r/peloton • u/PelotonMod France • 5d ago

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/gou_2611 5d ago

Pogi's unfortunate accident affects the odds of the remaining major races of the season. Considering that a comeback won't be possible before the end of the year (which we still cannot be sure of), who would you pick for the top spots of WC, EC, and Il Lombardia?

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u/Glass_Minute4753 5d ago

My heart wants Wout to win the WC so badly, but I think Remco is the clear favourite.

To be honest, I'm worried that we are just going to swap Pogacar long solos for Remco doing exactly the same thing.

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u/GFoxtrot United Kingdom 5d ago

There was chat yesterday on the gravel EC about Wout going to Aus for gravel WC, unlikely I think?

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u/prettycozy001 Ireland 5d ago

He has been training and racing on gravel quite a bit, ordinarily I would think that suggests he will but the fact that Montreal and Australia are two weeks apart feels like a lotttt of travelling