vuelta. Just sayin.
Remco says he is staying. Perhaps a negotiating trick to get Red Bull to pay more? Also, wasn't the problem with QS and Visma merging last year because QS could only be "sold" / "merged" in the 3rd of their World Tour license? I might be completely off base on that, however.
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Rogla has won multiple Vueltas after crashing out of the Tour, not the best prep. Wright?
Please explain why lefevre is hiring domestiques if this would be true? Alaphilippe is gone, asgreen can’t get back to top level, they have just Merlier? And good old Landa?
Didn’t know Roglic also trained for WC ITT and specifically changed his weight and build to perform against the likes of Ganna and WVA, to then ride the Vuelta
What the frick is going on. Either this is total bs or Red Bull are *** desperate for Remco (which is understandable, but cmon, Roglic just won a GT).
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Remco is 24 years old. Roglic is almost 35, Redbull is doing the right thing
Don't forget the third CA race, the amgen tour of cali, also on Pog's palmares.
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