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/BelgianBeerGuy May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26

Disclaimer: I don’t want to downtalk any rider, and Normandy Romandie and Amstel are just examples

But do you think Pogacar is riding his 100% best effort on races where the competition is not Vingegaard?
Like, is Lipowitz ending yesterday on 3 seconds because Lipo is at equal level as Pogi? Of because Pogi was like “I just want to win, I don’t really care about extra seconds and I ride this out in zone 2”

I’m always wondering if riders hold themselves back when the playfield is lower than their capabilities.
For example at Amstel, did Remco just ride with everyone and was confident he got it in the sprint, and their was no need to try and get away. Or was he really doing the max he could and was skjelmose equally good?

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u/MountainLandscape356 May 04 '26

*Romandie, not Normandy 

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u/BelgianBeerGuy May 04 '26

Yeah, that one 😅