He France Tour 2025 He has returned to the scene a debate that seemed buried, but that every summer returns strongly: that of human limits in professional cycling. This time, the protagonist is none other than Tadej Pogacar. Your continuous exhibitions on the mountain, your power records and Its physical evolution since 2023 has turned on all alarmsboth among fans and in the scientific environment.
In social networks, suspicion is no longer hidden. Nicknames like Epogacar either Pogastrong They circulate between comments loaded with irony and suspicion. And beyond public opinion, experts in performance and doping such as Ask Vara Christiansenone of the most respected physiologists in Europe, has talked about the Slovenian phenomenon and the achievements it is getting.
Christiansenprofessor and researcher at the University of Aarhus, he has spoken frankly for the Danish media BT: “It would be quite naive to say that there is no doping in current cycling. It is suspicious how the power and speed indicators have been fired, and how records are beaten, uploading mountains even faster than when the doping was widespread. “
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The scientist does not point directly to Pogacarbut it does clear that its evolution enters suspicious terrain: “It is crazy that has done pogačar since 2023. It is understandable that elite athletes raise their level 1, 2 or even 3 %. But it seems that he has risen his level 7, 8, 9 or even 10 %. It’s amazing, at least“
Beyond the individual case, Christiansen It raises a background reflection: “If we assume that the platoon is clean and that there is no doping, then we must accept that the advances in equipment, diet and training provide improvements even superior to those given by the doping of twenty years ago. Are we really willing to believe that? “
His words reopen the eternal credibility dilemma that accompanies cycling from the scandals of the ninety -two thousand years. Because if Pogacar does not dopa and, even so, he is able to clearly overcome cyclists such as Pantani, Ullrich or Armstrong In its darkest years, what explanation fits beyond a natural evolution?
The own Christiansen summarize it with a lapidary phrase: “The fact that doping is not seen does not mean that there is no“
He Touras always, it passes between admiration and suspicion. Legend grows, but doubts too. And as much as Pogacar Continue accumulating exhibitions, records and yellow mailots, it seems that some sectors are not willing to accept their domain without lifting the eyebrow.