Is it possible to draw hasty conclusions with Tadej Pogacar?
The intuition of observers is rarely wrong when it comes to giving the Slovenian the winner before the hour, even though the Tour de France peloton only has a quarter of an hour to spare after the inaugural time trial of Copenhagen (13.5 km).
The double winner of the Grande Boucle certainly did not win the first stage (3rd), privilege returned to Yves Lampaert, but he wanted to warn the competition.
This year too, the Cannibal 2.0 has every intention of crushing everything in its path.
And he has the legs to do it as soon as possible.
In any case, this is what he proved by setting the best time for the second part of the course, where he showed his agility on the technical sections.
“The time trial was relatively technical, tricky, with slippery turns, analyzed hot Joxean Fernández Matxín, the sporting director of UAE.
But Tadej is a good runner in the rain.
He loves the rain!
He likes the technical parts.
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Vingegaard and Roglic at 10 seconds
Ironically, it was on mistakes in the first corners that Pogacar lost the most time, and probably the victory.
Insufficient, however, to prevent him from finishing with a ten-second lead over his main rivals, Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic, his runners-up in the last two editions.
If he is already so strong on the flat and missing corners, what will he be when the road rises?
In just one lap time, Pogi confirmed what we feared on the morning of the big start: apart from a curb or a stroke of luck (on the cobblestones?), we don't see who could beat him.
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