The child prodigy intimidates by his ferocity.
It impacts what it does and how it does it.
Tadej Pogacar
is the boss and defends his scepter with overwhelming forcefulness.
The Slovenian, precocious record holder in the Tour de France, has burst into the start of the season with a superiority that makes his rivals self-conscious.
This Tuesday he won the queen stage of the Tour of the
United Arab Emirates
(UAE), which ended in a 10-kilometer-long port in the middle of the desert.
A triumph that served to cement the leadership of the event obtained in the time trial last Monday.
And it is that the boy surprises by the incredible dominance that exhibits in all the scenes.
On the ascent to Jebel Hafeet he resisted the attacks of
Adam Yates
(Ineos) to beat him with that top speed that he shows in the high finals.
A
Valverde
he has passed on several occasions in this field.
On Monday, in the timed exercise of 13 kilometers, starting and finishing on the island of Al Hudayriyat, he finished fourth, just 24 seconds behind
Filippo Ganna
, the great dominator of the specialty.
On Sunday, on the opening day, not only did he resist the Deceuninck ambush in a fan festival caused by the desert wind with sufficiency, but he also had the audacity to contest the sprint at
Van der Poel
.
CONCENTRATION ON THE TEIDE
Pogacar is versatile like few others and treasures an immense desire to continue learning.
At 22 he already has 18 victories.
Higher rank records.
The preseason has been carried out on
Teide
, following the parameters established by
Fernández Matxin
, director of Team UAE.
He is ambitious and knows how to distribute the limelight.
"We wanted a victory for the team and we have already achieved one. It was a really tough day, a bit stressful because there was a difficult climb at the end, but the team did a good job. When we stayed in front Yates and I all had what to do was respond to their attacks. It was very difficult but I am very happy to win this stage, "said the last winner of the Tour.
The United Arab Emirates round ends next Sunday.
The best classified Spaniard is
Rubén Fernández
(Cofidis), 3.32 behind Pogacar.
Chris Fromme
and Valverde ran out of podium options on the first day, cut by the fans.
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