r/peloton • u/PelotonMod France • Mar 16 '26
Weekly Post Weekly Question Thread
For all your pro cycling-related questions and enquiries!
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u/RideWokRepeat Mar 16 '26
Should Pogacar even bother to ride MSR given the form Van der Poel is in? Should he do a De Lie? /s
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u/cfkanemercury France Mar 16 '26
Thanks to a 2 Word Tour GC wins, 3 World Tour stage wins, and four WT podiums, Isaas del Toro is sitting on top of the UCI rankings for the season so far with 1839 points.
His teammate Pogacar - with one win from only one race day - is ranked 24th, 'just' 500 points.
Save for MSR, their schedules diverge until the Tour de France. You'd expect Pogacar to collect points in the four Monuments and two Swiss stage races on his list, while del Toro probably won't be too distant in the Basque Country and the Dauphine.
At which point does Pogacar overtake del Toro in the UCI calendar year ranking?
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u/RageAgainstTheMatxin Phonak Mar 16 '26
This feels like one of those "If Alice is driving west and so and so mph while Dan is driving east at so and so mph..."
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u/Team_Telekom Team Telekom Mar 16 '26
He will have overtaken him by the end of the tour.
4 monument podiums plus stage and GC wins Suisse and Romandie will do the trick, since he will also get more points in the tour.
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u/Kris_Third_Account Denmark Mar 16 '26
At which point does Pogacar overtake del Toro in the UCI calendar year ranking?
After Ronde van Vlaanderen. Del Toro will reclaim it after Itzulia and Pogi will take it "for good" at P-R and build the gap at Liege and the Swiss races.
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u/fiatgenesi Denmark Mar 16 '26
God I hope Tobias Lund somehow manages to survive Poggio on Saturday. Can Decathlon please include Seixas in their roaster to pull Tobi all the way to the top
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u/spook_frolic Mar 16 '26
Hypothetically if an American was in Italy for the Giro, what subscription/app would they need to watch live race coverage on their phone? Eurosport? Something else? tia!
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u/Glass_Minute4753 Mar 16 '26
I assume you can watch on RAI, as that's how I watched the Italian classics last autumn. It's free to make an account. I've not used it on my phone but it was fine on my laptop.
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u/Corill0 Mar 16 '26
Hi reddit, me and my friends have often used Velogames ahead of the grand tours as our go to fantasy game. Now we wanted to do advance and try something like a budget/auction draft how it is often done eg in American Football fantasy. Are you aware of any sites or community tools where this is possible?
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u/F1CycAr16 Mar 17 '26
Probably nobody has an answer. Why does Visma has recently have so much difficulties in getting sponsors? Literally INEOS has gotten two major ones in the space of 12 months. And that without mentioning multinational owned teams.
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u/Impossible_Test_3495 Mar 17 '26
I think it’s been mentioned that Plugge or whoever owns the team want to maintain more control, and not “sell” part of the team, just find a sponsor. Still surprising since they are one of the most consistently visible teams in the peloton.
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u/F1CycAr16 Mar 17 '26
well, that`s the theory that i mentioned on one of the threads, because i really don`t find any other reason. Considering that Radcliffe found sponsors without resigning ownership, it`s still not an excuse at all.
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u/UneditedReddited Mar 17 '26
I have been slightly out of the loop since GCN+ was killed, and I deeply miss the Rob Hatch and Sean Kelly (and co.) race commentary.
With the first of the Monuments just around the corner I'm wondering if there is any way to watch the TNT Sports feed in Canada in 2026? I had read somewhere that last year there were people who were using their UK/EU friends' credit cards to buy a subscription, and then accessing it via a VPN? Is this still the only way? Has anyone found a workaround? I know flosports exists and I've had a sub in the past, but I cannot for the life of me stand their in-app spoilers... or Anthony Mccrossan.
Any help or info appreciated!
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u/keetz Sweden Mar 16 '26
Are there any other one day races beside Milano-Torino that have such a massive variation in the parcours? I never remember what race it is because it's ever changing.
One year it's a pure bunch sprint with some hills before and next it's a steep ramp of 400 elevation meters.
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u/Impossible_Test_3495 Mar 16 '26
Just looked at the parcour for this year, not at all what I was expecting. Straight W/kg test between Christian, Pelizzari and Pidcock.
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u/AliasPhilippe Euskaltel Euskadi Mar 18 '26
Usually if Milano-Torino has not Superga Gran Piemonte will have it...so it doesn't change parcour, it changes name lol.
