Tadej Pogacar's Performances Are The Marathon Equivalent of Going From 2:05:00 to 1:49:00 In 4 Years

Let’s not forget he was an incredible junior rider. Those that raced with him at the junior level say he was leaps above others.

Velon's published the power data for Pogacar's last hour at Lombardia from 2023 and now in 2025. Pogacar's threshold power for the last hour in 2023 was 340 watts and now in 2025 it is at 390 watts. A huge 50 watt increase in threshold power for Pogacar in just 3 years. No wonder skeleton Vingegaard can no longer hold Pogacar's wheel in the mountains at the Tour de France

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Power Analysis: Tadej Pogačar Is Somehow Still Getting Stronger

Zach Nehr

Comparing Pogačar's obliteration of Il Lombardia with his other recent bests shows the peloton has got a serious problem.

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I misread. Velon published Pogacar's data from Lombardia from last year's 2024 race and now this year in 2025. The last hour of power of Pogacar's power data shows his threshold power increased from 340 watts in 2024 to now 390 watts this year in 2025, a huge 50 watt increase.

Do you even ride bro?

For the sake of argument because no one here knows for certain, he can also be extremely talented and not on drugs. See Cooper Lutkenhaus, who few here are presuming is doped.

There is no equality of talent at the very top. You guys seem to presume that if everyone was 100% clean, the top 10 in the world would be close to each other in talent, but there is no mechanism for that. People at the very in cycling and middle-distance running at least come from diverse genetic backgrounds. No reason to believe that adding up all those favorable characteristics will result in a bunch of people equal to each other in talent. People training similarly might make things close at the top, but that's training, not talent.

Of course I ride an e-bike, it perfectly explains how Pogacar's threshold power increased 50 watts in just 1 year

When you take away drugs, talent becomes more obvious.

Plus, the teams are not riding with the samd tactics as in the days of LA.

They've shortened some stages. UAE has a deep an strong team. Way better than when LA was racing. Nutrition is better. Testing is better

Still way below his ftp.

And likely reflects the 2 guys blowing up in the last part of the race. The first due to stomach issues.

There is way more nuance in cycle racing than track. You seem unaware.

As for 340 watts. My ftp as a 60 year old ex track and field guy was higher.

Let’s not forget doping exists in Juniors.. if you don’t think it does you’re lying to yourself. The whole sport is a mess.

In July, the media suggested that he will probably fade after a huge year, heading into World’s. Well, he not only dominated Worlds but smashed everyone at Lombardia a few days ago.

I don’t think he is at the tail end of anything and he will be just as dominant as this past year for 26

I sm not saying he is using PEDS, but for the sake of thr argument lets assume a givrn cyclist is doping:

When people take coffee 39% gets better peformance. Same with bicarbonate, resistance training, vo2 max workouts etc. Some respond better than others. The same will hold true for everytging from epo to steroids

Thanks for that information.