Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

[Cookster15]

Well, broken or not, I think there’s something *very* special about that bike. Pidcock even asked after the race who would do his motor pacing in next year’s race if Pogacar wasn’t doing it. To be fair, he has a point.

I think in 2024 it was suggested his Colnago V4Rs were suspect for motors. What happened to that theory?

 

[Rob5091]

It's all Visma's fault! George "he-did-a-Landis" Bennett talks,
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...nd-how-a-tour-de-france-climb-was-the-trigger
(original article at https://www.marca.com/ciclismo/2026/03/25/george-bennett-pogacar-col-du-granon-desperto-bestia.html )

"I met him when we lost the Tour de France on the Col du Granon. I think that moment was pivotal in his career. Back then, he already had enormous talent, but he wasn't working as hard as others," Bennett said in an interview with Marca.
He believes that was what was missing at the time which, when fixed, led to his further development as a rider. "Now he's completely focused: he trains incredibly hard, he's changed his diet… He has the greatest talent in the world and a very strong mentality. He's unstoppable [...] Yes, exactly. Granon awakened the beast".