Pogačar UPWS - Undersized Pulley Wheel System

The new black from King Tadej himself. Even Jens Voigt noticed it:
Would this be why he didn´t beat Remco ?

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I believe I remember hearing something how Shimano prefers their factory teams NOT run an aftermarket OSPW because they can’t guarantee it’ll work smoothly 100% of the time.

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Still a Standard DA Pulley System, right?

Yup. Pretty much won’t ever see an actual Shimano sponsored team running anything else.

There’s a time and a place for each. In TT World Champs go for every little thing, a dropped chain and you’re out anyway, may as well take the risk for the extra 1 second. But in a Grand Tour you’re more about risk minimizing (in the TT’s) than speed maximizing.