Tag: Tadej Pogacar
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Jonas Vingegaard does not deal in seconds | a recap of Stages 16-21 of the 2023 Tour de France
Jonas Vingegaard’s average daily time gain over Tadej Pogacar over the first two weeks of this year’s Tour de France was less than half a second. He improved on this rather dramatically over the next two days. While the Dane was frequently second by seconds, by the end of three weeks he was first by…
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Seven seconds away | a recap of Stages 10-15 of the 2023 Tour de France
I can actually cover this middle week in a paragraph for all the significant developments there’ve been: Jonas Vingegaard’s lead over Tadej Pogacar has slipped from a barely meaningful 17 seconds to a neither-here-nor-there 10 seconds. Everyone else is now even further behind than they previously were. I say that Vingegaard’s advantage is neither here…
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Two heads are better than none | a recap of Stages 1-9 of the 2023 Tour de France
This year’s Tour de France was seen as a straight head-to-head between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard and almost immediately appeared to become that. That’s probably better than only having one of them left in the race – or neither. We have a decent idea how good different riders can be going into the Tour…
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What if the Pogacar v Vingegaard head-to-head loses a head? | a 2023 Tour de France preview
This 2023 Tour de France preview is so breath-takingly comprehensive, it actually features a smattering of references to riders who aren’t Tadej Pogacar or Jonas Vingegaard. There’s a quick look at some of the big stages coming up in the first week as well. Last year’s Tour de France was won by Jonas Vingegaard ahead…
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Demi Vollering? Imagine a full one! | a 2023 spring classics recap
Some people really don’t like surprises. These people will no doubt be lapping up the 2023 road cycling season thus far. Let’s start with the women’s races and specifically 2021 Liege-Bastogne-Liege and La Course winner, Demi Vollering, who has – let’s not beat about the bush – won everything. Okay, not everything. She came second…
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Pogacar is unlike Vingegaard – a springtime state of play update
Spring is (sort of) here. Tadej Pogacar is winning bike races. Gauntlets are being thrown down. Where are we with everything? Shall we try and take stock? The WorldTour (the UCI still hasn’t found its space bar) officially began in January with the Tour Down Under, but road cycling’s deep-rooted eurocentrism means it never really…
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Jonas Wingegaard | a recap of Stages 16-21 of the 2022 Tour de France
Preview Week 1 recap Week 2 recap Week 3 recap Jonas Vingegaard had forged a 2m22s advantage over Tadej Pogacar in the Alps during the second week of the Tour de France. The Pyrenees brought another minute on top of that to give him the kind of time gap that wasn’t going to be surrendered…
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Team-mates, tiredness and Tadej’s toil | a recap of Stages 10-15 of the 2022 Tour de France
Preview Week 1 recap Week 2 recap The week began with Tadej Pogacar low on team-mates but leading Jonas Vingegaard. The week ended with Vingegaard low on team-mates but leading Pogacar. I’ll get to how that happened in a moment. Before then, one of the things I haven’t yet touched on is the performance of…
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Who will win the 2022 Tour de France?
There’s plenty of scope for slip-ups and misfortune over the course of a three-week bike race. All the same, it’s hard to see the 2022 Tour de France as anything other than Tadej Pogacar v Primoz Roglic v Covid-19. Preview Week 1 recap Week 2 recap The favourite Tadej Pogacar’s 2020 Tour de France win…
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Don’t assume that Tadej Pogacar will win even more big races than last year
It’s fair to say Tadej Pogacar had a pretty tidy 2021. As well as winning the Tour de France for the second year in a row, he also took two of the five Monuments. In April he edged out World Champion Julian Alaphilippe in Liege-Bastogne-Liege and then, right at the end of the year –…