Tadej Pogačar

Alberto Contador has outlined who he thinks could challenge Tadej Pogacar as he bids to win the Tour de France for a third year in a row.

Sport is not pure mathematics and not every day your feeling is the same and you can't race in the same way. Pogacar stands out for competing extraordinarily well in time trials and also very well in the mountains. Tour de France This kind of thing was also said about [Mark] Cavendish, and he proved the opposite. Tour de France Tour de France

Only the Jumbo-Visma team armada seem able to dent Pogacar's armour when the three-week Grand Tour starts on Friday night (AEST) in Copenhagen. The Dutch outfit ...

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Tadej Pogacar will be the man to beat as he targets his third consecutive Tour de France title when the race sets off on Friday, with the 23-year-old Slove.

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With the latter pair both being on the same team, Jumbo-Visma, the tactical complexion is supposed to be the obvious play of two against one. However, winning ...

I think the management at Ineos have realised that they no longer have the best GC riders and will need to refocus on stage wins instead. But a win is a win and Thomas looks to be back to a level somewhere near his best. With that shadow of a doubt in mind, UAE have been busy strengthening in the off-season and they come to the Grand Départ in Copenhagen with a lineup that is certainly capable of covering all eventualities. Geraint Thomas' win in Switzerland promotes him to team leadership – on paper, at least – but I don't think he'd take issue with the notion that a COVID-19 outbreak influenced the result in his favour. It's a luxury to be that talented and an enigma for the others to have to work out 'just how do we beat this guy?' One brief hiccup on Mont Ventoux – and it was more of a blip than a bump – was the only moment when his dominance came into question.

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It is just about that only thing that riles him, and oddly it might be this level-headedness which makes him an intimidating presence on the start line. As a child he and his brother would unicycle around town and people would stop and stare, until the day their unicycles were stolen. Even so, he still gets constant doping questions, which often focus on the integrity of his controversial team principal Mauro Gianetti. “I completely understand all the questions because so many bad things have happened,” Pogacar says. It’s our passion and we live a good life so I will not complain, but if you don’t enjoy it anymore, the cycling life, if everything starts to bother you then it’s better if you just find something else that makes you happy.” Among his 10 victories this season have been many different ways to win, from the gradual grinding of opponents into the dirt to late solo bursts and even what he describes as a “stupid, dangerous move” to win the prestigious Strade Bianche with an attack over treacherous gravel 50km from home. “Sometimes it’s a bit annoying but I’ve got used to it,” he says. Every possible factor feeds into a rider’s calculations – distance remaining, energy in the tank, rivals’ styles and strengths, course pinch-points, weather – but it comes down to an innate sense of timing, and the best riders can feel it. “I always look around, check everybody how they pedal, if they climb the same as the day before,” Pogacar says. I would say not to wait the last moment because you never know what can happen, so I think that’s why everyone now tries to seal the deal before the last days.” But understated and low-key is how Pogacar approaches life and cycling, just riding for the joy of it, an ethos which has brought rich rewards so far. I work hard to win a lot of races, but for me the priority is just to be a good friend to my friends and have good relations with the people I want in my life.” One suspects if he was from cycling’s European heartlands or the US with a name that rolled off the tongue, his profile might be a little different.

As this year's race gets set to roll in Copenhagen, a guide for how to watch, where the race will go and why Tadej Pogacar is still the class of the ...

In recent years, the Tour has hosted one- or two-day races for women, but this is the first full-stage race in decades. Pogacar is amazingly still not only young enough to win the white jersey for best young rider, but young enough that he will be eligible the next two years as well. The two-time defending champion, Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia, is the odds-on favorite to make it three in a row. The final day will be the essentially ceremonial procession on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on July 24. The marquee stage will be July 14 — Bastille Day, no coincidence — when the riders traverse the picturesque and punishing 21 switchbacks of Alpe d’Huez for the first time in four years. The 2022 Tour is resuming one of its modern traditions by starting in a country other than France. This year, for the first time, that country is Denmark, which will host the first stage: an eight-mile time trial through the heart of Copenhagen that, yes, includes a pass by the Little Mermaid statue.

The world's greatest bike race embarks from Copenhagen on Friday and if the 30000 fans who turned out for the unveiling of the teams on Wednesday is ...

