Alexy Faure-Prost

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• RidesHills13-08-2026
  These rankings are plain silly because one of these people is in the middle half of his career. Yes, Pogačar ranks as second best, but is he first? We can't know that yet, because Merckx's career has ended while Pogačar is ongoing. What we can do is compare them at the same stage in their careers. Pogačar is in his 8th year (2019 to 2026) and it's incomplete, but we can at least start to compare it to where Merckx was at that career stage. At the end of his 8th year, Merckx had won 13 monuments, 7 grand tours, and 2 world championships. In the middle of his 8th year, Pogačar has won 13 monuments, 6 grand tours, and 2 world championships. Given that there are 1 monument, 1 grand tour, and 1 world championship race to go, and all three heavily favor Pogačar, he might be ahead of Merckx by the end of the year. (Did anyone ever predict that such a sentence could be written?!) To reach Merckx's career numbers, Pogačar needs 6 monuments, 5 grand tours, and a world championship. Those are roughly the career numbers of the man who is #9 on this list, Gino Bartali. What's crazy is that Pogačar might actually do this, and none of us would be surprised. But he has to do it, not just have the potential to do it. If he doesn't, would he end up at #1 on the list? Should he? I don't think so. Longevity matters, otherwise we wouldn't have #10 on this list, Valverde. Merckx is who got me into racing as a small kid, and watching Pogačar I sometimes feel the awe of a small kid, again, but the numbers aren't there yet. Let's let his full career play out, shall we?
• abstractengineer13-08-2026
  The adjective is too much
• abstractengineer13-08-2026
  He was not going to be participating in 2026. What is under question is 2027+
• abstractengineer13-08-2026
  Simple Jonas crashed out early and Remco no balls gave up
• Hills3313-08-2026
  It wasn't his idea, and Sporza approached Urska's team, not UAE or Pog to see if it could work. If Pog didn't genuinely think Urska was great, it would not have worked.
• souplesse13-08-2026
  I think it is a carefully curated persona.. the sarcastic 'Pantani' nickname because they did'nt like him pulling, the existance of a UAE 'blacklist' of riders they don't like.. all sounds very lance-like. Even this stunt is patronising, 'haha im just her BF haha'
• PogiSloFans13-08-2026
  Humility for the americans, why? They think they are the center of the world. Trump and MAGA hate us Europeans, they want to conquer Canada and Greenland, their friends and neighbours. I will never show humilty for them... NEVER!!!
• whit2pet13-08-2026
  I'm not American, but it's a pity you don't display a bit of the humility you claim your countrymen are renowned for!
• PogiSloFans13-08-2026
  MAGA Simmons??? You're MAGA also, aren't you? So why are you making fun of Simmons?
• PogiSloFans13-08-2026
  It's my honest reply. The whole world is trashing the americans. Yes, "americans," with a small letter "a"... cause they don't deserve capital letters. If you can't handle the truth, it's your problem.