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I believe Jonas and his wife have already taken the decision to leave, so, most probably, we will see him next year at Ineos/Lidl-Trek.
21-07-2025 20:34
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raven
Many people say these days that Visma's only chance is to outsmart Pog by team tactics and/or cooperation with Bora, Soudal and others. Maybe his statement was just a reaction to that. Regardless of tactics, team strenght and so, if you want to win the Tour, eventually you have to beat Pog mano a mano. Pretty hard, if not impossible, I would say.
01-07-2025 20:09
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raven
Wellens just won the Belgian National Championships Road Race beating Evenepoel and Philipsen. In Dauphine stage 6, he paced behind Lipowitz and kept him at bay on second last climb. During the same stage, Pog was almost 30 seconds faster on Cote de Domancy than Vinge in the ITT from the 2023 Tour. I don't consider myself an expert, but I follow cycling very close for a long time, and, in my opinion, the Slovenian has just been, powerwise, a different rider starting with stage 14 of Tour 2024 until now. So, VLAB can't beat Pog and UAE anymore, except by accident, and they most likely know it, too. There are no expectations, no tensions, no drama, nothing, at least coming from my side. I just enjoy the show.
30-06-2025 07:20
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raven
It would have been also interesting to find out Dumoulin's opinion in this regard about Pog doing Giro and the Tour last year, especially considering that, powerwise, Pog's best results came during the last third of the Tour.
21-06-2025 00:37
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raven
I believe Jonas and his wife have already taken the decision to leave, so, most probably, we will see him next year at Ineos/Lidl-Trek.21-07-2025 20:34
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raven
Many people say these days that Visma's only chance is to outsmart Pog by team tactics and/or cooperation with Bora, Soudal and others. Maybe his statement was just a reaction to that. Regardless of tactics, team strenght and so, if you want to win the Tour, eventually you have to beat Pog mano a mano. Pretty hard, if not impossible, I would say.01-07-2025 20:09
+2
raven
Wellens just won the Belgian National Championships Road Race beating Evenepoel and Philipsen. In Dauphine stage 6, he paced behind Lipowitz and kept him at bay on second last climb. During the same stage, Pog was almost 30 seconds faster on Cote de Domancy than Vinge in the ITT from the 2023 Tour. I don't consider myself an expert, but I follow cycling very close for a long time, and, in my opinion, the Slovenian has just been, powerwise, a different rider starting with stage 14 of Tour 2024 until now. So, VLAB can't beat Pog and UAE anymore, except by accident, and they most likely know it, too. There are no expectations, no tensions, no drama, nothing, at least coming from my side. I just enjoy the show.30-06-2025 07:20
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raven
It would have been also interesting to find out Dumoulin's opinion in this regard about Pog doing Giro and the Tour last year, especially considering that, powerwise, Pog's best results came during the last third of the Tour.21-06-2025 00:37