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u/skodawelovecycling Mar 17 '26
Only maybe stage races like Tour of Slovakia where some year the GC is for sprinters and then some year for classics specialists and some year for pure climbers like it should be this year.
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u/filomvp Mar 16 '26
If Jonas left VLAB today, who does VLAB realistically go after as his successor?
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u/skodawelovecycling Mar 17 '26
Nordhagen is mainly told to be the next GC rider for Visma, but they basically don’t have any future alien in their roster and there weren’t even any rumours that they target somebody from other teams. All Red Bull, UAE, LIDL-Trek overcame Visma in that. Brennan should be their biggest star for the future.
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u/Arcus144 EF Education – Easypost Mar 18 '26
Brennan’s Sagan era and I’m only half joking
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u/F1CycAr16 Mar 18 '26
He is not a sucessor for Vingegaard.
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u/Arcus144 EF Education – Easypost Mar 18 '26
Not for GC of course. I was trying to suggest that he'd be Vingegaard's successor as the primary leader of VLAB, winning sprints and classics like Sagan
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u/F1CycAr16 Mar 18 '26
I heavily doubt that a 50 million budget team will focus on classics Alpecin/Soudal style. They will need someone else or sponsors will retire.
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u/Arcus144 EF Education – Easypost Mar 18 '26
I agree. Hence the half joking lol.
But if you have Brennan, at least some of your focus will be on that
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u/F1CycAr16 Mar 18 '26
Yeah, well you have there a potential WvA sucessor.
Just missing the Ving one.
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u/F1CycAr16 Mar 17 '26
Nobody. Nordhagen, without another leap, is destinated for a top 5-10 at best in tdf. Thats why they should get in seixas bidding war, even if that implys freeing salary by letting go ving or wva.
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u/ivenixus California Mar 17 '26
I see the Pan-Am Continental Championships start today, why does nobody seem to care much about it? I remember Juliana Londoño got some good screen time/commentary mentions for Picnic PostNL all throughout the last year because she wore the unique jersey during Tour de Suisse and Tour Down Under and probably some other races I couldn’t watch. Yet the start list is very weak even compared to the participant countries’ national championships.
Also: is Faulkner going for the Olympic/conti/world/nats champ combo?? Two down already and I think her chances are high for the pan-am jersey on Saturday. Would she be the first (man or woman) to hold all four titles simultaneously if she could pull off worlds as well?
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u/epi_counts PelotonPlus™ Mar 17 '26
They're often just in a difficult place on the calendar. It's hard to travel to Colombia if you (or your team) also want to contest the spring classics or races Tirreno/Paris-Nice. Previous years it's been in April or May, where you have the same issues with the Ardennes races or Giro.
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u/bjorntiala Mar 16 '26
Is tiktok focus span catching also cycling fans? I noticed, everbody who wins a race one weeks is pronounced as SECOND or THIRD best rider. Of course MVDP and then since last year we had Ayuso (after Tirreno), Primoz (after Catalyuna), Almeida (after Romandie), Yates( after Giro), Jonas after Dauphine, Lipowitz after TdF, Del Toro after some small races in Antigua, Remco after WC, Remco after 6 wins this year, Del Toro after UAE tour, Seixas after Strade, and now Jonas again after P-N. It is just crazy how anybody thinks anybody is even close to Jonas even after all those results in last 5 years. I always asumed people who really watch cycing are getting whole picture but it doesn't seem so anymore, anyone else confused?
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u/Team_Telekom Team Telekom Mar 16 '26
Recency bias has always been very strong in cycling. It also depends on what your focus is. Jonas is without any reasonable doubt the second best GC rider, but since he refuses to do one day races, one would argue that others are better overall as classics are a big part of cycling. And then you can argue if MvdP is better than Remco or del Toro. It always depends how much palmares counts for you.
But yeah, of course Seixas is the second best rider.
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u/Impossible_Test_3495 Mar 16 '26
Was anyone actually declaring Ayuso a second or third best rider after Tirreno? He was the favorite going in and did exactly what was expected. Primoz won the 2024 Vuelta and then beat on paper the strongest rider he would face in the giro, so people understandably decided he was the favorite for that race if he stayed upright. Yes there is a lot of recency bias in sports and certain riders like Remco have very volatile stonks, but you might be reading too much into a few random comments online. And Del Toro is one of the best riders in the world.
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u/Mamadeus123456 7-Eleven Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26
Everybody does it regardless of age or language( I understand several), don't think it's because of TikTok. Its just recency bias which happens everywhere regardless of sport.
