Ala has a better chance than WVAI'll stick my nose out and say Pog drops everyone on Poggio but gets caught over the final metres. Same quartet as in Glasgow battles it out. Inches decide and WVA nips it for the second time.
Ala has a better chance than WVAI'll stick my nose out and say Pog drops everyone on Poggio but gets caught over the final metres. Same quartet as in Glasgow battles it out. Inches decide and WVA nips it for the second time.
I don't think so. He was strong in Algarve, Strade & Tirreno, just against better competition than last year. While I think he is too light for Poggio and the flat afterwards, I think he looks on track.Pidcock seems to be in crap form
WVA is not ridingAla has a better chance than WVA
Yeah but then we had thermonuclear MDVPWhat are the race circumstances required for Pogacar to win? Weren't last year's conditions (tailwind on Poggio) just about as favourable as he could have hoped for?
Even without MVDP's attack in the last few hundred metres of the climb, Pogacar wasn't winning that race.Yeah but then we had thermonuclear MDVP
Well, with a crazy descent he’d still have to beat Mohoric.Pidcock seems to be in crap form but he's a lunatic descender and has the ability to win a la Mohoric. Just don't think it will be this year.
Exactly the pointWVA is not riding![]()
Wishful thinking on my part. A race without Wout, Mathieu and Tadej is a little of a disappointment but at least two of them will race MSR.Exactly the point![]()
Interesting - The Poggio is similar to Willunga Hill which Plapp flies up. However, there is much stronger competition at MSR.Outsider: Luke Plapp. Looks in decent form but never shone in one-day races.
It's not similar by any stretch of the imagination.Interesting - The Poggio is similar to Willunga Hill which Plapp flies up. However, there is much stronger competition at MSR.
Yeah, I think if uae drill it on the previous climb and then pog goes all out on the poggio I'm not sure pedersen hangs on, very will IMHO.Mads Pedersen usually finds a way to get dropped by one or more riders on the hardest climbs in one-day races, so I'm not overly confident on his behalf. Maybe he'll have a better shot if it's wet and cold, but then Pogi will obviously be a bigger favourite, unless the heat training has made him more vulnerable in those conditions.
Unfortunately for Kooij, neither Pog nor Mathieu is gonna sit up. Maybe if a bigger group can hold on to their wheels, but I don’t see it happening.Kooij also survived that first stage of P-N and beat Pedersen in the sprint. If Pog and MvdP start looking to each other and don't ride Poggio as fast as possible, I wouldn't rule him out.