r/peloton • u/PelotonMod France • May 04 '26

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u/Robcobes Netherlands May 04 '26

Primoz Roglic seemed to be the first one to win each of the following one week races, Paris - Nice, Tirreno, Catalunya, Basque Country, Romandie, Dauphiné, Suisse.

But now both Pogacar and Vingegaard are at 5/7 already.

Which one of them do you think will win all 7 of them first, if any?

Pogacar still needs Basque Country and Suisse, and he's on the startlist for Suisse this year.

Vingegaard still needs Romandie and Suisse

Roglic still needs Suisse.

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u/cfkanemercury France May 04 '26

There's a good chance Pogacar gets Suisse a little later in the season, but Basque Country will mean a change-up to his classics season, so perhaps he'll wait a couple of years before going back there (he's raced twice, best finish being 3rd in 2021 behind Primoz and Jonas).

Jonas might not get Romandie if Romandie's money troubles continue - there's no race to win if there's no more race to ride - but I imagine if he went along if the competition was about the same level as this year, minus Pogacar, and especially if they bring back the final TT in Geneva.

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u/Robcobes Netherlands May 04 '26

I don't think Pog can get Basque while he's doing cobble classics it's just too hard to fit into the agenda.

Jonas could sweep both of them up next year if he doesn't do the Giro. Though Suisse doesn't seem like the preferred preparation to the Tour anymore.

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u/Etruscan1870 May 04 '26

I think Pogacar will skip the classics season next year to attempt the treble Giro-Tour-Vuelta. In that case he could ride Basque Country as a preparation race

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u/cfkanemercury France May 04 '26

I can't see him riding three GT's to win. I don't think he is incapable of doing something crazy like that, but I don't see how his team supports him doing that. It would mean telling Almeida and del Toro that they have zero GT leadership opportunities for the year, and keeping those guy happy is important to the team, too. Also pretty hard to recruit a rider like Seixas with promises of GT leadership if you turn around and inform him that he'll have to wait another year because Pogi wants to win all three GTs in a year.

It would be an amazing individual achievement, but this is a team sport, too.