Tour de Mask
IT SEEMS THE ONLY PERSON who saw Tadej Pogacar coming at Le Tour was one Eddy Merckx.
“I could see Pogacar coming a mile off and I had said the only solution he had was to wait for the TT because time was playing into his hands,” the five-time Tour de France winner told French newspaper L’Equipe the day after baby-faced Tadej made the impossible, possible.
Primoz Roglic took the race lead on the ninth stage which Pogacar won, although the latter didn’t move to second overall until atop Puy Mary, five days later. While Pogacar was the best climber, having also triumphed on the Grand Colombier – the finish of stage 15 – in the final week neither Roglic or Jumbo-Visma, the team of the maillot jaune, appeared perturbed by his presence.
He’s only 21. His UAE Team Emirates coterie is down to six men. He’s a lightweight. We're heavyweights.
“He was a lot fresher than Roglic. We could see that over the last few days. He knew he
