Tadej Pogacar breaks 3 Strava records during his reconnaissance for Paris-Roubaix 2025 including fastest time on Mons-en-Pévèle

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Thursday, 03 April 2025 at 09:31
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First they'll battle it out at the Tour of Flanders, but many fans would be lying if they said they weren't looking forward to the following dish even more: Tadej Pogacar vs. Mathieu van der Poel duel at Paris-Roubaix. The Slovenian is yet to make his debut at the Hell of the North this season, but his training efforts are quite promising.
According to the UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider's latest activity on Strava, Pogacar did a 213-kilometer training ride this Wednesday, where he broke no less than 3(!) records on sectors of Paris-Roubaix, including Mons-en-Pévèle.
In addition, Tadej Pogacar also recorded the 2nd fastest time ever at Carrefour de l'Arbre, and went through the Vieux Quaremont. There is no doubt that the little cannibal from UAE is taking this part of the season very seriously, and hasn't even begun to think about the Tour de France.
Victories at the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix are haunting a rider who feels wounded after the defeat at the last Milano-Sanremo. Will this latest training session by Tadej Pogacar make Mathieu van der Poel nervous?
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Mistermaumau 12 April 2025 at 09:52+ 3501

Most of us really overlook the reality of what happens physically when a bike tire goes over cobbles, we are too focused on experience, feeling and intuition to actually look at what should be a microscopic slow-motion analysis. I think it would help many to better imagine what is happening by comparing the situation to differing boat types advancing on wavy waters. You start with typical boats and play around with wave height and amplitude and then you progress onto more advanced designs, motorboats, catamarans, hovercraft, jetskis, gliders on different types of waves. Nce you can eliminate most of the wave and just skim the tops, the wave topography reduces to something minimal, this is the grail of bike design for cobbles, tough because no cobbled sector has exactly the same pattern. Does anyone know if wheel size is UCI regulated or is there a margin?

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