Ronde van Vlaanderen 2026 ***Spoilers***
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Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
Some un-amazing Pog facts.
Since RVV last year he has entered 14 one-day events, won 9, been 2nd three times (Amstel Gold, P-R, Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal ) 4th once (Worlds ITT) and ... shock horror ... 29th once ( Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec)
He's done 2 multi-day events: The Dauphine, & The Tour totalling 29 race days. He won 7 of those days, and was on the podium 13 times (45%). Top 10 18 times (62%)
There have been 6 jerseys in stage races up for grabs of which he won 4: GC & Mountains in the Tour and GC & Points in the Dauphine. In the other 2 he was second.
I don't suppose anyone is particularly surprised.
Since RVV last year he has entered 14 one-day events, won 9, been 2nd three times (Amstel Gold, P-R, Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal ) 4th once (Worlds ITT) and ... shock horror ... 29th once ( Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec)
He's done 2 multi-day events: The Dauphine, & The Tour totalling 29 race days. He won 7 of those days, and was on the podium 13 times (45%). Top 10 18 times (62%)
There have been 6 jerseys in stage races up for grabs of which he won 4: GC & Mountains in the Tour and GC & Points in the Dauphine. In the other 2 he was second.
I don't suppose anyone is particularly surprised.
Pross
Guru
He dropped him more comprehensively last year.
N0bodyOfTheGoat
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I don't follow pro racing that closely, but something I'd not considered before was that hasn't Pog been very lucky as regards accidents compared to the other top riders since at least 2020?
Jonas; Remco; MVDP; WVA; Roglic; Bernal; Froome; Alaphillipe etc. have all had at least one big off that could well have reduced their potential performance since?
Pog? Smashed up his wrist in '23, can't think of anything else similar.
Jonas; Remco; MVDP; WVA; Roglic; Bernal; Froome; Alaphillipe etc. have all had at least one big off that could well have reduced their potential performance since?
Pog? Smashed up his wrist in '23, can't think of anything else similar.
M.R.M
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No, not really. He crashed fairly badly at Strade Bianche last year and still won. He didn't get hurt, but went head over heels into a field.
He also crashed quite badly at MSR this year, lost a lot of skin and then still won.
He is just better. At almost everything. He positions well, hardly eats wind, doesn't miss splits etc. And all that in addition to his apex physiology.
For a time his main weakness was descending (he wasn't bad, just average). Even that is good now. He's not Pidcock or Mohoric, but he has gotten very good.
He hasn't gotten hurt badly, because he has never crashed that badly. Considering how much he has raced over the years, that is a skill as well. Goes for MvdP as well. His only bad crash was in the Olympics, where he forgot that they would remove the ramp on the drop that was there for the training rides.
He also crashed quite badly at MSR this year, lost a lot of skin and then still won.
He is just better. At almost everything. He positions well, hardly eats wind, doesn't miss splits etc. And all that in addition to his apex physiology.
For a time his main weakness was descending (he wasn't bad, just average). Even that is good now. He's not Pidcock or Mohoric, but he has gotten very good.
He hasn't gotten hurt badly, because he has never crashed that badly. Considering how much he has raced over the years, that is a skill as well. Goes for MvdP as well. His only bad crash was in the Olympics, where he forgot that they would remove the ramp on the drop that was there for the training rides.
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Domus
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Wouldn't bet against Pog next week, he is definitely on a different level.
Look out Eddy.
Look out Eddy.
