The former Belgian champion Eddy Merckx, winner of five Tours de Francefive Giros and one Vuelta a España, is considered Slovenian Tadej Pogacar took “lightly” the current edition of ‘Big Loop’ and admitted that “I did not expect success” of the Danish jonas vingegaard.
“I did not expect the success of Vingegaard. From the very beginning, I thought that Pogacar was not as strong as last year. I think that the Slovenian prepared the Tour de France less than in other years. In just by doing the Tour of Slovenia. A preparation error occurred. He could have ignored it,” said the legendary ‘Cannibal’.
Merckx added that Pogacar may have been hurt by the fact that they won in 2021 without much opposition from their rivals.
“When you win the Tour so easily, you think you can afford anything, and that was a big mistake he made.”
about your countryman Wout Van Aert, green jersey and winner of 3 stages, Merckx had words of praise.
“We had a great Wout Van Aert in this Tour de France. It’s hard to find Van Aert’s best moment in this Tour. It’s really amazing,” he said.
Regarding the Tour in general, the Belgian legend was delighted with the experience to watch, especially the battle between Pogacar and Vingegaard.
“This is the cycling that I prefer. The riders that appear at the beginning of the year and are still there in the Tour de France. It’s rare. Cycling is complete,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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