"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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- The handbags are already out aren't they? Let's see who pulls for who.Renz07-05-2025
- "I think they forgot last year, and when Jonas was injured," and I think you forgot 2023 L-B-L, when Tadej was injured and had to improvise a training without bike. Tadej only could riding a "normal" bike again only 2 weeks before the Tour. That TT he couldn't knowing well at all.
maria2024202407-05-2025 - It's unfortunate a rider of his caliber hasn't won the Tour de France and I can't fault him for trying, in fact, I respect it. But he never will win the Tour as long as Tadej and Jonas are in the peloton, and we might as well add Remco to that list as he is the youngest and seems to be coming up quickly behind Tadej and Jonas. I hope Primoz can capture another Giro and maybe another Vuelta before he calls it a day.awp07-05-2025
- "He breaks the conventions we once held", yeah, Tadej es disruptive, unique. Perhaps because he doesn't come from a family/country with tradition in cycling, so the "laws" of cycling were unknown to him and he was just looking/seeking to have fun. Traditions are beautiful but sometimes can be limiting.maria2024202407-05-2025
- I'd win so much money off Blythe on this one!bobo07-05-2025
- "The Giro d'Italia 2024 saw a strong increase in audience figures across RAI networks, especially on Rai2 and RaiSport HD. The race also experienced a significant boost in online engagement, with record numbers of website visitors, video views, and media articles. The event reached over 700 million viewers worldwide...." Sorry, but Pogacar is boring only for ... envious? ex-riders.maria2024202406-05-2025
- It's always the way in pro cycling - 1 rider wins and the rest,instead of working with each other to topple the better rider, they ride behind said rider collecting scraps that're left...
leedorney06-05-2025 - Better for the Giro? I'm sure viewers would rather see Tadej dominate the Giro from day 1, than see Van Hooydonck (if he were still racing for Visma) battle it out with whoever, maybe Uidtjebroeks (if he was in the Visma lineup).. pun not intended ,for the maglia rosa in the 21-day race.. A grand tour is not like a horse race. People want to see Tadej, Jonas, Remco, Primoz, MVDP, Van Aert etc... If not, I'll just watch the Tour of California.FredMan06-05-2025
- Respect to Caleb Ewan for making the decision to bow out of professional cycling. He's the only one that's knows what's best for him at this point in his life, and I wish him all the best in his future endeavors.
santiagobenites06-05-2025 - Yeah, a big one 😁
DareDevil06-05-2025
Doesn't exactly engender confidence in the integrity of their methods.
I don't know how anyone can think there's a single clean rider in the field
More pre Tour trash talk.
"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."
Imagine how good Pogacar would be if they start giving him sugar instead of tree bark or whatever they're using at UAE
Tree bark??? Is that why he was playing hide and seek with the peleton a while back?
And how come Marginal Gaineos can no longer come up with UAE Visma stuff? Bora Bull will pass them too if Primoz manages to transfer Visma knowledge.
Delusional but whatever floats yo boat as they say!! Sure Pog did mess up a bit but that you grow out of with age isn’t it?
I’m certain he’s learned his lesson. We shall see 🥳
Vive le your !
Even the best make a mistake. look at Cian in TOS