2023-07-01 06:30:00
Who is ahead following 3440 kilometers? Tadej Pogacar (front) and Jonas Vingegaard are the hot picks. Image: AP
The shy Jonas Vingegaard once morest the relaxed Tadej Pogacar: The Tour de France promises a hot duel between two cycling champions. One seems to have an advantage before the start.
How do you win the Tour de France? The answer is simple. You’re one of the two or three best climbers in the world and you don’t have any other weaknesses on the bike. You have a team packed with world-class professionals who work day following day, who give themselves to you until they are completely exhausted, who pick up a gear when they are gasping for air and every single muscle is burning like fire. You need all of that, plus the luck to be spared from falls on the country roads and from a virus in the evening in the hotel. When it all comes together, winning the Tour seems easy.
However, these are only external requirements, physical and organizational parameters. If you want to win the tour, you need more. He needs what it takes to be a champion. And that’s not found in muscles or lungs, but somewhere in the head. If you want to win the tour, you have to have the psyche to spend three weeks in a state of maximum concentration. He must not make the slightest mistake, no weak moment, no switching off, no putting his feet up. Always ready when the alarm bells ring, always on duty covering a distance of 3400 kilometers.
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