Alberto Contador believes Tadej Pogacar can win Giro d'Italia and Tour de France: "If he wins both, he should try to make history and try to win Vuelta"
CyclingSaturday, 27 April 2024 at 12:10
Alberto Contador is one of the riders who, in modern cycling, has attempted and came the closest to winning the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France. This monumental task will not be attempted by Tadej Pogacar this year and 'El Pistolero' believes he can certainly pull it off.
"We have Pogačar and Vingegaard, who both have two wins. But we will see how Vingegaard will be after the ugly crash. It is their duels and then also the rivalry between van Aert and van der Poel that are the reasons why cycling is worth watching," Contador said in an interview with Ceska Televize. After recent comments from all over social media that cycling is far from it's most exciting phase with such dominant figures, Contador defends that their performances continue to push the sport forward.
However, Contador is very confident that there is the chance to go even higher. Pogacar is the main favourite to win the Giro d'Italia; and it has to be said that his chances of winning the Tour de France significantly improved after Jonas Vingegaard was seriously injured in a crash at Itzulia Basque Country, where Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic also crashed and suffered injuries. UAE Team Emirates will be supporting the Slovenian in an attempt to be the first rider in decades to succeed.
"He can definitely do it. I hardly see a rival for him at the Giro, and at the Tour the question is whether and in what form Vingegaard will arrive," Contador argues. But more could even be possible: "But I want to emphasize one thing, if he wins both, he should try to make history and try to win Vuelta. They start very young and it's really crazy to endure that hard work for maybe twenty years."
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- Ineos pretend Thymen's loss is not a big deal, but I don't think this is a good sign. I hope Bernal is fit, would be good for him to have another shot at normal life.Ride197410-05-2025
- To finish second to Mads Petersen in a photo finish, after such a chaotic first stage where Lidl-Trek controlled the race to perfection, while the Visma team was conspicuouly absent, is nothing to be ashamed about. During the interview, Wout was visibly spent, more so than Mads.. but I felt he was more a victor than a loser, given the circumstances. I'm excited to see what Wout will do in this Giro.FredMan10-05-2025
- I feel for Spain. Landa was one of their only two realistic GC hopes.Ride197410-05-2025
- Since the TT has a lot of sharp turns, does that perhaps play in Mads' favor, since he can sprint out of corners faster than many?Ride197410-05-2025
- The point of the article is well taken. Don’t judge a riders grand tour results after one stage. But he is slowly becoming a regular second.mij10-05-2025
- I’m disagreeing with the headline and tone of the article. I don’t even see Wout quoted. And he doesn’t offer excuses. My comment stands. He has no wins in his cobbled monuments. And is second too many times. And shouldn’t accept these results.mij10-05-2025
- Hey, Wout is one of the least excuse seeking riders out there, read the article again and let’s wait and see over the 3 weeks. Also a bad sign if you’re willing to give up on him faster than himself.Mistermaumau09-05-2025
- No more than Primoz at the TdFMistermaumau09-05-2025
- Sorry but Iagree more with the article at this point of the season. Had Mads not had a perfect lead-out it would have been a done deal already.Mistermaumau09-05-2025
Winning all 3 GTs might be too much, even for Pogi🤐
Will not happen. He can try, but even then he will not win.
To be fair, UAE don't care if everyone else are moaning Pogi won at least 2/3 GTs, he's already a legend in his right. There would not be anyone like him for generations to come
Would be good for Pog but not so good for cycling as a whole.
I would love to see Pogi win all 3 in 2024. He'll have to drop the Olympics from his schedule if he prevails in France and Italy.
I had to agree
Yeah, all his serious competitors are gone, so he is the only one who can mess it up :-)
Roglic and Remco will both be at the Tour, maybe also Jonas, but definitely at the Vuelta
They can't challenge him, without some form under their belts, right?
Roglic will be 100% and Remco started training a week earlier and is probably going to the Dauphine already
Time will tell!