https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20240302-dominant-pogacar-charges-to-stunning-strade-bianche-win
On 3/2/2024 11:36 AM, AMuzi wrote:
https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20240302-dominant-pogacar-charges-to-stunning-strade-bianche-win
I just finished watching that. While it was a truly impressive show of dominance, it didn't make for very exciting bike racing. To make matters worse, Pogacar announced at the beginning of the race "I'm going to
attack on that Monte Sante Marie", which is an 11K gravel sector predominantly uphill, with a 1K 11% section. He did exactly that, and
simply rode away from the leading group of 20 or so. the rest of the
riders kept looking at each other, seemingly expecting someone else to
do the chasing. More impressive about Pogacars win was that this was his first race of 2024, or 'the first effort art turning the pedals in
anger' as the late Paul Sherwen would say. Was Pogacar impressive? yes.
Did that make the race exciting? no. Though, I will note that the
peloton was hit with some torrential downpours seemingly perfectly timed
to riding the early gravel sections, which added a bit of excitement
before pogecar said 'see you at the finish'.
Contrast that to the womens race, which had a leading group undergoing constant attacks and teamwork chasing and blocking. It got whittled down
to two riders with 10K to go, the current road world champion Lotte Kopecky(SD Worx-Protime) and the current Italian road champion Elisa Longo-Borghini (Lidl - Trek), who attacked each other a few times up to
the final climb to the finish, which Kopecky took handily.
zen cycle <funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 3/2/2024 11:36 AM, AMuzi wrote:
https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20240302-dominant-pogacar-charges-to-stunning-strade-bianche-win
I just finished watching that. While it was a truly impressive show of
dominance, it didn't make for very exciting bike racing. To make matters
worse, Pogacar announced at the beginning of the race "I'm going to
attack on that Monte Sante Marie", which is an 11K gravel sector
predominantly uphill, with a 1K 11% section. He did exactly that, and
simply rode away from the leading group of 20 or so. the rest of the
riders kept looking at each other, seemingly expecting someone else to
do the chasing. More impressive about Pogacars win was that this was his
first race of 2024, or 'the first effort art turning the pedals in
anger' as the late Paul Sherwen would say. Was Pogacar impressive? yes.
Did that make the race exciting? no. Though, I will note that the
peloton was hit with some torrential downpours seemingly perfectly timed
to riding the early gravel sections, which added a bit of excitement
before pogecar said 'see you at the finish'.
Yup was a dull race! Shame as last years (mens) with Tom Pidcock was truly excellent I really enjoyed watching him use his technique.
Perhaps one to watch tomorrow I have no memory or not much so will have forgotten by tomorrow there names!
Contrast that to the womens race, which had a leading group undergoing
constant attacks and teamwork chasing and blocking. It got whittled down
to two riders with 10K to go, the current road world champion Lotte
Kopecky(SD Worx-Protime) and the current Italian road champion Elisa
Longo-Borghini (Lidl - Trek), who attacked each other a few times up to
the final climb to the finish, which Kopecky took handily.
Roger Merriman
On Sat, 2 Mar 2024 10:36:13 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20240302-dominant-pogacar-charges-to-stunning-strade-bianche-win
I kept trying top figure out what a "Pogacar" is. So much for my
knowledge of bike racing :-)
On Sat, 2 Mar 2024 10:36:13 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20240302-dominant-pogacar-charges-to-stunning-strade-bianche-win
I kept trying top figure out what a "Pogacar" is. So much for my
knowledge of bike racing :-)
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