Tre Valli Varesine 2025, one day race, October 7

[bNator]

Pogi is burning too many matches and will crack trying to follow Rogla on Saturday. Rogla is not explosive anymore, he's endurance master now. His solo in Lombardia will be sensational.

If you threw in a couple of dots you would have me fooled…

 

[Danskebjerge]

Pogi is burning too many matches

There is no end to his stock of matches. 😢

 

[Pantani_lives]

Oh, now there's only one Pogacar? That's a relief; two would be scary.

If there were two Pogacars there would be suspense again. You wouldn't know which of the two is going to win.

 

[KZD]

Great that Pogačar kept his promise and rode this race after being cancelled mid race last year. He found a new way of winning this one attacking on the flat almost like Remco of old.

Impressed with Albert Philipsen in these last few races, 2nd today is a very good result.

 

[RedheadDane]

If there were two Pogacars there would be suspense again. You wouldn't know which of the two is going to win.

But imagine them ganging up against everyone else.

 

[CyclistAbi]

OK @CyclistAbi could use some spin. Why does today and Emilia give you confidence that he can compete for the win in Lombardia?

The only spin I could come up with would be arguing that he was doing them for the training and intentionally holding back to keep his powder dry and trick everyone into thinking he is washed and a non-threat. What do you have for us?

Pretty much, plus Rogla was rather good at Worlds RR too.

 

[Lequack]

Pogacar was waiting for so long for Del Toro to do a McNulty and ride to him, so that he could gift him the win. Alas he had to win himself, thus drawing the ire of some fans, who were heard chanting "we trusted your black shorts, we were misled!".

 

[Krzysztof_O]

If there were two Pogacars there would be suspense again. You wouldn't know which of the two is going to win.

There is still suspence i.e. how long will be his next solo? What will be the final gap? Who will be the best of humans? All important questions.

 

[kamaveli]

OK @CyclistAbi The only spin I could come up with would be arguing that he was doing them for the training and intentionally holding back to keep his powder dry and trick everyone into thinking he is washed and a non-threat. What do you have for us?

That's exactly how I have planned it. Since Remco and Lipo are also riding Lomabardy, it's a great place to show that you shouldn't count him out yet.

 

[CyclistAbi]

@kamaveli

Lipo already ended his season and now only doing coffee rides and similar:

Florian Lipowitz concludes a successful season

It was an intense 52 race days. A season that set new standards. A season that will be remembered as a milestone. For Florian Lipowitz, the finish line has been crossed – his off-season has begun.

www.redbullborahansgrohe.com

 

[scribers]

Three would be even better. Like the Hansons in slap shot

 

[hayneplane]

What exactly is Primoz Roglic's plan for these races, seems to be just hanging around on wheels looking disinterested and not contributing

Could be like last year where he got worse as the week went on and ending up deciding not to start Lombardia.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Three would be even better. Like the Hansons in slap shot

Or the other Hanson!

 

[tobydawq]

Yawn.

Ugly moto-pace.

Horrible, horrible TV production.

Glad I could fast forward through this (possibly fixed) race, where we were denied to see the real one.

I'm not very conspiratorial by nature but this felt a lot like Leo van Vliet. As ig Pogi is not strong enough to win without help. Utterly ridiculous.

And yeah, why the hell would they keep showing landmarks for minutes until three kilometers to go??

 

[pablohidalgo7]

Could be like last year where he got worse as the week went on and ending up deciding not to start Lombardia.

Well, I saw him doing well yesterday, perhaps even better than in Emilia, considering the route is less suited to him. Besides, I don't know where the claim that he didn't pull yesterday comes from. He certainly did less than Pidcock but similar to the rest of the group (except for Del Toro od course). He simply didn't take over initially because, as usual, he didn't get into a particularly good position in the climb and would have to go quite deep to catch up with Tom and that Soudal cyclist.

Another thing that no one noticed was that before that with about 15.6-15.2 km left, it was Primoz himself (with Del Toro on his wheel) who was pulling the entire peloton after a teammate pulled away with Simmons just a few meters ahead of the bunch. He can be seen from the helicopter shot.

 

[RedheadDane]

 

[Valv.Piti]

What exactly is Primoz Roglic's plan for these races, seems to be just hanging around on wheels looking disinterested and not contributing

Its especially funny since some of his absolute biggest fans are Valverde's biggest detractors and they didn't seem to miss an opportunity to mock him for things like that. Radio silence however when Roglic races like this. Funny!

 

[Netserk]

Its especially funny since some of his absolute biggest fans are Valverde's biggest detractors and they didn't seem to miss an opportunity to mock him for things like that. Radio silence however when Roglic races like this. Funny!

And yet you manage to be even funnier. Bravo!

 

[Valv.Piti]

And yet you manage to be even funnier. Bravo!

Thanks buddy, will miss you all in the offseason!