Tadej Pogacar returned during the official presentation of his UAE Team Emirates on his outstanding performance during the time trial of the Planche des Belles Filles on the last Tour de France. A stratospheric chrono that allowed him to take back the yellow jersey from Primoz Roglic to everyone's surprise, by relegating the best specialists to several tens of seconds. But the young Slovenian, his, don't get carried away. While the documentary on the Jumbo Visma showed a Primoz Roglic and a Tom Dumoulin stunned after this twist and unable to understand such a feat, the winner of the event responds with calm and detachment. “My performance may have been unexpected, but she ain't nothing amazing”, he says. “They expressed themselves hot, undoubtedly also with the disappointment of seeing victory escape them so close to Paris. You have to see things in their entirety. I was in a big day, that I prepared in the best possible way, we made a very quick bike change, we left nothing to chance”. An answer posed to the controversies casting doubt on its performance, which fits him perfectly. We know the calm and detached character of the young Slovenian, who has never been really disturbed by media pressure or criticism from his opponents despite his young age. He will defend his title on the Grande Boucle next July, on a course designed for riders who should not be to the advantage, unless he repeats his feat on the time trials that will shape the scenario of the event.
Pogacar : “my performance may have been unexpected but it is nothing incredible”
