I think it's a matter of perspective. Both remco and Pogacar are champions at heart. And on the road. Tadej is just the bigger champion on the road. When they compete they want to win. It's as simple as that. And I applaud that. How they cope with loss is the same thing. They knuckle down and work hard on top of their talent so as to try and achieve their next set of goals. It's just that Pogacar is more cool and collected in the aftermath (and also has the benefit of winning more), whilst Remco need  to let loose his emotions. People view his denial as unsportsmanlike and arrogance. I personallly like his will to win. And if that means he lies to himself & the world to puff himself up and get mentally ready for the next bout. so be it. That is also why so many are coming out of the woodworks to bash on remco. And why so many come to defend Remco. Cause whenever he genuinely feels on form he tries to contend. He settles when he ain't feeling that strong, but when he feels strong, he (so far) has always went at it. Whereas other riders might be more quick to ride for second place.
I've seen someone comment along the lines that Remco & his fans need not bother with EUC RR cause Pogacar will smash that as well. probably. But remco should still go out there and compete. And his fans should cheer and hope for the win. that is sports. If i wanted someone that rode not to lose and is ultimately fine with being second i'd be a Van aert or Vingegaard fan. I'm not. I cheer for Remco cause he has a winning mentality.
Van Aert is better at GT cause he has a bigger engine. But Van der poel smokes him in palmares cause VDP imo can simply dig deeper in the moment. He'll give it everything in order to win. (I may be wrong about Vingegaard, but i still find it hard to put him alongside Remco, Tadej, VDP when it comes to winning mentality).
At the end of the day, you gotta applaud remco performance, you can hate  on the drama, and all that comes with it. But you gotta respect his performance. So many here seem incapable of doing that.