Originally Posted by
Jughed
The last 40-50k may have been some of the most exciting racing I’ve ever seen.
I think having Pogi shaking up everything- throwing haymakers on all the climbs, but the climbs enough to take anyone out of contention - makes it thrilling and unpredictable.
Positioning, keeping the teams together, explosive climbing, daredevil descending, and the insane physical abilities…
after some 170 miles of racing, between climbs the lead trio/Pogi were pushing out 470+w and then 5-8 min of 6-900w+ on the climbs - and the gaps would still come down on the flats because of the charging teams behind…
And guys that were on the deck with 30k to go were able to make it back, blow up the race and stand on the podium.
Incredible.
Egg on my face here for sure. Over the past ?? consecutive editions MSR puts me in the state where the voice saying "Don't worry. You won't miss anything you'd really want to see." has been on one heck of a roll. For his sake, I'm glad he got that monkey off his back. I only see one 'legacy' scenario where he ever rides this race again.