I didn't. But I'm demanding with the arguments presented. Namely when you make ludicrous counter examples like winning junior racings or distancing MVDP in RVV by merely 16s. That's a bit insulting when one is trying to argue.How about you don't immediately feel attacked when someone disagrees with you? Keep it about the topic, instead of making it personal.
I'm just saying that as long as you don't have the palmares, you can't be called the GOAT. Not to mention this GOAT wasn't even able to win the TDF the past 2 years. Maybe start with winning that this year, and thus the double, before even being remotely mentioned in the same sentence as Merckx.
Because they didn't have someone like Merckx before him.
Again: when anyone (like me) calls Pogacar a GOAT it doesn't mean he is actually the GOAT, but a statement about 1) his potential as given by his current palmares to 2) actually be the GOAT in the near future. You can attribute the GOAT status to anyone rider but if his palmares doesn't back it, your belief is not well grounded.
So of course "Pogacar is the GOAT" is a statement about future prospects that can thus prove to be false, either because:
1) he's not actually GOAT material
2) because someone better came along
3) he will have an accident
4) he will be unlucky
5 he will begin to fade.