2023-11-05 12:05:00
“Our rivalry at the moment boils down to the Tour de France, but I think in the future we will meet at other races and we will have a rivalry that will go down in the history books,” Pogacar said ahead of time. of the Saitama Criterium in Japan. “I am very happy to have such a rival once morest me and we have a lot of respect for each other,” added the Slovenian who sees “a great spectacle emerging between them for the next few years”.
Tadej Pogacar had an eventful 2023 season, having just returned from a broken wrist to compete in the Tour de France, but also full of success, notably becoming the third cyclist in history to win the Tour of Lombardy for the third year consecutive. He also won Paris-Nice, the Flèche Wallonne, the Tour of Flanders and the Amstel Gold Race.
One of the most incredible seasons
The 25-year-old cyclist said he had experienced “one of the most incredible seasons” of his career, but he has set himself the goal of winning the Grande Boucle once more in 2024. “I’m pretty confident every year , but there are so many things that can go wrong or right,” declared the man who experienced a terrible failure on the Col de Loze during the 17th stage of the last Tour de France.
“Over the last two or three years, Jonas and Tadej have been very strong. In the future it will be a great battle to see in the Tour de France,” said Peter Sagan, who is retiring from road racing to return to mountain biking next year.
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