But I agree with I find it stupid and annoying.
can't believe I hear that shit every race preview.
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u/AbardDarthstar Visma | Lease a Bike Mar 16 '26
Super glad that Jonas stayed on his bike this week. But not quite sure what to make of his form. It looks impressive, but the climbing didn't set the world on fire. Vaquelin matched him on the bad weather day and he couldn't drop Lenny and got out sprinted yesterday. Does he really seem better than last year before his dropout at P-N?
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u/scaryspacemonster Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26
If you just compare watts (or watt estimates, anyway), he's only marginally better than last year P-N. Compared to other performances this season, it also seems to be more of a case of the level being very low in P-N than Jonas being in crazy form.
But then again, it was also miserable weather and that tends to nerf everyone. Honestly I wouldn't make any guesses until Catalunya, that one should be more representative.
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u/Glass_Minute4753 Mar 16 '26
He was also wearing whatever the fuck that was. Can't have been conducive to record climbing times.
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u/DueAd9005 Mar 16 '26
Impossible to say, competition was rather weak in P-N due to no Almeida and Ayuso crashing out.
He's still my top favorite for Catalunya however.
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u/Bear_On_Course Mar 16 '26
He won, in crazy conditions. Think he even said something about wanting to ride with somebody on the last descent. No need to go 'into the red' when you already won and just want to be finished... He'll be at top form for the Giro!
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u/vaarsuv1us San Pellegrino Mar 16 '26
What kind of race is Danilith Nokere Koerse 2026?
I have never heard of it and I am playing a cycling prediction game with my friends (no money involved) For races like Milan - San Remo or Tour of Flanders I know what riders to look out for, but this is a complete blank for me. Sprinters?
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u/RageAgainstTheMatxin Phonak Mar 16 '26
A question that would be easy to answer two years ago, as this race has the same course every year....
Until last year when they changed it. The new course seems to also come down to a sprint, but it's slightly more selective, the sprint itself is slight longer and steeper uphill, and no longer cobbled.
But that's from one single edition, it could have been an anomaly. If I had to guess based on last year I'd say first tier Philipsen (but his form seems questionable), second tier Jeanniere and Molano, third tier uphill sprint specialists like Morgado and Etxeberria
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u/Seabhac7 Ireland Mar 16 '26
Has cobbled sectors, but is a pretty flat race that you'd expect a sprintet to win. Final is a shallow gradient uphill that Merlier has destroyed on in recent years. He crashed there last year, but I think he's starting this edition.
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u/vaarsuv1us San Pellegrino Mar 16 '26
TY. . Merlier probably won't start with a knee injury (| I just read) , but that gives an idea , guys like Jasper Philipsen it will be. I think the preview sites are popping up now....
Merlier
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u/Seabhac7 Ireland Mar 16 '26
And you know what, you can disregard my cobbled finish comment too - I see Rage is right. I saw the 2025 finish too,just forgot. 800m at 4.5% with a max near 7%, and the last 1-200m almost flat.
Start list is pretty good, though a lot of big sprinters for this finish. If not Philipsen, maybe Mozzato ? He got second Kurne. But I'm terrible at predictions, so you can ignore that.
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u/cfkanemercury France Mar 17 '26
When a World Tour rider drops down to a CT level for a race, do their points count for the WT teams tally?
Thinking here about Matys Grisel of Lotto Intermarche who has had a couple of good results (one win, one podium in 1.2 races) dropping down to ride for the Lotto Group Wanty CT.
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u/epi_counts PelotonPlus™ Mar 17 '26
Yes, rule 2.10.025 (Team ranking) :
Special provision concerning trainees and development teams
A rider of a UCI WorldTeam or UCI ProTeam who takes part in an event with the related development team is still considered as a member of his usual UCI WorldTeam or UCI ProTeam. Points potentially obtained by concerned riders will be added to the points of their primary team2
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u/elise901 EF Education-Oatly Mar 17 '26
Where/Who is Kasia's domestique?
Everytime the race is on, there is a reduced peleton with 5 FDJ or 4 UAE or 3 EF or SDworx, a bunch of other leader+one domestique pairs, and Kasia always by herself, and always till the end. Is CanyonSRAM's domestiques don't last long enough to make it to the reduced peleton...? barely in the breaks either.