The Union Home Ministry has... A confident Pogacar was thrilled by the prospect. It's short and technically challenging," he said before the 13.2km individual test. UP Board 12th Result 2022 Roll Number: Students can check the UP Board class 12th result roll number 2022 online at... After two years, we can finally have a Grand Depart with huge crowds," he said. - UP Board 12th Result 2022 Roll Number: Know how to check online at upresults.nic.in Students can check UP Board 12th result pass percentage 2022 district wise on the official website at upmsp.edu.in Students can download UP Board 12th result marsksheet 2022 online on the official website at upresults.nic.in - UP Board 12th Result Marksheet 2022: Know how to download online at upresults.nic.in and news9live.com The world's greatest bike race embarks from Copenhagen on Friday and if the 30,000 fans who turned out for the unveiling of the teams on Wednesday is anything to go by the Danish public will be out in force for the three opening stages here. The world's greatest bike race embarks from Copenhagen on Friday and if the 30,000 fans who turned out for the unveiling of the teams on Wednesday is anything to go by the Danish public will be out in force for the three opening stages With one day remaining ahead of the Tour de France's 'Grand Depart' in Denmark, Tadej Pogacar sounded a warning to those hoping to dethrone the double champion.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Primoz Roglic must find a way to stop his Slovenian rival Tadej Pogacar from winning the Tour de France for the third straight.

Primoz Roglic must find a way to stop his Slovenian rival Tadej Pogacar from winning the Tour de France for the third straight time.

Treacherous cobbles follow on Stage 5 and then a mountaintop finish at the Planche des Belles Filles awaits on Stage 7. “We are a strong team and we have a lot of qualities.” He needed one more win to move past Eddy Merckx and set an all-time record of 35 Tour stage wins. But the one-day classics specialist and former cyclo-cross world champion is nursing a sore kneecap. “Teams will be less stressed,” 2018 Tour champion Geraint Thomas said. After two hours no items were seized. Roglic was brilliantly aided at the Dauphine by his Jumbo-Visma teammate Jonas Vingegaard, a climbing ace who is also quick. “We’re super good friends.” “It’s a big difference having two compared to one. “We really want to go with two leaders and we believe we can challenge Pogacar.” Riders and staff had to show a negative antigen test two days before the start and must take an antigen test on rest days. “Jonas is super strong, we’re strong individually, and so the whole team is strong,” Roglic insisted.

Tadej Pogacar is a huge favourite to win another Tour de France but Primoz Roglic, Geraint Thomas and Jonas Vingegaard can't be discounted.

Admittedly, most of the overall race contenders have taken a varied route to Copenhagen, meaning Thomas did not triumph over any big race-winning threats, but he has shown form when it matters, and when many had written him off. Being proven wrong is half the fun anyway, and a damn sight easier than trying to work out what to wear. He is only the bookies’ cert until crosswinds on the 18km bridge winding up stage two split the race to smithereens. That having two top sprinters on the same team can be an asset rather than a hindrance, and it’s all in how you use them. Since 176 cyclists are due to take to the Grand Depart in Copenhagen tomorrow, that’s an awful lot of possible race outcomes. Would that crosswind top of the stage/outfit suit the breakaway bottoms or the sprint-finish sneaker?

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Primoz Roglic must find a way to stop his Slovenian rival Tadej Pogacar from winning the Tour de France for the third straight time.

Treacherous cobbles follow on Stage 5 and then a mountaintop finish at the Planche des Belles Filles awaits on Stage 7. “We are a strong team and we have a lot of qualities.” He needed one more win to move past Eddy Merckx and set an all-time record of 35 Tour stage wins. But the one-day classics specialist and former cyclo-cross world champion is nursing a sore kneecap. “Teams will be less stressed,” 2018 Tour champion Geraint Thomas said. Roglic was brilliantly aided at the Dauphine by his Jumbo-Visma teammate Jonas Vingegaard, a climbing ace who is also quick. After two hours no items were seized. “It’s a big difference having two compared to one. “We’re super good friends.” Pogacar grabbed the yellow jersey there in 2020 by crushing Roglic in a dramatic time trial on the eve of the finish. “We really want to go with two leaders and we believe we can challenge Pogacar.” “Jonas is super strong, we’re strong individually, and so the whole team is strong,” Roglic insisted.

The 23-year-old has several achievements in his sights if he can wear yellow in Paris on July 24.

