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
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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.
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.
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.
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.