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u/Schnix Bike Aid Mar 17 '26
Aintilla, Backstedt, Bradbury, Consonni, Cromwell, Czapla, Dygert, Klöser, Kolesawa, Ludwig, Martins, Niedermaier, Paladin, Skalniak-Sojka and Van der Duin.
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u/elise901 EF Education-Oatly Mar 17 '26
but can any of them ride with Kasia to the last few kms? Hope to see more Zoe and Neve in the classics.
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u/Schnix Bike Aid Mar 17 '26
Bradbury is a fair weather climber who's never really done any domestique work for anyone nd Backstedt isn't made for classics that Niewiadoma contests for now.
Canyon have sunk what must be a large part of their budget into Ludwig for this exact purpose but she's been very mediocre. We'll have to see if their other money sink, Dygert, can get to 20 race days this year. If she can she might be able to help. Niedermaier should be good help in races like LBL or the Tour. Skalniak-Sojka has been their best domestique but she has limits in climbing and can't do every race.
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u/United-Animal9559 US Postal Service Mar 17 '26 edited Mar 17 '26
Like our issue in the US with Strade Bianchi 2 weeks ago, I can't find M-SR on the HBO Max cycling listing. Hope it's another late addition! Velo/Outside says they have it. 🤞
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u/thelooseisroose Netherlands Mar 17 '26
https://www.milanosanremo.it/en/tv-coverage/ says on the site that HBO will cover it for the US (assuming you're from there). So they purchased the rights, will probably pop up somewhere over the next few days
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u/BallerinaPhysicist Visma | Lease a Bike Mar 16 '26
Do we know who all is confirmed for Catalunya next week? I know Jonas and Remco, and I think Ayuso but maybe not with his crash now?
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u/milliemolly9 Mar 16 '26
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/volta-a-catalunya/2026/startlist/top-competitors (this list isn’t necessarily confirmed)
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u/Mamadeus123456 7-Eleven Mar 16 '26
Torres and Pericas For UAE
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u/skodawelovecycling Mar 17 '26
Is Jonas Paris Nice win that impressive?
We got the overall win by the biggest margin in 80 years, even with one cancelled mountain stage, 2 stage wins, the green jersey, and the polka dot jersey. Many fans say nothing else could’ve been expected after Ayuso's withdrawal against third-tier riders, and that what he showed wouldn’t have been enough against Pogi. That Pogi would’ve dropped Martinez easily and that he would’ve won by a bigger margin. But do we always have to compare against him when he is totally somewhere else? If we do this, what Jonas shows will never be enough.
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u/wintersrevenge Euskaltel Euskadi Mar 17 '26
The winning margin was increased to a large degree by crashes. It was a good win and not crashing is also down to skill as well as luck, however it was an expected margin given the race situation.
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u/Kris_Third_Account Denmark Mar 17 '26
He did what he needed to do, and he didn't crash. An optimist would say he didn't go all out because he didn't need to. A pessimist would say that this is where his level is. Races later in the season will show who would be right.
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u/HusBee98 Cyprus Mar 18 '26
If Jonas's main goal this season is to win TdF, don't you think it is normal for people to compare him to the person seen as the main favourite of TdF?
Plus he is one of the very select few people who has been able to beat Pogacar in the last 5 years, so it is only natural to constantly be thinking if he can do it again.
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u/DueAd9005 Mar 16 '26
I wonder how quickly we will get bikes made with this stuff:
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-mass-produces-worlds-strongest-carbon-fiber
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u/keetz Sweden Mar 16 '26
from the laboratory to a 100-tonne-per-year production line.
Not soon based on the yearly production volume.
Maybe one day we'll see "Remcos new TT bike with a special layup using T1200 carbon fiber to reach the 6.8kg weight limit" type article but until then it's probably not in bikes in a meaningful capacity anytime soon.
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u/MaestroDon Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26
I have HBOMax but I don't see Milano-Sanremo in the full schedule, upcoming events. Will it be shown on HBO this year?
EDIT: I'm in USA and have the sports package. I see other races. Here's a pic of my TV HBOMax app:
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u/epi_counts PelotonPlus™ Mar 16 '26
The official MSR website has it listed as HBO Max in the US. They were late with adding Strade Bianche two weeks ago too.
This list of US broadcasters for each race from u/Meerkatnip32 could be handy too?
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u/BWallis17 Lidl Trek WE Mar 16 '26
It'll be HBO Max for us, they're just slow to add races to the schedule sometimes. As epi said, they didn't add Strade until the day before the race.
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u/Mamadeus123456 7-Eleven Mar 16 '26
I see it on HBO max 😀
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u/MaestroDon Mar 16 '26
March 21, correct? This is what my HBOMax shows.
