TakeVuelta4 weeks ago
Pogačar finished second at the 2026 Paris-Roubaix, three punctures and a bike change deep into a broken season. UAE isn't treating that as a reason to reconsider the Monument — Gianetti argues the crashes that actually hurt riders happen in dense, high-speed bunches, not on the cobbles.
Gianetti's logic is blunt: Pogačar's clavicle fracture came from a Vuelta stage at extreme peloton speed, not from a Roubaix fall, where riders typically hit the pavé slower. That inverts the usual read on the Hell of the North as cycling's most dangerous day. Pogačar's own answer to the question of whether he'll try again was just as direct — "I want to try" — after a race that cost him time to punctures and a late chase behind Wout van Aert.
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