Tadej Pogacar once again demonstrated his reputation as the best cyclist in the world at Liège-Bastogne-Liège at the weekend. Lance Armstrong is not only surprised that the Slovenian wins as many races, but above all how.
The heroic deeds of Tadej Pogacar on the racing bike are even amazed at Lance Armstrong. “It is not just the number of his victories. It is the way he wins. Pogacar does not give a chance. He doesn’t keep back, he just starts and gets his thing,” said the American in the “Themove” podcast of the recent appearance of the Slovenen at Liège-Bastogne-Lüttich.
Pogacar had once again secured victory in the classic in Belgium. He started at the Côte de la Redoute, nobody could follow. Then he was the first to come across the line as a soloist and triumphed for the third time with the prestigious monument.
Pogacar shines with “cold -blooded racing intelligence”
Pogacar’s dominance can be compared to nothing, Armstrong judged. This is as if a player would win the golf master in Augusta with a lead of 15 blows. “And Pogacar does that over and over again.”
Armstrong continues: “What makes Pogacar is more unique than everything you can see in most other sports. He is world champion, he is number one in the world rankings and he wins everywhere-no matter what route, no matter what races. This is incredibly rare,” the fallen tour-of france king in front of the best cyclist of the present.
Armstrong’s former team boss Johan Bruyneel also sees an athlete in Pogacar, which is very, very rare. What impresses the Belgian are not only the legs of the Slovenian, but also his head.
“He has [bei Lüttich-Bastogne-Lüttich] The team radio hears that even Evenepoel had problems and decided directly to go all-in. This is not just power, that’s pure cold -blooded racing intelligence. How frustrating does it have to be for the rest of the field to know that a pogaCar in top form is simply inviolable? “, Bruyneel asked a question in the room that not only arises.