Tadej Pogacar "is even more motivated" to reclaim Yellow Jersey according to mentor Allan Peiper

After starting the season off in electric form, Tadej Pogacar has raced to five wins in just six days of racing. According to his mentor Allan Peiper it is all down to an extra level of motivation within the Slovenian this year.

"It is true that he is even more motivated. He wants to dot the i's and cross the t's. You notice that in him," says the Australian former Giro d'Italia stage winner. "Without revealing everything: he is even more concerned with details than usual.”

Some of this extra motivation could be based around winning back the Yellow Jersey at the Tour de France after losing out to Jonas Vingegaard in 2022 although Peiper believes there is more to it than just a desire to reclaim his lost thrown. “Tadej likes racing way too much to put everything on one race. And does that cost him a percentage in the Tour? Maybe," he questions. "But that's just how he looks at cycling. Believe me: he also wants to dot the i's and cross the i's in the Tour of Flanders."

“After everything he has shown in recent years, I even think it is normal. He is still a double Tour winner. Okay, last year he lost to Vingegaard. But was Tadej bad? