While he is currently on vacation before resuming training for the last season of his career, which he will end next June after leaving the Dauphiné Libéré, Romain Bardet spoke about the evolution of Cycling and on the emergence of an extraordinary runner like Tadej Pogacar.
During an interview given to Eurosport.fr, Romain Bardetwho will end his career in the middle of next season, after leaving the Dauphiné Libéré, spoke about the evolution of cycling and the emergence of a unique rider, Tadej Pogacar.
“Pogacar, apparently, he didn’t know how to train”
Romain Bardet explained in particular: “ Apparently he didn't know how to train. Now he knows. He puts together a potential that we have seen in recent years on his first two Tour de France which he won in the class. He is so superior… It's hard to explain. I don't spend a lot of time looking for explanations. Even being contemporary and in the industry, we have the feeling of not really being one of his opponents ».
“You feel like you’re not really an opponent”
Fatalist, the French champion did not hide the fact that the superiority of the Slovenian leader was such that he happened on several occasions to start a race knowing full well that he would emerge victorious, whatever the configuration. of the race and the strategies adopted: “ There were several races where I knew in advance that Pogacar was going to win. Just off the top of my head, I would say the Strade Bianche, the GP Montreal and the World Championship. I was convinced that if there was no mechanical failure, it had already been decided in advance. Had I ever experienced this in my career? No, never. Before, there was still a certain vulnerability that we found elsewhere, in the team for example. There, we knew, even on the Tour de France, that if we saw the UAE moving at the head of the peloton from the first kilometers to control the formation of the breakaway, that he was going to win the stage behind. On the Giro, the same. It's happened at least ten times this season. ».
