Tadej Pogacar has made his name at the Tour de France but in 2024 the Slovenian superstar will be making his Giro d’Italia debut but will also do the Tour de France so a first Giro-Tour appearance from a Tour de France winner since Chris Froome.
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00:00 Intro
00:20 Tadej Pogacar confirmed to the Giro
04:23 Giro d’Italia 2024 Route
07:03 Who do UAE send as a Giro Team
09:55 Biggest Giro Rivals
13:06 Will Tadej Pogacar win the Giro d’Italia 2024?
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Ahh yes the “Gee-doh”
There goes Wout's chance of winning it.
not sure if I like this. Kinda conceding the tour then? I guess UAE wants grand tour victories and if they no longer can get the tour then giro is the next best thing :/
Going for a Tour/Giro double.
João is going to the Tour. He already said it. Pogacar and João in the Tour.
Pogi going to the Giro just made the race so much more interesting! But I’m still going to be rooting for WvA ❤️
S.Yates is riding the TDF.
I get the impression that the giro organizers are paying extra for riders like van aert and pogacar to be there
Interesting and a bit surprising. I assume it means that he more or less forfeits the Tour de France and considering the route that doesn't really fit him too good, it is understandable. Make sure to get another Grand Tour on his palmarés.
Sembra che il giro d Italia sia diventata una gara minore….. E questo non è né giusto ne bello. I corridori dovrebbero essere orgogliosi di fare il giro. Come lo sono per il tour. Froome per esempio sarà ricordato più per la vittoria in rimonta al giro più che per i tour vinti
Nils politt to giro?
vinegaard is the new lance, making tour de france boring af so pogi had to change something
I would love to see pogi and Roglic work together and destroy vindagaard
2 scenarios: a) Pogacar thinks it's too big a gamble to plan his whole 24 season around the Tour as he might not win the tour and he'd risk going without big win in the season. b) He is so confident that he believes he can win both the Giro and the Tour. I believe a) is the more likely scenario and Pogacar might not believe he can beat Vingegaard, noting how Vingegaard dominated the last 2 tours.
Pogi
Wellens
Vine
Ulissi
Covi
McNulty
Oliveira
Oliveira
Christmas came early for Vingegaard.
If he doesn't race as much in the one day races as he did last year, then I reckon he can potentially win both
I was hoping like so many others to see Wout make a run for this Giro title, but with Pogacar in the mix its even more doubtful if not impossible. Such a shame.
That definitely changes the race! He's probably destined for another tour podium, and not a win after that though
I love how genuine and passionate you guys are about everything cycling! Not biased (you are upfront about your favourites but always fair), never cynical, never taking anything for granted or speaking in absolutes… it’s so refreshing and wholesome. Well done
props to him if he pulls it off, but I'm betting Jonas wins TDF again.
Would be awesome if Jonas joins now that Wout has NO hope anyway and his closest rival is there.
That would remove excuses at the tour as Well and Jonas has phenomenal recovery.
Then again, Roglic at the tour..
Ugh, of course this is an appearance deal. What a shame. I would be more excited about it if it was purely for competitiveness reasons. But I can't complain too much since this is UAE team emirates that we are talking about.
I was/am personally rooting for Jonas to go the Giro given that he could have a legitimate shot at winning all three GTs in the same year.
Pogacar knows he can't beat King Vingegaard, so it was pretty expected he would throw in the towel.
This is a cop out; an implicit admission — that he cannot beat Vingegaard in the Tour on merit.
I reckon Pogacar is taking, Yates, Wellens & Majka with him as main lieutenants. The rest of the squad will probably be guys like Fisher-Black, Hirschi, Christen, etc… who might get some chances to prove themselves. The Tour squad will probably be Ayuso & Almeida assisted by Vine, Sivakov, McNulty and similar to see how they perform in the Tour before sending them to help Pogi win the Tour again in 2025. Maybe they'll send Molano too if they want some extra stage wins.
Is it known that he will be the sole leader or co-leader?
Was waiting for a real fight at the tour next year.. So history will say.. Pog never beat jonas at his peak.. Such a shame. UAE accepted defeat in advance and is going for points and a grand tour
Should go Giro and Vuelta double instead to complete the 3 grand tours
I honestly think Pogi will go for the Giro-Vuelta to complete the Grand Tour collection. I know he said the Olympics RR doesn't suit him but surely he also wants to go for it. It'll probably be impossible to challenge for it if he has both the Giro and Tour in his legs.
Also, riding the Vuelta means he comes out of it in great shape and he'll be on form for the Worlds RR. Two possible GTs, possible gold in the Olympics and Worlds plus 1 or 2 Monuments will be a legendary season already, even without the TDF.
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Didn’t Burtie try to do the double ? I thought he did
Pogi will be cooked with the Giro in his legs if he tries to do the double.
Chris Froome to do the double 😎
2 things…. Visma LAB / Jonas is smiling at that news. And the rest of the UAE top GC guys are pissed off.
Roglic vs Poggie at a GT comes down to discipline and planning. They otherwise on an equal foot.
Oh come on 😊🎉!this is the Slovenian plan;
Pogi wins Giro, Rogla wins TDF (Rogla+Pogi>jonas),Pogi wins World c.(Pogi+Rogla>others)…ssh😂
God I hope Pog still races one day races. Grand Tours are great, but I so much prefer the classics.
so, a team that is already filled to the brim with GC ambitious riders is going to send its top GC rider to yet another grand tour? curious to see how that team is going to look like
He performs better in time trials early in a grand tour? Ask Roglic about that one…
Another school lesson from vingegard in this tour to pogacar and memirates in this coming tour. They dont learn with mistakes
Ask any peloton racer what he would rather win – Only TDF a few times or All the grand tours, a few classics, a medal at the olympics and a world championships. I think we all know the answer. TDF is not what it was anymore and to be honest, i think Giro and Vuelta are much more interesting races than TDF.
Blew at the tdf due to too many race days even with enforced injury layoff, now he's gona ride the Giro and the tdf, iow does this even make sence?
Giro trophy is not the best. The ROCK is the best. It’s large, heavy… and a blinking ROCK!!!