Sunday, Tadej Pogacar joined Eddy Merckx et Stephen Roche in the legend of cycling, by becoming the third rider in history to achieve the hat-trick Giro – Tour de France – World Championships. The Slovenian once again crushed the competition in Zurich, attacking 100 kilometers from the finish and successfully completing his breathtaking raid. A performance that impressed everyone… even Eddy Merckx. “What he did is truly incredible, I can’t find the words. This guy is second to none”confided the Belgian champion to the newspaper The Parisian. “You must be crazy. Besides, when he attacked, I started to fear for him, I told myself that he had left too early. It’s normally impossible to win at 100 km but he did. did.”
Video – Tadej Pogacar did something crazy this Sunday
“I wasn’t attacking 100 kilometers from the finish in a World Championship”
“He is the strongest of his generation, there is absolutely no doubt. You know, at my age (79), it takes a lot to bluff me. There, he succeeded. I thought he could To be world champion, I never imagined it would be like this. He’s really the greatest, congratulations to him.” asserts Merckx.
“It’s obvious he’s on top of me now. I already thought it a little deep down when I saw what he did in the last Tour de France, but this evening there is no longer any doubt.”he continues on the microphone of The Team. “Obviously, we can’t compare eras, but here we are dealing with an incredible runner. I wasn’t attacking 100 kilometers from the finish in a World Championship. What he achieved today is unimaginable.”
Remember… in 2022, when Eddy Merckx was already telling us about his “favorite” Tadej Pogacar
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* Two years ago… before the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix 2022! Eddy Merckx knows all the tricks. Double winner of the Ronde (1969 and 1975), triple winner of the Hell of the North (1968, 1970 and 1973), the Cannibal is part of the great history of the Belgian classic. Present on the occasion of Jacques Goddet Prize – rewarding each year the best article dealing with Tour de France – that Wednesday, at the headquarters of Edeis the Ally of the Territories, the Belgian who keeps an informed eye on cycling news delivered his analysis on the 106th edition of the Flandrian monument (Sunday April 3). The expected duel between Wout Van Aert et Mathieu van der Poelthe baptism of the phenomenon Tadej Pogacarthe other contenders for victory… the ogre from Tervueren took stock three days before the Tour of Flanders, exclusively for Cyclism’Actu.
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