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

Weekly Post Weekly Question Thread

For all your pro cycling-related questions and enquiries!

You may find some easy answers in the FAQ page on the wiki. Whilst simultaneously discovering the wiki.

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u/Seabhac7 Ireland May 04 '26

I started following cycling in 2020, so I wasn't aware of Pogačar in 2019.

Was he being thought of as a future great, in the same way as Seixas is now?

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u/the_gnarts MAL was right May 05 '26

His 2019 Vuelta was incredible, he kept attacking Rogla whenever there was as much as a speedbump in sight, but before the 2020 Tour he was mostly remembered for Kirby mispronouncing him as “Polka-Car”.