"I believe he wants to win Paris Roubaix in the rainbow jersey" - Pogacar will race Hell of the North, American ex-pro believes
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The questions regarding Tadej Pogacar's possible Paris-Roubaix participation are never-ending, but also never responded. Whilst at this point the only thing remaining is waiting for the team's official confirmation, many continue to argue that this presence is likely, such as Tom Danielson.
"I think Pogacar will race Paris Roubaix. My guess, and it is a guess, is that he wants to fully capitalize on the commitment he has put into training for the classics," Danielson wrote in a social media post. "While it looks like he just shows up and races well at these races, months and months of training specifically has gone into this focus this season".
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It would make all sense to do so, taking into consideration he will not race any other stage-race this spring. The World Champion won the UAE Tour and decided to then fully focus on the classics. Just making a Paris-Roubaix debut could be an important decision experience-wise, even if he would not go with the ambitions of winning.
"Second, I believe he wants to win Paris Roubaix in the rainbow jersey. There is no guarantee he will have it for next season so the time to try is now," the American argues. However, after his crash at Strade Bianche, more and more doubts emerged over if he really should do it.
"As for the danger, I don’t think that is on his mind. Every race is dangerous as we saw last year in Pays Basque and this year in Paris Nice. In fact every ride is dangerous as we saw with Remco on his training ride. I would guess this is his perspective and for that a chance to win this iconic race in the rainbow jersey is worth the risk". Pogacar is now set to race the E3 Saxo Classic to open up his cobbled classics block, which thus far should end with the Tour of Flanders.
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I think Pogacar will race Paris Roubaix. My guess, and it is a guess, is that he wants to fully capitalize on the commitment he has put into training for the classics. While it looks like he just shows up and races well at these races, months and months of training specifically…
— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) March 23, 2025
Sweet. I wonder who's up on the next episode of Disgraced Ex-Doper Offers an Unsolicited Opinion?
Everyone was so keen on free speech for a while, what happened ;-) But seriously, the problem is not so much that he gave his view as that someone follows it and spreads it, not totally unlike the schoolkids running US war games at present ;-)
My issue is that this site proactively solicits the commentary of one disgraced doper after another. It's like they can't find anyone who didn't leave the sport under a cloud of shame. I think I'm done with this site.
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- My issue is that this site proactively solicits the commentary of one disgraced doper after another. It's like they can't find anyone who didn't leave the sport under a cloud of shame. I think I'm done with this site.critguy26-03-2025
- The finale of this race was an absolute mess, and the last crash that took out 1/2 of the field was caused when a double width road very suddenly funneled into a single lane, and riders had nowhere to go. I find it amazing how some of these courses get approved in the first place. So much for the UCI's campaign for improved rider safety, because if they actually cared, the organizers wouldn't have been allowed to run the finale on this parcours.
santiagobenites26-03-2025 - I hope Wout can come back. He has had 3 terrible crashes--not on par with Froome or Bernal, but at his level just a fraction of a percent is all that separates the grand champions of this new generation. Even if he is back all the way physically, those abrupt confrontations with pavement and mortality take a psychic toll, especially for a father of young kids.
Barney26-03-2025 - Everyone was so keen on free speech for a while, what happened ;-) But seriously, the problem is not so much that he gave his view as that someone follows it and spreads it, not totally unlike the schoolkids running US war games at present ;-)Mistermaumau26-03-2025
- We'll see what happens this year, hopefully he finds himself a little stronger.awp26-03-2025
- awp, the way and races he races, he probably doesn’t feel like he needs that many or specific race days before the Tour. His program isn’t very different from other years.Mistermaumau26-03-2025
- No, he just realises he’s not a one-day racer so why should he force himself?Mistermaumau26-03-2025
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- The MTB World title - there is no such thing. However, there are World titles in XCC, XCO, XCM, XCE, Enduro, Downhill......... He's after the World title in XCO, but could probably win the XCC title too, as his record is still better than anybody else, and he hasn't ridden an XCC World Cup since May 2021. Ten wins from twelve races says it all..... However, the XCO course is Crans-Montana is technical - he will surely need plenty of time back on the MTB, both training, and racing, otherwise it's going to be another doomed ambition.wipperman9526-03-2025
- Sweet. I wonder who's up on the next episode of Disgraced Ex-Doper Offers an Unsolicited Opinion?critguy26-03-2025