Is there any stopping Tadej Pogacar?
In October, I was in Como for the finish of Il Lombardia, the race that one of my favourite riders over the past couple of decades, two-time winner Vincenzo Nibali, chose to bring down the curtain on his career – with the 2023 edition won of course by defending champion Tadej Pogačar , who has rapidly replaced the Sicilian as the rider I most look forward to watching.
Besides three stage wins apiece at the Ruta del Sol and Paris-Nice – races in which he also won the overall, the points competition and, in France, the best young rider’s jersey – the UAE Team Emirates rider has won six of the eight one-day races he’s entered. Clearly, we’re going to see some fireworks between that quartet over the coming decade, and what is refreshing is that all mark a move away from the style of riding and racing we’d become accustomed to in recent decades, as many top riders increasingly adopted a narrow focus on their racing schedules and season targets.
Completing a full set of five Monuments – something Pogačar and van der Poel are both more than halfway to achieving, and a feat only secured previously by Eddy Merckx, Roger De Vlaeminck and Rik Van Looy – would certainly seal their place among the sport’s legends. But perhaps for the first time since Bernard Hinault in the 1980s, there are several riders with the ability, and the time, to take a decent crack at completing the set – and it’s Pogačar I would put in pole position right now to achieve that, narrowly followed by Evenepoel.
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