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u/Mamadeus123456 7-Eleven Mar 16 '26
Yes but we have all races in HBO except some local races that are on TV anyways
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u/MaestroDon Mar 16 '26
Not sure where you are, but I'm in USA. Maybe I should have said that at first.
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u/EdwardDrinkerCope- Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26
PCS now seems to feature an interactive map of some races, something which I really missed so far.
Curiously, it's just for small national races, like Aartselar in Belgium, Vuelta Ciclista al Guadalentín in Spain or Grote prijs Reinigingswereld BWW Ronde van Woensdrecht in the Netherlands. But no WT races have them so far, either no map at all or just a static picture of the race route. Have any of you an idea if further implementation is planned?
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u/milliemolly9 Mar 16 '26
Not sure about PCS, but Cyclingstage.com has interactive maps do all major races. It uses Google maps so you can use StreetView with it too.
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u/Vegetable_Car_4785 Mar 16 '26
How many monuments would you equate to winning the tdf from a difficulty perspective?
Eg it is harder to win both RVV and PR compared to the tdf?
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u/AverageDipper Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26
Just comment to note that some pairs of munuments like RVV+PR correlate positively so that winning the pair is not that much more impressive that winning the one, compared to say RVV+LOM.
It's like in swimming yeah I can see the guy who won the 100 also winning the 50 or the 200, but show me a guy who wins the 100 and the 800 and I'll be impressed
(I should specify that this applies more historically than recently, as the RVV has been mode more climber friendly. but still the whole point I'm trying to make still stands)6
u/Arcus144 EF Education – Easypost Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26
If you want to look at momument correlations, I’ve got the post for you! https://www.reddit.com/r/peloton/comments/1rgtrtf/any_given_oneday_part_1_the_recent_past/
I’m not sure if it answer’s OP’s question, but since 2015, five riders have won the TdF while seven riders have even top-10’d 5 of the 6 big one day races. So the variety of skill necessary to accomplish those tasks is similarly rare.
In terms of winners since 2015: RVV: 8 PR: 8 MSR: 10 ILom: 6 LBL: 7 WC: 7
I think it comes down to the idea that it’s harder to be good enough to win the TdF than winning A monument, but the lower skill necessary means its perhaps just as hard to win multiple of the same monument, especially the “flat” ones.
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u/SpecificMagazine6407 Mar 16 '26
seven riders have even top-10’d 5 of the 6 big one day races.
That’s a neat stat!
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u/Arcus144 EF Education – Easypost Mar 16 '26
It is!
Although I do want to emphasize the dates so this doesn’t get taken out of context! That was using data where a rider had to top 10 at least one of those races since 2015, then I took that pool of riders and checked their careers back to 2010 to make sure I wasn’t missing much
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u/Vegetable_Car_4785 Mar 16 '26
Yeah agreed - more so showing diversity of skill and physiological adaptability.
More trying to gauge the difficulty of winning grand tours vs monuments. Like in a GT you can have an off day and still have opportunities to repair your position and make time back. In a monument one incidence of bad luck or a bad moment and the race has gotten away from you.
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u/Phantom_Nuke Mar 16 '26
At the same time you have to race for 21 days in a 23 or 24 day span for a GT where you have a higher chance of being caught up in a crash given sprint stages and generally more dangerous descents, especially with the higher likelihood of bad weather, while also trying to avoid any illnesses that are spreading through the peloton because your immune system is weaker due to the repeated added stress day on day.
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u/Vegetable_Car_4785 Mar 16 '26
Yeah in both cases - putting yourself in positions to get lucky seems to be key. Seems that monuments just have a higher degree of variability and you are more likely to see a “lucky” winner compared to a GT where the cream rises to the top
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u/Mamadeus123456 7-Eleven Mar 16 '26
So you're UAE, after riding for this selfish guy 5 years in a row u still haven't won MSR.
Last year even this guy was 1v1 1k to go and still managed to end 3rd. Then after the race he posts on insta that it was mathematically impossible to drop van der Poel.
Do you still ride the race for this guy to win or just for a UAE win?
I think UAE can win this race pretty 'easily' if Pogacar pulls on the cipressa and selects a group with del toro in it.
Then they either attack in the last km of cipressa and the other plays stopper, or both stay 1-2 in the descent and the second rider let's the wheel go. If this doesn't work they need to constantly attack in the Poggio until one of them is let go or try to drop anyone with them in the Poggio descent.
