"A cannibal? I eat sweets" - Tadej Pogacar jokingly plays down comparison to 'the Cannibal' after his fifteenth Tour stage win
Tadej Pogacar had no mercy with Matteo Jorgenson as
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I can totally see Tadej ‘gifting’ one today and then seeing Lance and co completely upset about how he ‘disrespected his opponents’ by not trying and gifting a stage win…😅
Like in the Giro?I wonder if he had let a different rider win the stage but didn't want to make gifts to Visma. People talk about "making friends in the peloton" but Visma won't become his friends anyway. If today he goes to the finish line with Remco I would predict he would gift the stage win to him, yesterday just wasn't the day to do so.
Nah, he shouldnt do that for many reasons. Would be stupid.In my opinion he should clearly aim for La Vuelta this year. I totally get that he wants to win the worlds and that he thinks they suit him but he probably has a chance that comes once in a lifetime. He can win the worlds most years but winning all three grand tours in one year? With crashes, illness, opponents calendar and so on, I'm not sure he will get the opportunity again. Winning all three grand tours in a single year would make him absolutely immortal and could be something that some will remind of him as the goat at the end of his career. No one ever did it, no one ever really came close.
Valverde rode all three grand tours in 2016 and 2 grand tours every year the 4 years before also. At which age did he retire?Going for the Vuelta is by and large retiring 1-2 years earlier than it might've happened IMO. Completely no reason to do the Vuelta. No matter how much talented he's, everyone has the limit.
You will see him only on first day in rainbow jersey, other time he will be in leaders jerseys 😉I hope he wins the world championship this year. I want to see him in the rainbow jersey.
Valverde rode all three grand tours in 2016 and 2 grand tours every year the 4 years before also. At which age did he retire?
Sorry. Yes I didNow, that's just disgusting!
(You meant "sweet", not "sweat".)
Give me any example of Valverde doing any Grand Tour all out, going for multiple attacks, long-range solos etc... It was mostly surviving in the mountains and sprinting for the stage from a small group. With all due respect, that can not be compared to the way Pogacar rides... Valverde's style was far more energy-saving.Valverde rode all three grand tours in 2016 and 2 grand tours every year the 4 years before also. At which age did he retire?
Of course he should look closely how he feels but there were enough guys the last years who rode all three grand tours and where it didnt seem as it hurt them too much. Kuss rode all three grand tours last year and won La Vuelta. With worlds and Lombardia, also scheduled for Montreal and Quebec right now according to PCS, it isnt as he would relax the next months.
Is that because you're a big fan of Pogacar, or a big fan of riders not called Pogacar?I hope he wins the world championship this year. I want to see him in the rainbow jersey.
As already said: It wasnt only Valverde.Give me any example of Valverde doing any Grand Tour all out, going for multiple attacks, long-range solos etc... It was mostly surviving in the mountains and sprinting for the stage from a small group. With all due respect, that can not be compared to the way Pogacar rides... Valverde's style was far more energy-saving.
Doing the Vuelta is a bad idea from next season's perspective. Riding all three doesn't add up his chances to win the 2025 Tour or who knows one more Giro-Tour double.