"If Tadej Pogacar doesn't fall or get sick, he will win the Giro" - Eurosport commentator Jeroen Vanbelleghem has no doubts
CyclingSaturday, 04 May 2024 at 02:30
Eurosport commentator Jeroen Vanbelleghem is a big fan of the Giro d'Italia. In the run-up to the first grand tour of the year, the Belgian reviewed chances of GC leaders coming from Benelux, while noting that Tadej Pogacar, bar bad luck, will be unmatched in Italy.
"If Tadej Pogacar doesn't fall or get sick, he will win the Giro," Vanbelleghem is confident in an interview for WielerFlits. "But after Pogacar you have nothing in terms of classification men for a long time and then you have a large group of riders competing for the podium. Perhaps Geraint Thomas is the best among them."
"Cian Uijtdebroeks is one of those riders from that large group of contenders. He already finished eighth in the Vuelta last year, so I am very curious about that. He could finish third, but also eleventh. Those riders behind Pogacar are simply very close to each other in terms of level," Vanbelleghem points out.
"The same applies to Thymen Arensman," Vanbelleghem continues. "He has of course already achieved more than Uijtdebroeks and has a good time trial. So if Arensman ever wants to finish on the podium in a grand tour, this Giro with the two time trials is a great opportunity. So I rate Arensman a little higher than Uijtdebroeks."
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leedorney23-05-2025 - Very true, the strongest should and will win, in the moment - I know what I would do...leedorney23-05-2025
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Barney23-05-2025 - Tom retired instead of signing another contract. Visma offered him a contract renewal, he decided to retire which shocked everyone because he is such a strong cyclist.awp23-05-2025
- "North American"adammyerson22-05-2025
This is sounds like when tennis media people are, asking everyone, who is their favorite picks to win AO [Australian Open], Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open? Ironically, when [Roger] Federer, and [Rafael] Nadal are at their best fitness shape possible, most fans would pick one of them, over [Novak] Djokovic, despite not being as active on [ATP] the tour as Novak does.
This is getting old
Jeezeeweezee, by now just about everyone has come to that conclusion except Geraint’s mum.
Can we maybe stop turning every person’s way of saying it into an article? Soon it will become more interesting to discuss who will come last or be first to crash or drop out or get busted.
Probably the bookies have even stopped betting on this, or, just imagine… nah, that’s just me having observed and become cynical of business manners, nobody would go that far, would they?