“It is a worry in the peloton,” Pogacar said. “I get more confidence through the years, more experience,” he said. “For sure, I think everyone that competes in cycling, or in any sport, everyone wants all their competition to be at their best with no bad luck,” Pogacar said. “Training has gone well, the data is good. Given the 2020 Tour was delayed until late in the year due to Covid-19, his would also be the quickest hat-trick ever scored if he is wearing yellow in Paris on July 24. “We have so many things going on in present life.

Tadej Pogacar leads the Tour de France field that includes several more star cyclists with Tour and international medal success.

The last time an American won a Tour stage was sprinter Tyler Farrar in 2011. Hit one of his knees against his handlebars in a training ride 10 days before the Tour and withdrew from Belgian nationals as a precaution. You have to take him seriously, given his credentials: three world titles in cyclo-cross, Olympic and world championships medals in the time trial and road race, a stage winner in each of the last three Tours and fourth in the king of the mountains standings last year. Withdrew from last year’s Tour before stage 12 due to a knee injury. Assumed Jumbo-Visma’s leader role after Roglic withdrew from last year’s Tour in his second-ever Grand Tour. Performed admirably, dropping Pogacar on Mont Ventoux en route to his overall runner-up finish, well back of Pogacar. Seven years younger than Roglic, he may be not only the team’s the future, but also its present. In 2020, Pogacar became at 21 the second-youngest winner in race history, after Henri Cornet in 1904, and the first man in more than 60 years to pedal in the yellow jersey for the first time on the final day of a Tour. In 2021, Pogacar was more dominant, taking the lead on stage eight and holding it through the end of the Tour. He won by 5 minutes, 20 seconds, the largest gap since 2014.

As this year's race gets set to roll in Copenhagen, a guide for how to watch, where the race will go and why Tadej Pogacar is still the class of the ...

In recent years, the Tour has hosted one- or two-day races for women, but this is the first full-stage race in decades. Pogacar is amazingly still not only young enough to win the white jersey for best young rider, but young enough that he will be eligible the next two years as well. The two-time defending champion, Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia, is the odds-on favorite to make it three in a row. The final day will be the essentially ceremonial procession on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on July 24. The marquee stage will be July 14 — Bastille Day, no coincidence — when the riders traverse the picturesque and punishing 21 switchbacks of Alpe d’Huez for the first time in four years. The 2022 Tour is resuming one of its modern traditions by starting in a country other than France. This year, for the first time, that country is Denmark, which will host the first stage: an eight-mile time trial through the heart of Copenhagen that, yes, includes a pass by the Little Mermaid statue.

The two-time defending champion says he's not thinking about making history as he looks to take his third straight overall win.

We have a strong team here and there the guys that I can trust, like Mikkel and Rafal, next week, and we are ready for all the attacks and everything. Mark is coming now and we are confident that that yeah, that he can support the team in a good way.” We just do our own thing, we go in the front and fight for positions and stuff like that and I think that we are ready for that. Pogačar comes into this year’s Tour de France as a two-time defending champion following his surprise victory in 2020 and his dominant win in 2021. Marc Hirschi is stepping in to replace him and, fortunately for the rest of the squad, they hadn’t mixed with Trentin prior to his positive test. The pavé of Belgium is a different prospect from what is to come in Northern France, but Pogačar believes his team can help him through it.

'The race will be brutal some days, fun others - and hard from the start'

“I don’t like to pick out names of who is the strongest. “We’ll do our own thing, go to the front and fight for position. We have one of the strongest teams so we shouldn’t be worried about our rivals but focus on ourselves.” I hope a bad day doesn't happen to me in the Tour and that we survive the difficult moments. The Tour is the biggest race in the calendar, so I’m pretty happy to be at the start and to fight for the title. “Cycling isn’t science-fiction and we have to fight all the way to win. The training has been good and I have a good team, that’s what builds confidence,” he said. “We have so much going on in our present life that it’s difficult to look back. Pogačar snatched his first Tour win in 2020 in the final time trial then dominated in 2021, creating a new era at the race. He has opted to start early, at 5:05 pm local time, in a bid to limit the risk of possible rain showers. On Thursday, he said that he was not afraid to take race leadership and its responsibilities. For us, the Tour will be brutal some days, fun others, for sure hard from the start.”

The 23-year-old has several achievements in his sights if he can wear yellow in Paris on July 24.

