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The event is the front page This Monday, July 28: the world champion Slovenian Tadej Pogacar won a fourth tricolor coronation by winning the Tour de France 2025, Sunday, July 27. However, the runner admits having suffered more than usual, physically and mentally. A confidence that seems to be like pressure on cyclists in recent years.
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Tadej Pogacar, winner without great effusion of joy of the Tour de France 2025, a sign of a possible weariness. Just haloed by his fourth coronation on the big loop, the Slovenian champion recognizes the existence of a physical and mental exhaustion in the peloton. “Everyone wants to train more and more. Often, some runners are tired too early in the season, but their team needs them to participate in many races. And in the end, you continue in this vicious circle and you never recover. So yes, the burnout is common. And yes, I am not safe. It can happen too, that is certain”recognized the runner at a press conference.
A particularly trying tour of France this year. Witness the words of the former double world champion, Julian Alaphilippe, interviewed on Sunday, just before the last stage. “I can't wait to be there and can't wait for it to end too”he said, adding to “Full of shoes”. Still looking for victory and sponsors so as not to disappear from the peloton, the teams postponed the physical and mental limits of their runners. Materials tested to the nearest millimeter, internships at high altitude far from relatives, miles traveled always faster … cycling is perfected and becomes more and more demanding. It remains to be seen whether the physical and mental health of runners will be considered more in the years to come.
