Some think it's a joy to watch Pogacar on a bike - or Evenepoel or some other star. I can't say those people are wrong. But cycling still doesn't provide us with the dynamic aesthetics of many other sports. Serving in tennis or doing a double somersault are simply much more complicated processes than going round a bend on a bike. So you can sit and enjoy watching those athletes move their body impressively although there isn't much uncertainty about the result. While in cycling - and in endurance sports in general - the audience get something else. And that's seeing how the suspense increases, who will crack, who will cross the line first, and all that.
Cycling is in that regard more interesting than most other endurance sports - mainly because a rider gets a big advantage by being right behind another rider. That's why it's normally not a good idea to go solo from 100 k to the finish. If a rider does succeed in doing so - not only once, but on many occasions -, then the main characteristic of cycling wears off, and you might as well watch a marathon run. In fact, it seems there is more suspense in marathon these days than in men's cycling. It's not necessarily anyone's fault. It's just the consequence of having a couple of guys "from another planet" in the sport.