“It is a worry in the peloton,” Pogacar said. “I get more confidence through the years, more experience,” he said. “For sure, I think everyone that competes in cycling, or in any sport, everyone wants all their competition to be at their best with no bad luck,” Pogacar said. “Training has gone well, the data is good. Given the 2020 Tour was delayed until late in the year due to Covid-19, his would also be the quickest hat-trick ever scored if he is wearing yellow in Paris on July 24. “We have so many things going on in present life.

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Pogačar is not a tempo-style racer who races off his power meter or a rider who relies on time trials to carve up defendable gaps. Only Primož Roglič seems equal to Pogačar in the climbs and time trials. That could change as the boy becomes a man. With Jonas Vingegaard as his wingman, Jumbo-Visma is throwing everything at the Tour dartboard, and is hoping something will stick. Anyone who thought Pogačar was a one-off was pounded into submission in the first week of his title defense. He is modern cycling’s version of the Cannibal, a rider who can and wants to win everything. None of the pre-race favorites expect to be able to crack him. The past has shown that big performances usually lead to big disappointments. First it was Jacques Anquetil in the 1960s, then Eddy Merckx in the 1970s and Bernard Hinault in the 1980s. Pogačar’s first two Tour victories reveal a rider on the edge of greatness. Ineos Grenadiers rewrote the script to become the first team to deliver four different Tour winners across an eight-year run. Upon cancellation, you will have access to your membership through the end of your paid year.

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It’s the biggest race of the year so I’m happy to be at the start line and excited to fight for the title.” “Marc is coming now and we are confident that he can support the team in a good way.” “It’s a bit worrying that cases are going around the peloton,” Pogacar said. We’ve trained and raced at altitude, so I’m in good shape and the data is good,” Pogacar said. “We will do our own thing,” Pogacar said. “I don’t think about history that much, almost never,” the 23-year-old Slovenian said.

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As good as the two Slovenians are against the clock, Vingegaard has finished in the top 10 in two of his three time trials this year; across two time trial stages in last year’s Tour he lost an aggregate of two seconds to Pogacar. That’s a reminder of how fortunate Jumbo-Visma is to have a co-leader as strong as Vingegaard, but it also reflects a potential speed bump for Roglic. There comes a point in a stage race where even the strongest rider might have to sacrifice his own ambitions to work for a teammate in a better strategic position. Roglic is the best in the world at pacing up a climb and shooting past his competitors in the final few hundred meters to steal seconds here and there. The last time Pogacar lost a stage race was last year’s Tour of the Basque Country, which McNulty led heading into the final stage. Merckx is the last rider to win the Tour de France and Tour of Flanders in his career, almost 50 years ago—nobody nowadays is capable of winning both. When Roglic hit the ground at last year’s Tour, Vingegaard was unproven, but he came closer than anyone to matching Pogacar in the mountains; he even dropped Pogacar on the iconic Mont Ventoux climb. He sailed off the front of the peloton like he was riding to the convenience store. At this point, it’s safe to say that Pogacar is the best general classification rider in the world. He defended his Tour title with ease in 2021, winning the general classification by more than five minutes and beating all but two riders by more than 10. Pogacar will be out to tighten his stranglehold on the most famous shirt in sports; Roglic, one of the very few riders capable of stopping him, will be out to take back what was so nearly his two years ago. But just as in the previous year’s Vuelta a España, where Pogacar had finished third and Roglic first, it seemed unlikely that he would be able to overcome the consensus best stage racer in the world. And while the 32-year-old Roglic has earned an impressive series of accolades in the ensuing 21 months—two overall titles and eight stage wins at the Vuelta a España, an Olympic gold medal, a monument win at Liège-Bastogne-Liège—he still hasn’t won cycling’s most prestigious race.

Roglic impressed when he won the Criterium du Dauphine stage race this month.

Treacherous cobbles follow on Stage 5 and then a mountaintop finish at the Planche des Belles Filles awaits on Stage 7. “We have decided that I’ll be the third rider from the team to start. “We are a strong team and we have a lot of qualities.” “If we manage to remain united as a team, we don’t need to ride aggressively. Roglic was brilliantly aided at the Dauphine by his Jumbo-Visma teammate Jonas Vingegaard, a climbing ace who is also quick. “It’s a big difference having two compared to one.

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