My wish for sport in 2025? No doubt wishful thinking… But we can always dream. Yes, Tadej Pogacar is a generational talent and, like other giants, he has every right to take the lion’s share by winning approximately one race out of two in which he participates. And don’t come here and talk to me about doping, because if we can charge a Slovenian mule, I don’t see why its competitors wouldn’t take the same thing (and again, I think they are clean compared to the legislation current, but let’s move on).
But for cycling to maintain even a little interest and for the victories of the highest paid rider in history to be valued, it takes adversity to match it. So, I very much hope that the competition will turn a corner. Among them, Marc Hirschi must take advantage of his departure from Pogacar’s Team UAE and his signing with Tudor to find the fries he had in 2020. The Bernese will be able to free himself from his cumbersome leader and take on the status of boss on the great Classics that his talent has promised him for a long time.
Injuries slowed him down, he had to learn to be a nice teammate, but we saw at the end of last season that, when he had free rein, he knew how to put the ball in the back. Better still, the Swiss took a step forward by fighting for victories and podiums in events of more than 220 kilometers. In 2025, with a team at his disposal and the advice/support of his future teammate Julian Alaphilippe, he will be able to express his class and his punch. And help put pressure on its cumbersome former leader.
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