Tadej Pogacar, the rival to beat, where and how the number 1 cyclist in the world won

It’s true when we talk about it Tadej Pogacar (25 years old) A long list of qualifications of excellence is usually associated with his name and the number of his achievements is such that some of them are repeated more regularly than is recommended, but the fact is that due to his high performance and the manner in which he achieved his successes. it becomes difficult not to stress. Without going any further, this past Sunday the Slovenian cyclist achieved what at this point of the season was his 22nd victory. He entered it Montreal Cycling Grand Prix (Canada) after he actively and passively warned the place where his attack would take place, but despite this warning, when Pogacar moved, no one was able to follow him. Two heavy rivals like Matteo Jorgenson and Julian Alaphilipe They tried to follow his wheel, but when they saw that if they did they might die in the attempt, they lifted their foot.

After this fatal move, Pogacar successfully walked to achieve his 22nd victory of the season, ahead of the Belgian sprinter’s 14. Tim Merlier or 11 o’clock from the arrival of the Italian Jonathan Milanfrom Danish Mads Pedersen or one of the revelations of time, the neozelander from Burgos-BH Aaron Gate; for a total of 85 wins in just 25 years of age, data made public by ‘Procycling Stats’. Pogacar wins where and how he wants and he always does it with the face of a child that he has not lost, without losing his innocent smile and enjoying, a play that no one can match and puts him on the post for express himself. from here a few days road world champion in Zurich (Switzerland), who will improve on his bronze from last year.

This year, the leader of the UAE –team that also leads the ranking of victories of squads with 73, for 41 of Lidl-Treksecond in this classification – won all the races he entered except two: the Milan-Sanremo, where he finished 3rd in the sprint, and the Quebec Cycling Grand Prix, which served as a warm-up for Montreal two days later.

And Pogacar is a very complete runner, capable of being the best in any situation, as indicated by some numbers that show that ‘Pogi’ He won 34 races by himself, 14 in a sprint with a small group, 13 in a head-to-head sprint and seven in time trials. Tadej’s greatest number of victories are concentrated in the mountains and in uphill finishes (31), 15 in hills with a climb finish, 14 in hills with a flat finish and five in mountain stages that with a flat finish. Most of his successes were achieved in France – there were five of his appearances in Tour de France and his three victories – 18 in Italy – this year he won the Giro d’Italia– and 16 in Spain; while in your country, Sloveniahas only completed nine and sa United Arab Emiratesthe main sponsor of his team, six.

The data that is scary when you consider that he is 25 years old, who has a million dollar contract linking him to UAE Team Emirates until 2027, and this year he not only achieved 22 wins, but he is on the verge of winning seven times with five second places and two third places.