Miguel98 wrote:
Pogacar is the first rider since Giuseppe Saroni in Giro... 77 I think, to win 3 stages in his first GT
Sagan won 3 in 2011 Vuelta
Gaviria won 4 in 2017 Giro
To correct this: Pogacar is the first rider to win three stages in a GT before turning 21 since Saronni in the '78 Giro. Saronni was the first to do it, so the second time in history it has happened. Kind of a cherry picked stat in my opinion, but still very impressive of course.
Miguel98 wrote:
Pogacar is the first rider since Giuseppe Saroni in Giro... 77 I think, to win 3 stages in his first GT
Sagan won 3 in 2011 Vuelta
Gaviria won 4 in 2017 Giro
To correct this: Pogacar is the first rider to win three stages in a GT before turning 21 since Saronni in the '78 Giro. Saronni was the first to do it, so the second time in history it has happened. Kind of a cherry picked stat in my opinion, but still very impressive of course.
Think no sport is so obsessive about its random stats as cycling, just one for the odd ones
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Miguel98 wrote:
Pogacar is the first rider since Giuseppe Saroni in Giro... 77 I think, to win 3 stages in his first GT
Sagan won 3 in 2011 Vuelta
Gaviria won 4 in 2017 Giro
To correct this: Pogacar is the first rider to win three stages in a GT before turning 21 since Saronni in the '78 Giro. Saronni was the first to do it, so the second time in history it has happened. Kind of a cherry picked stat in my opinion, but still very impressive of course.
Think no sport is so obsessive about its random stats as cycling, just one for the odd ones
I'm starting to realize that I just don't like guys who do well unexpectedly anymore. I don't know if it's borne from my Froome hatred or what, but lately I just find myself rooting against guys who developed late, changed disciplines, were late to the sport, or even that are emerging as WT contenders extremely early. I don't know why. I just find myself rooting for the guys that are supposed to be good to win (always stage racers, normal development, etc), which is strange considering I usually, like most people, root for the underdog.
Wonder if anyone else feels the same? This Vuelta just made me notice a lot fo those feelings. I'm not happy to see Roglic become a GT winner, and I found myself even subconsciously rooting against Pogocar simply because he's so young and just jumped to the top, even though I don't want to because I love his aggression.
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baseballlover312 wrote:
I'm starting to realize that I just don't like guys who do well unexpectedly anymore. I don't know if it's borne from my Froome hatred or what, but lately I just find myself rooting against guys who developed late, changed disciplines, were late to the sport, or even that are emerging as WT contenders extremely early. I don't know why. I just find myself rooting for the guys that are supposed to be good to win (always stage racers, normal development, etc), which is strange considering I usually, like most people, root for the underdog.
Wonder if anyone else feels the same? This Vuelta just made me notice a lot fo those feelings. I'm not happy to see Roglic become a GT winner, and I found myself even subconsciously rooting against Pogocar simply because he's so young and just jumped to the top, even though I don't want to because I love his aggression.
I feel the same about some of these cases. Typically these very young riders, becuase it's just very strange to cheer for someone I didn't even know exists two years ago. Not the case for Roglic who's been on the very top for his third year already. But I agree that seeing the "favourites", who have been around for a while, win is sort of satisfying because you at least get a feeling that really the best guy won and it wasn't some freak race.
