Tadej Pogacar hovers on the Dauphiné and already makes the turn tremble

Slovenian Tadej Pogacar crushed the Critérium du Dauphiné, with such superiority that he has marked the spirits and already seems to have taken the ascendancy over his rivals, three weeks before the departure of the Tour de France.

In cycling, the Dauphiné returned his verdict Sunday, June 16 with the stage victory, finally one, for the French Lenny Martinez and the general, not surprising, for Tadej Pogacar who wins his very first runner -up. A 99th victory for the Slovenian who once again crushed competition, stamping his biggest rival, Jonas Vingegaard, with supersonic acceleration. Three weeks before departure, a question comes back insistence: what if the Slovenian had already won his 4th Tour de France?

The extraterrestrial has already marked its opponents in the red iron, the French cyclist Lenny Martinez concedes it, “I think it will be even stronger on the Tour, honestly it is just incredible how strong it is on this runner -up. ” For a week, Pogacar attacked when he wanted it, without forcing. He even tagged them by turning into a quiet water carrier while all the other cycling runners suffered, until I was disgusting Remco Evenepoel. “CIt seemed to be a training for him. It is sometimes demoralizing to see him attack while I am already at the limit “, tells the Belgian.

Psychologically, the Slovenian nibbled like never before the brain of his opponents. But for Thierry Gouvenou, the sports director of the Tour, the next three weeks can still rebalance the situation. “Dyears The high mountain, with the passes over 2,000 meters, Tadej is not immune to cracking “, Tent to anticipate Thierry Gouvenou. “Especially since he has a big season behind him, a lot of psychological and physical fatigue. Maybe he will crack in the third week of the Tour”, he concludes.

Everything is in the “perhaps” who does not seem to convince the best climber of the Dauphiné Bruno Armirail, “Pogacar has been in good shape since February, and even all the time in shape, that's the problem! “. As for the principal concerned, he left to prepare, serene, at Isola 2000, just dropping, “If everything goes as planned, it will be my best season, I think I am coming to the peak of my career”. The departure of the Tour de France will be given from Lille on July 5.