"Not like the last two years where we just see Jumbo against UAE" - Tadej Pogacar welcomes Primoz Roglic's move to BORA - hansgrohe
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The 2024 Tour de France looks to have the potential to be one of the best editions of the race in modern memory. One man sure to be in the thick of the action is Tadej Pogacar.
Unlike recent years however, it won't be all about Pogacar and his main rival Jonas Vingegaard. The last four editions of the Tour de France have gone to either Pogacar or Vingegaard with the pair sitting on the top two steps at the last three. In 2024 though, the likes of Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic are expected to join the fight for the Maillot Jaune.
"I think it is good to have such a big competitor from all of the teams, not like the last two years where we just see Jumbo against UAE," Pogacar analyses in conversation with GCN, welcoming the extra challenge of his fellow Slovenian having left Jumbo-Visma for BORA - hansgrohe.
"I think Remco Evenepoel will also come to the Tour," he adds. "And a lot of other guys are stepping up also on a similar level. I think we can wait and see whether it will be the best Tour ever."
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- That’s the most stupid thing I’ve read for a long time, did you not go to school and learn even the most basic physics? Aero depends on one thing only, drag, drag depends speed and the relationship is squared and apart from maybe at zero or the speed of sound or due to side winds that relationship is valid at all speeds, it dies not “suddenly” start at a magic number. Very simply, the faster you go the more the effect becomes important. If you think 25km/h is needed to have noticeable effects you’re delusional, athletic WR are cancelled as soon as winds top 2m/s that’s 7.2km/h, why because the assistance is already too important at that speed and the times prove it. You don’t even consider wind which can significantly increase the effective speed for aerodynamics and you underestimate speed of climbs, 6% is ridden more at 30 than 25km/h, a speed at which early generation high rims were considered to have more advantages than disadvantages. And finally, as in normal races you can’t just switch bikes according to terrain, it’s pretty pointless to discuss climbs as a separate situation, the aero will have justified itself plenty during the rest of the ride.Mistermaumau21-12-2024
- If you look at how much TP progressed in that 1 1/2 years you can no longer say that’s nothing. If Remco improves as much he’s a challenger!Mistermaumau21-12-2024
- Froome wishing to ride the Vuelta...he won't even be selected for the team!frieders320-12-2024
- Keep telling yourself that Remco but you not only have Tadeg to beat but Jonas!frieders320-12-2024
- Seems farfetched - I agree. Mas has beaten him once. Giro d'Emillia I think - 2022mobk20-12-2024
- Barring injuries, by the time Pogacar's dominance fads there will be lots of new young talent. Pogacar is about 1 1/2 years older than Remco. That's nothing.Sweep20-12-2024
- I actually don’t find that too impressive. In my later forties I did similar figures for a 3.5% gradient as a total nobody with no wind assistance. Am sure there’s margin for improvement there, especially looking at all the names on that list.Mistermaumau20-12-2024
- Jonas', was 6 years agospock12320-12-2024
- The race where he overnight suddenly turned nuclear after being packfodder at best for several years. His Sky days after that Vuelta and Pogačar’s last season shall remain the darkest post Lance stuff cycling has witnessed. Good riddance Froome.
UltimateOpportunist20-12-2024 - Finishing the Vuelta seems to be a reasonably attainable goal. Getting on the team to do that will be the more difficult challenge.
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