Tratnikismo

Annoying apects about (modern) cycling
- laughable dominance
- way too many crashes and UCI not giving a shit about safety
- dumb tactics
- top riders not racing against eachother more often

(He also said "we'll see huh")

A wise man said that you learn every day of your life

I am making me do that

Biggest problem for him is positioning, cobbles arent a problem (even Jonas and Rogla would be fine on flemish cobbles)

I'm just not sure he has the 1-2 min w/kg to match pog/mvdp on those climbs, but he has the ability to come back as the Aerobullet

Just 2 years ago, especially in one day races, it wasn't known who the strongest was and/or the strongest didn't win at times (even more so 3+ years ago). It was much more unpredictable and that was the norm rather than exception

And that's completely changed in the last 2 years

Less than 2 weeks of me having to argue with people about basic tactics LETSGOOOO

had the car 5 m behind him while like a minute ahead of everyone else

🔜

Skill issue as the youth says nowadays

The only bit of randomness is which MvdP rival will have something ungodly happening to them (all of them did the last time)

Roubaix "randomness" gimmick

Predictions for 2026 men's one day race winners:

Milano-Sanremo: MvdP
Flanders: MvdP/Pogačar
Roubaix: MvdP
Liege: Pogačar
Lombardia: Pogačar

Worlds: Pogačar
Euros (route not even announced): Pogačar

Can't wait for next season guys!!

(Exception being this years vuelta. He had LOTS of races with full freedom)

He like never worked for others in stage races though😂

The motodraft Pog had after attacking on the descent was absolutely criminal

Also credits to Juan Ayuso in Euros risking his medal to try to go for the win and bring Pogačar back with Remco

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Great team name

POV: Me listening to people say that Evenepoel and Pedersen are using the right tactics against Pogačar and MVDP 🙂‍↕️

...and then G2 can catch them where teammates can attack.

Because right now many riders just pull with them as if they haven't beaten them almost every time for the last 3 years

But yes, going at your pace is always better than blowing up Alaphillippe style.

The thing is that there are riders that can follow Pog/MvdP, they just choose to pull with them instead of sitting on (Mads and his team, Remco, Ganna in E3 etc.). If you sit on them, they wont just pull you and...

There were helpful factors there being relatively flat parcour after the attack + headwind + Remco and Skjelmose being along not having anyone sitting on

If riders did decide to pull together, they'd catch Tadej more often
but biggest mistake is done before Tadej's attack with everyone just waiting

The slight problem is that he will have MvdP with him (if we're talking about spring classics here) and catching them both pulling at 100% is difficult

It would be viable in Amstel for example and they had 3 or 4 riders in the group but iirc no one pulled (maybe 1) from their team so there is that😂

They could in many cases.
But for most of riders in said group that would mean getting dropped and losing a chance of a medal so many (wisely) opt not to pull and so G2 syndrome happens

Again, it's mainly up to the pre-race favorites to pull behind and their teammates

So usually it's down to 2-3 top competitors of Pog to chase him down + their teammates. Often they also get discouraged from pulling with many riders sitting on (for example Remco in euros, but imo he should've just ignored them and dropped them later)

Best tactic is to anticipate with a teammate

Problem with chasing him down is that
a) there's usually not many riders left as he attacks on the hardest part
b) most are cooked so cant pull much
c) For most riders its not wise to pull as they will get 100% dropped if they do pull so better to play negative and hope for a medal

Attacking in the hardest part of the race, crazy advanced tactic

Just one more race and theyll figure it out, trust

Pogačar's tactics are generally pretty basic: "Attack once you are running out of teammates and ride everyone off the wheel"

But next to Remco and Mads in one day races he does look like a tactical genius

Circle of life meme with Remco and Pedersen genius tactics