In every race that passes, every season, Tadej Pogacar left its mark to overcome cycling history. It runs not only to win, but to change and re -define races with attacks, distant rides or sprints. Even in the end he did not win. Him Spring seasonFinished yesterday at the Dean of the Classics, Liege-Bastoña-lieja, is the best example of this.
A campaign consisting of 7 raceswhere there is no evidence to run between stages, and where He achieved 4 wins and 3 podiums (two seconds and one third). Some numbers that Eddy Merckx has not achieved, if we do not consider -the difference in level history and calendar between the Belgian’s glorious period in the seventy and the current year.
Perfect of the classic Pogacar: their presentations and numbers
The results of this 2025 spring campaign say almost everyone. But it was a surprise mainly where different races succeeded in traveling, the rivals he defeated and the way he was running.
Pogacar has done, in just a month and a half, to win about a minute and a half of the advantage over the failed Strade Bianche roads, attacks on Cipresa, more than 30 km from Milan-San Rem’s goal to finish the third of the most difficult sprints of the year of Rome, to the longest, fast and tactical test of the bicycle calendar. And, Two weeks later, beat the best classicIn his fetish test, the Flanders tour.
But Pogacar’s feat in this year’s classics does not end here. Because he decided to run, For the first time in his career, in Paris-Rubaix one week after the flanders and Finish the second.
Other classic specialists usually do or the Paure or block in Ardenas. But the world champion is planning to end the first racing season that runs the popular Triptych career. And all of this is the Protagonist: Attacking Far away from Amstel to achieve ItPoel and Skjelmose (specialists in these trials and come with less competition and more fuzzy with these goals) and ends with the loss of a few centimeters for the late sprint. Leave There is no rival in the huy wall of the valon arrowA, the final kilometer to the most disputed weather and The repeated exhibition in Liege-Rap Meta at redoute level.
“Only the Merckx did these things”
This is the comment that is repeatedly discussed when discussing Pogacar’s actions. And the numbers show it. Only Merckx completes the enemies of day racing arguing the success To all of them.
To compare, as collected in stats stats of pro cycling, the The spring period 1973 and 1975 were the most similar results in this pogacarwith some differences. Since 1973, for example, Caníbal, operated in March Paris-Niza (where it was third), after winning the Het Volk and being the 4th in Milan-Turin. But after Nice, it was marked by an inevitable April who won the Ghent-WEVELGEM, the Amstel Gold Race, the Paris-Robaix and the Liege-Rastaña-lieja. And it was a podium (th -3) on the Flanders Tour at the beginning of the month and in the Vallea Arrow (2 -2).
The Season 75one of the late Belgian to the highest level, It is also comparable to Pogacar. Although Belgian always had a career where he finished the podium, as in the arrow of Branzona and Gante-wevelgem of that person. But he ended up chaining the successes on Milan-San Remo, the Amstel Gold Race, the Flanders Tour and the Liege-Rastaña-Lieja (in this case there is another success in a monument, which will be done this season even better in terms of quality). And 2nd in Paris-Rubaix and 3rd in Vallea Arrow. An extraordinary balance.
Classical Recipients
If we also look at the historical results of each of the classic plays, we find that pogacar This is the best debutant in Paris-Rubaix history dressed in World Champion Jersey. And the maximum winner of Strade Bianche tied for the successes (3) with Fabian Cancelara. Although Pogacar won two consecutive editions and would be one step above Swiss.
In addition, yesterday week he managed to go to Historical Podium of Liege-Bastoña-Lieja successeswith three successes (two consecutive). Only the Merckx, with 5 Liejas, and Spanish Alejandro Valverde, with 4, has more successes in the oldest calendar classic.
All of this has been achieved with World Champion Jersey On a route behind her, a dress that usually ‘weighs’ more on the account when winning, is the wheel that all rivals neglect.
Source: La Verdad
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