Can Vingegaard Drop Pogačar? Tour de France 2024 Mountain Stage Preview 

Fuck I messed up. You are right. Same as Vuelta not TDF last year.

@@WattPolice no worries, you guys are always so precise that even a minor mistake stands out 🙂

Remco right now is what Jonas was to Pogacar in 2021. But both have worse teams than what Jonas had that year.

And UAE team is so stacked that they could replicate Froome/Sky Train and tactics lol

@@WattPolice Not really. That was Jumbo Visma in previous years that you're thinking about.

@@indonesiaamerica7050 yes. but uae could do it with pog if they wanted it

@@WattPolice I'm not quite sure what "it" you're referring to. I don't think anyone has ever lined up for a Tour with the kind of talent Sky had for several years running. Between 2012 and 2018 they won with Wiggins, Froome and Thomas and then in 2019 they got their new wave rider to win it with Bernal after Froome's accident. Talk about depth. Only in theory does UAE have any potential Tour winners aside from Pogacar. And UAE doesn't even have the winning track record of Jumbo Visma unless we exclude all races but the Tour de France.

@@indonesiaamerica7050 I meant that UAE and Pogačar can ride defensively like Sky as they have Ayuso, Almeida, Sivakov, A. Yates to control the mountains when someone attacks. Pogačar already gained time on Vingegaard and they can just do nothing on the climbs and when Vingegaard attacks as he needs to gain time they can use their mountain train to pull him back

Last year he won 7+ min ahead Pogacar in just 2 stages. Chill, relax.

@@martonattila6654 yes over Pogačar, who came after an injury and didn't have a chance to train fully before the Tour,.. currently Vingegaard is in that situation :D so calm down. In addition, Vingegaard is coming back from much more serious injuries and we don't know how his lungs will react after the difficult stages in the second and third weeks...

If you think Jonas doesnt have advantage on mountains then this tdf already is over in your mind i guess

@@WattPolice for Jonas yes..., for Remco and the others no. There are still many chances to surprise Pogačar. For example, INEOS has a very strong team for mountains as well. I know that Vingegaard is a strong competitor. But I also know that behind his success is always a strong team and good preparation. He has neither a good team nor preparation this year. That's why I wouldn't live in dreamland.

Are you sure?

Why woudl UAE chase some randoms when everyone except Jonas and Tadej (maybe Remco and Roglic too) will get dropped in stage 14 and 15?

@@fangru7294 So you are new to pro cycling? It can be tricky to comprehend. UAE did in fact chase down the break as I mentioned yesterday . . . Because Tadej needs a bigger lead than 1:15 over Jonas heading to the high, long mountains coming this Saturday and Sunday and next week. Jonas excels in the high mountains that are longer in length. Tadej wanted the 8 second time bonus at the top of the next to last climb and he wanted a 10 second time bonus for winning the stage. He hoped to pick up at least those 18 seconds on Jonas. So as it played out Tadej lost 1 second to Jonas but gained 33 seconds on Remco. Remember, Remco is the best time trial specialist in the world so Tadej needed to gain on Remco because Remco will beat him in the TT on stage 21. Remco did a great job of limiting his losses, but Jonas was the big winner today by coming back to win the stage that was better suited for Tadej and Remco. Even though GC says Jonas is down 1:14 now, he’s really at least 2:30 ahead. I hope this helps. Think about it first before you decide to criticize.

No way he wins by such a massive gap.

@@WattPolice Even if it is 2 minutes it is enough.

You are right Visma team isnt like previous years but if some of their riders are peaking for week 3 they can still do massive damage. Wilco and Benoot usually perform very well week 3

Yes Jonas has no help in the mountains....but let's see what he can do by himself