Exactly my point. Whenever a rider shows utter dominance, we live through the moment seeing nothing only their total supremacy. Take Vingegaard for example after his 2nd Tour win and that famous Combloux TT. The world of Grand Tour cycling looked pretty bleak for the rest of the competition, including Pogacar who was slipping into the role of bridesmaid. Jonas was talked about as a 10 time grand tour winner. Now, he might struggle to win another.
The thing is that Pogacar talent is just out of this world, really. I rewatched Vuelta 2019 highlights recently and in retrospective that performance was absolutely insane. A 20 years old being able to drop Roglic in his prime in a 3 week GT without having a single terrible day (i.e. losing more than 5 minutes). He was the youngest cyclist in the peloton and pretty much the best climber already in cold days. We are in uncharted territory here...
The losses in 2022 and 2023 probably made him realized he had to improve his training, diet, etc. in order to get better on longer climbs and especially high temp conditions, which made him pretty much unbeatable...
I never had any doubt that Pogacar could win the Tour again even after 2023 but i was thinking that he needed to focus on TdF only like Jonas. I was a bit wrong lmao.
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