Tadej extended his contract with UAE until 2026!
View: https://twitter.com/TeamEmiratesUAE/status/1366676456470949888?s=20
View: https://twitter.com/TeamEmiratesUAE/status/1366676456470949888?s=20
A winnerWhat do they see in him?
Not good. That implies that these completely charmless Arab team plans to stay in the sport for a long time.........Tadej extended his contract with UAE until 2026!
He does have the challenge of leading the TdF. A situation that will allow him less time to rely on Jumbo to pull him around for weeks, save for a TT. That'll be a psychological test with the press in his face, too.A year ago, some of us were wondering whether it would be reasonable to expect that Pogi could podium another grand tour in the near term. Then he went and won the TDF. And he is looking even better at this point in 2021 than he did in 2020.
He's very, very good but better than Contador? Not yet. Don't forget he was dropped in the TdF by Roglic on Col de la Loze. I'd put him on par with Froome at this point but I will admit at such a young age his career trajectory looks ominous.quite possibly the best climber I saw since Pantani.
Agreed. There have been amazing climbers since Pantani. For example Armstrong (not even a climber but great ascent speed), Heras, Contador, Froome. Poga is already one of the best but I wouldn't put him ahead of those - but I've never seen a 22 yo so strong in the mountains and GTs. Schleck and Ullrich were great at the age of 22/23 but Poga was already an accomplished GT rider before he turned 22.He's very, very good but better than Contador? Not yet. Don't forget he was dropped in the TdF by Roglic on Col de la Loze. I'd put him on par with Froome at this point but I will admit at such a young age his career trajectory looks ominous.
Ability to handle completely different level of expectations and day-to-day media attention is certainly a question yet to be answered for him, although early signs are good. When it comes to race dynamics I'm not at all sure that Jumbo can resist the urge to control and dictate the tempo like last year. In Paris-Nice at least they have continued to follow the familiar pattern.He does have the challenge of leading the TdF. A situation that will allow him less time to rely on Jumbo to pull him around for weeks, save for a TT. That'll be a psychological test with the press in his face, too.
Pogacar has raced only two GTs so far but won 6 difficult stages (some of them in absolutely devastating fashion). Regardless of his uphill speed his GT performances have been more impressive than Bernal's TdF, plus he's a superior TT-ist of course. I've never seen such a strong 22-yo GT racer. Evenepoel may follow his footsteps though.It is difficult to know what will happen. Until he does it again, he isn't that much different to Bernal from a year earlier. I mean, people were probably talking about Bernal 12 months ago, in a similar way to Pogacar now. I know that the Slovenian's level appears higher, but the peloton has gotten faster in general; I'm not sure if Pogacar in the last 12 months has been anymore dominant than Bernal (when compared to their rivals) was in the season before that.
We may not have seen such strong GT performances from 22year olds, but until recently the teams of elite 22year olds held them back from being leader at GTs.Pogacar has raced only two GTs so far but won 6 difficult stages (some of them in absolutely devastating fashion). Regardless of his uphill speed his GT performances have been more impressive than Bernal's TdF, plus he's a superior TT-ist of course. I've never seen such a strong 22-yo GT racer. Evenepoel may follow his footsteps though.
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