Tadej Pogacar as the Hulk: Slovenian graces the headlines the day after the World Cup

Monday, September 30, 2024 at 5:03 PM

Tadej Pogacar’s victory at the World Cup has spread around the world. On Monday, the Slovenian showed off on the front page of several major newspapers. Including the French newspaper The team went big with an image of the Slovenian and a reference to the Hulk: “The incredible Pogacar.”

The team further compares Pogacar with Eddy Merckx. “The way he won the world championship is reminiscent of the greatest in cycling. Exactly, Merckx. Pogacar is one of the legends of cycling. He placed an attack that none of his competitors, even Evenepoel and Van der Poel, dared to follow.”

Also La Gazzetta dello Sport has room for the newly crowned world champion on the front page. “A legendary presentation,” writes the newspaper that founded the Giro d’Italia. “He follows in the footsteps of Fausto Coppi (Lugano, 1953) and Eddy Merckx (Mendrisio, 1971), the previous world champions on Swiss soil. This day will also go down in history.”

The Slovenian also makes headlines in the Netherlands and Belgium. “Inimitable,” it writes Algemeen Dagblad. “Pogacar escapes when no one expects it and crowns a masterful solo with the world title.” In Het Nieuwsblad, Pogacar shares the front page with Lotte Kopecky. “Alien,” it is written. By Kopecky: “Extraordinary.”

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Praise in other media
No front page for Pogacar in other countries, but words of praise. This is also the case in Spain (where Pogacar did get a short column on the front page in the Basque Country, ed.). “The green monster is putting on a show again. This is an exhibition for the history of Pogacar,” said the renowned Mark.

In Britain, newspapers also ran out of words to describe what they saw. “Pogacar is a man who does not stick to scripts,” he said The Guardian. “The Slovenian’s unique approach won him the world title, with an almost reckless attack 100 kilometers from the finish. The Telegraph wrote finally: “With this spectacular attack he closed one of the most dominant seasons in cycling history.”