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[QUOTE="awy, post: 5053320, member: 13496"]
pogacar's performance can be explained by a combination of talent of a particular type and his training/fueling situation, which was badly out of date. he stagnated on climbing performance under the bad training under inigo san millan for a few years, so when he switched to a program that actually has the intensity level, he had a lot of catch up performance to gain. it looks otherworldly because of the long stagnation beforehand. the other thing is heat training which gives a temporary performance boost similar to altitude, on the order of 5-8% in some cases. he'll probably keep improving at the rate of the visma trendline after his catchup growth is done with, as he's still young enough.

the fueling is also extremely big for endurance sports. it affects recovery a great deal as well. the lack of recovery for pogacar in 2022-2023 didn't fit with his level of recovery in 2021, and it's probably just fueling and intensity related. he was underfueled for key stages in both years and the difference can be 1-2 minutes per 10km of climbing.
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