@Manu_Spurs21@looflol Tour without Jonas would be more boring than without Pogacar. The gaps would be even bigger. Just remember Giro 2024. Masterpiece of boredom.
@dustin_sch42074@looflol Viewing numbers in cycling decreased the last 24 months, corresponding with Pogacars dominance. Tv and streaming services like competition, this is what kept people in front of tv til 2023.
@HilaireBerben@vismaleaseabike Even on highest level you should be happy to reach the best possible result: Lipowitz=3rd in Dauphine, Jonas=2nd in TDF, Martinez=2nd in Giro.
Pogacar is not only unbeatable these days, everybody should be happy to become 2nd behind him and beat the rest of the peloton.
@jcksjsjdjsh@AtheistCyclist1 @lucasaganronald What are you talking about? This is not correct. If he was much worse, he would have ceded much more time. His power was similar, has never been better.
@DeLaPaff@NairoInGreen It is not Pogacar that found out it is Javier Sola. He has unlimited acces to arabian oil money to fund his medical research for team UAE. There is nothing comparable
@Thee_Real_lubbi@Tratnikstan These riders need 4-6 weeks to reach their former level. The problem was, that he didn't have enough time to add enough plus. So he was at his best, but maybe might have been better with no break in his training.
@tomdanielson Thank you, I also see Jorgenson nearly Jonas level. So the TDF outcome for UAE will rely on Almeidas performance. If he is in the expected great shape, Pogacar must win.
If not Visma has a great 1-2 chance and it can be interesting.
@AtheistCyclist1 @lucasaganronald He cannot go faster. And he is already the best of the rest.
The best thing is to say, that Pog is out of competition because it makes no sense for any rider to follow him.
Then you have a race again, then you can enjoy it.
@peder134 Dropping? Even MvdP or M Matthew can drop Sepp Kuss with a mountain sprint. Are they better climbers than him? No, they will never rrach the top ahead of him. Same today with Narvaez, who can do extreme mountain sprints
@peder134 Jorgenson, Kuss and even Tulett finished far ahead of them. Of course you drop everybody if you do a mountain sprint for a short time. Even EF did that in Giro/Finestre with UAE. Would you say EF was the best team in the Giro although UAE riders finished far ahead of them???
@peder134 Even their 4th best rider was better than UAEs 2nd best. They easily isolated Pog at penultimate climb. They are leading the team ranking with 10 mins gap.
Without Pogacar we wouldn't even talk about UAE today.
@aecarlosae@faustocoppi60 Yeah, and I think nobody wants another Pogacar. They even want this Pogacar away to have some competition in this sport that we love. But as it seem, even the biggest race in the world will be won without competition like last year.