Tadej Pogacar seemingly unstoppable in front of Italy is spinning this year and can do something that has never been seen in the history of cycling and win all three Grand Tours in the same seasonaccording to the great former Spanish cyclist, Alberto counter.
The Slovenian Pogacar The season started in a sensational way and destroyed a field of great quality for win in Liège-Bastogne-Liège last weekend, after also winning Strade Bianche and the Volta a Catalunya.
The corridor of UAE Team Emiratess, 25 years old, is the favorite for win the pink jersey on his Giro debut and Contador believes he is on his way to a new level in men’s cycling.
“I think if you don’t have any pain, falls or mechanical problems, it’s very hard to beat.”said Contador, a two-time Giro winner, in Mallorca, where he will join 8,000 amateur riders in a cycling event on Saturday.
“It goes well in long climbs, in short climbs, it flies in time trials, in descents it goes well even in bad weather, it has everything.”
Pogacar won the Tour de France in 2020 and 2021 but usurped by Jonas Vingegaard in the last two years and Contador says the Dane will once again be the main obstacle to Pogacar winning a third time in France this year.
But it said Pogacar can open new paths and write itself in cycling records along with players like Eddy Merckxlike Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel.
“I think we’re in a golden moment for men’s cycling,” said Contador, 41, who retired in 2017.
“Maybe in France, Italy or Spain they don’t have big stars, but we have to enjoy if they are from Slovenia, Holland or Belgium. It’s incredible, riders like Pogacar, Vingegaard, Van de Poel. Pogacar is doing something that never before in history and also what Mathieu (Van de Poel) did in Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders, we have to enjoy this moment.
“For me, Pogacar can win all races and when I say all races, if he trains 100% for Paris-Roubaix, he can win too.”
No rider has won all three Grand Tours in the same season.but Contador believes Pogacar can achieve the triplet.
“I think that if Pogacar wins the Giro and wins the Tour de France this year he will try to make the Vuelta a España history.”
However, Contador’s optimism, was not shared by his old rival Vincenzo Nibali, who will also stretch his retired legs on a return to the island of Mallorca.
“In the same year, it was out of the question”said Nibali, who Like Contador he won three Grand Tours but not in the same year.
“Maybe this year’s Giro and Tour are a good option for Pogacar because I don’t know the speed of Vingegaard’s recovery after his fall in the Tour of the Basque Country.”
He Turn around starting on May 4th.
Source: La Verdad
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