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The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar declared on Saturday that his rivalry with Jonas Vingegaard in the Tour de France could enter “the history books”, after having shared the last four titles of the “Grande Boucle”.
Second during the last two editions behind the Danish Vingegaard, Pogacar, who won the Tour de France in 2020 and 2021, is eager to face his rival again in the coming years.
“Our rivalry is summarized for the moment in the Tour de France, but I think that in the future, we will face each other in other races and that we will have a rivalry that will go down in the history books,” declared Pogacar in the preview of the Saitama Critérium, in Japan.
“I am very happy to have a rival of this stature against me and we have a lot of respect for each other,” added the Slovenian, who sees “a nice spectacle for the coming years” between them.
Pogacar has had a hectic 2023 season, recovering from a broken wrist just in time to take part in the Tour de France, but also full of success, managing to become the third cyclist in history to win the Giro de Lombardia for the third time. consecutive year.
He has also won the Paris-Nice, the Fleche Wallonne, the Tour of Flanders and the Amstel Gold Race.
The 25-year-old cyclist declared that he had experienced “one of the most incredible seasons” of his career, but has set his goal of winning the Tour de France again in 2024.
“I have enough confidence every year, but there are so many things that can go wrong or right,” declared the Slovenian.
“These last two or three years, Jonas and Tadej have been very strong. In the future it will be a beautiful battle to see in the Tour de France,” said Peter Sagan, who is retiring from road cycling to return to mountain cycling next year. coming.
Before, the 33-year-old Slovakian will participate in the Saitama Critérium, along with Pogacar, Chris Froome and Egan Bernal, the three former winners of the Grande Boucle. The American Sepp Kuss, the last winner of the Vuelta a España, will also participate.
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2023-11-04 11:07:54
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