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"I don't think Pogacar's team is close to our system" - Visma | Lease a Bike nutrition specialist on Tadej Pogacar's weakness
CyclingThursday, 20 June 2024 at 04:00
If Jonas Vingegaard is ready to fight for third Tour de France triumph, he'll be present at the Grand Départ in Firenze next Saturday. That's the narrative his team Visma | Lease a Bike fed the cycling public for last two months. Steff Cras' recent performances at Tour of Slovenia indicate the level of Vingegaard could be good enough. We'll soon get out answers. Another aspect that may play role in the high mountains will be nutrition. As it turns out, the Dutch team is confident even in this area.
In 2020 and 2021 Pogacar won the Tour, in 2022 and 2023 the title went to the calm Dane. Both times it turned out Pogacar underestimated his nutritioning. This year, Pogacar logically seems to have the advantage, although this may not be the case in terms of nutrition. "I don't think Pogacar's team is close to our system, to be honest," says professor Asker Jeukendrup at NOS.
"Many teams are still looking for that latest miracle cure," said the former triathlete. "Or they buy a large food truck and think they are done with the investment in food. While they are often very basic things. What do the riders receive and when? That can go well or wrong at any meal."
Eating during the race is also an important aspect. "We have done many studies into all kinds of combinations of carbohydrates, but ultimately we arrived at the combination of fruit sugar and dextrose. In other words, fructose and glucose. They both use a different transporter in the intestines."
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- Some things sound crazy until they aren't, what if he's actually right? 🤷vappaxbipmv23-12-2024
- Why make a comment to state the obvious? Of course MvdP is much better at CX than Pogacar, does anyone doubt that But that wasn't his pointvappaxbipmv23-12-2024
- If you look at road alone obvi Pogacar is the better rider. But maybe MVDP is the better overall rider since he can win in three plus disciplines?mobk23-12-2024
- Correction on 2021 Olympics. It was mainly the Dutch ladies who didn’t know who was leading the race. Other teams like the Germans and Italians knew that Kiesenhofer was out front.mobk23-12-2024
- A champion turning into a sore loser. Or is he on coke again?
UltimateOpportunist23-12-2024 - If you look at the major races they’ve both been in, van der Poel had the early edge as lately Pogacar has had the advantage. It’s all on procyclingstats.RidesHills23-12-2024
- I wouldn’t assume Tadej can’t win at cross. He did a cross race, not a World Cup, a few years ago and crushed the field. It was a minor race. But he can win anywhere.mij23-12-2024
- I wonder what would happen if Pogacar attacked on the Cipressa instead of the Poggio in San Remo? Would MvdPoel still be able to follow?Ride197423-12-2024
- Debatable?Ride197423-12-2024
- The point is obvious: MVDP can beat Tadej on CX/Road and Tadej cannot. What is so hard to understand???averagecyclist22-12-2024