A few days after the start of the 2022 Tour de France – this Friday, July 1-, there is logical unity in pointing Tadej Pogacar as the top favorite, clearly ahead of other candidates like his countryman Primoz Roglic, Vingegaard or Geraint Thomas, while Enrique Mas, great hope of the Spanish, it seems the podium will be set as a great goal. Of the two victories on his record at the age of just 23, the supremacy shown in 2021 -more than five minutes into the second, the aforementioned Vingegaard-, and his 10 wins this year highlighted the Strade Bianche-, all leaning on Slovenian.
However, a powerful voice like Joseba Beloki he doesn’t quite see the favoritism of Raymond Poulidor’s grandson. The Basque also expressed his opinion about this Tour when he talked to MD about his still-remembered fall in the 2003 Tour when he was struggling to avoid the fifth Tour of Lance Armstrong. “Jumbo (Roglic’s team) has a very good team and I believe Pogacar will not win this Tour, although I have no idea, he is a phenomenon like Roglic. I don’t know why, but I think it is will be a tactical Tour and more complex than in other years “, Beloki’s argument.
The strategic factor, always important in a career like ‘Grande Bouclé’, is gaining importance in relation to Pogacar. Both for the possibility to surprise him with his superiority in face-to-face climbs, and for his determination and ability to decide on races from as far as he did last year, where he was tied on the Tour in eighth stage with an attack with 30 km more. An equally basic approach for Enric Mas, with the illusion of a podium, though Beloki is wary of the matter.
“The podium was complicated for Enric Mas. He had a year where things didn’t go well for him. for the waterfall and, though it was there, I don’t think it was on the podium. I think, Mas should no longer be forced now, he needs to slow down and take advantage his last good week appreciated Joseba Beloki. Movistar today officially announced the seven runners who will join the climber from Artà.
Source: La Verdad
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