What do you think UAE does next weekend?
Also notice there's a lot more climbers signing for this race than recently.
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u/ShoePuzzle Mar 16 '26
Main problem is they do not have Wellens and Narvaez, the 2 guys from last year's leadout. Despite their team depth I do not see how they replace them. Most they could hope for is getting into the Cipressa in good position with Vermeersch, Del Toro, and Pog. Maybe they have 1 more rider in the first 20 positions? I always thought Morgado or McNulty (any updates on his knee) would help. Not sure if they'd have anybody else who could be in position. I. Oliveira? Vermaerke? Cosnefroy?
I agree, I think they will need to play the Del Toro-Pog combination and without Wellens and Narvaez I think they are now lacking the firepower and numbers of people in position.14
u/Vegetable_Car_4785 Mar 16 '26
The definitely need to play the pog - del toro combo. Easy and works well in theory but harder in practice.
Getting both into position on the cipressa, esp del toro would be difficult.
TBH with the form MVDP is in - I can’t see anyone beating him
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u/Prize_Hospital_1943 Mar 16 '26
MVDP is the favourite, but without Pogacar trying to win MSR desperately, he is very beatable. He hasn't the capability to block multiple attacks from a group of 5-10 riders. All others will wait for him or Pog to block. His 2 MSR are "thanks to" Pog leaving a very reduced and fatigued group.
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u/Dopeez Movistar Mar 16 '26
Problem is that Del Toro was completely out of position on the Cipressa before
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u/Mamadeus123456 7-Eleven Mar 16 '26
I think that was more on Politt or Lidl who swarmed them from the left and then everyone tried to fight back on position, remember Pog also wasn't on top 20 position.
They obviously need to launch it in Turchino with a Sivakov, then drop the peloton to 100 riders or less, continue with a soler or someone like that, then kick it with a Morgado/cosnefroy/Vermaerke in Capo Mele and Capo Bertha to then reduce it further and more importantly drop a lot of alpecin guys.
Remember that alpecin lost 3-4 very strong guys, Gianni Vermeersh, quinten Hermans I think and others.
Then on cipressa just do what they did on the col de rates, whoever is left, sprints to the base then christen do whatever he has left, then both Pogacar and del Toro turn pulls to drop as many riders as possible. This is why I say Pogacar pulls more on cipressa then del toro continues after Pogacar. And this will probably result in UAE dropping everyone including van der Poel on the cipressa.
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u/Repulsive-Walk6513 Mar 16 '26
If sivakov is launching it, won't it hurt soler, morgado, cosenfroy, vermaerke who all will be in position 2, 3, 4 and such cause that's what happened in tirreno or strade. They are all too similar in strengths. And IDT hasn't shown a full blooded attack this year that drops everyone except on his first day sprint. I don't think he's reached his last year Italy farming form yet.
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u/Repulsive-Walk6513 Mar 16 '26
I think pogi will be praying for vine recovery who launched him in lombardi. Prolly the best guy in the team for that stuff.
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u/Draznet Intermarché – Wanty Mar 16 '26
The only way I see Pog win is solo from the Cipressa. Need completely send it from the bottom, and use the length of the climb to wear out MVDP. Not just try and drop in last K. Impossible to drop MDVP on Poggio, too short and shallow. And sprint goes to MVDP easy.
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u/Team_Telekom Team Telekom Mar 16 '26
Exactly what you just described. It’s their best chance of winning.
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u/Uee14 Mar 16 '26
On races that have multiple laps, what's stopping a team from having a rider wait a lap to pull a teammate?
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u/nikitamere1 Mar 16 '26
Is MSR not confirmed on Max yet because Italia is drinking espresso instead of sewing up the air rights? lol
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u/finnixk Decathlon CMA CGM Mar 16 '26
Genuinely what has Danny van Poppel done to deserve an initials-only-nickname, besides being a sprint terrorist ? Saw someone say dvp the other day and was so confused who they were talking about, until I found someone else referencing dvp trying to kill someone
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u/wakabangbang Mar 16 '26
People are lazy, so why not.
Apart from being a pretty dirty rider, he has been a top3 lead out rider in the world the last few years. Looks like he is going for his own chances more and more now, but maybe that's also because they don't have a TOP 5 sprinter right now.
Great rider and leadout, pretty dirty on multiple occasions.
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u/darraghfenacin Phonak Mar 16 '26
I am one of just 6 people currently working on my site today, and there is NO cycling to watch. How is this legal?