It is not as simple as that and I dont see other UAE riders beating Pog atm.Pogacar 2022-2023 30-40min climbs were in the 6.1 - 6.4 w/kg range, similar to Remco's 2022-2023/3 (Catalunya) period. Since 2024, Pog has increased to 6.7-6.9 w/kg, so almost 10%, while remco's peak is around 6.4-6.5 w/kg (TdF 2024).
Source: watts2win (not perfect but it's a relative comparison and aggregate numbers)
This is just one metric but it gives clear facts about what we are talking about, when Logic or others compare Pogacar 2022-2023 vs Pogacar 2024-2025 and relative to Remco.
If we take the hypothesis accepted by the majority of the cycling world, basically that this is due much better training methods at UAE combined with marginal gains, we should also accept that this competitive edge is not durable. Other teams, especially those with the financial means, will catch up. As Pogacar and Evenepoel were close prior to Pogacar's upgrade at UAE, there is no reason to believe Remco cannot improve a lot too and challenge him in the future.
The reasoning above is why many here still believe Remco can catch up. There is nothing "disillusional" about this argument. Any reference to race anecdotes, relative wins or whatever does not change the argument that Pogacar boosted his performance and that this boost is not a competitive edge he will keep. The general improvement of the UAE team shows that this edge is not personal but general applicable.
They have also recruited some of the best talents and best riders from other teams.
Wellens was always a good rider, Narvaez was being underrated at both Soudal and then really bloomed out in his last season with Ineos before moving on to UAE, Yates has been a great rider for +10 years, Majka as well before only being a super-dom... the list can go on. Like McNulty was highly rated very early on. This is not simply by luck or some other things.
There is a lot of factors involved why they have been dominating in the last couple or a few years, but some are too lazy to acknowledge it.
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