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Tag: Tadej Pogacar

  • A Half-Announcement

    This cycling off-season, less than two months old, is already drawing out our collective agony to a place that was almost unfathomable on October 12, when Tadej Pogacar mastered Il Lombardia for the fourth consecutive year and all was (mostly) well in the world. But since that day, there has been an impending sense of…

  • Tadej Pogacar 2025 Program

    I’m going to offer a slightly different take on what I think Pogi should aim for next year. But I have already changed my mind significantly from when I tweeted just three days ago. The like to that post can be found here. Here’s what I now think he ought to do next year: Strade…

  • Tour de France Reflections

    I’m not sure where to start. What a race! This post will be a little bit different from what I normally write after Grand Tours. But this was a special race, so it deserves a special essay. And to be honest, I’m looking to change things up with this blog. I haven’t been getting the…

  • Tour de France Preview

    Le Grand Boucle. It’s here. The most anticipated Tour de France in at least a decade, perhaps many decades, is upon us. The 2024 Tour de France kicks off in Florence, Italy, on June 29th. I started writing this preview on June 10th, to help ensure I got it done in time due to its…

  • Ronde van Vlaanderen Recap

    We should have known better. There isn’t much anybody (non-Pogacar) can do when Mathieu van der Poel is on this kind of form, especially on this course. Despite a flurry of attacks and crazy action from 110 kilometers out to 45 kilometers out, the end result, at least at the top step of the podium,…

  • E3 Saxo Classic Preview

    MVDP vs. WVA again. The E3 Saxo Classic is tomorrow, March 22nd. It’s one of the biggest Cobbled Classics in Flanders, and often is used as a preparation for the two cobbled Monuments. This is a great race; it is the closest thing to a mini-Tour of Flanders in the run-in to RVV. Last year…

  • MSR Recap

    The fastest Milano-Sanremo in history did not let us down regarding action, though the result wasn’t what this not impartial observer hoped for. I cannot say much that hasn’t been said already, but I’ll try to offer some unique takes here. But first let’s dig into the play-by-play. The race did not go quite as…

  • Vuelta a Espana 2024 Route Announced

    The third Grand Tour of the season revealed its route for next year’s edition yesterday. I do not get too excited about the least prestigious Grand Tour’s stage profiles eight months before the start, but it is comforting to see that the race should be at least as exciting as recent Vueltas have been. The…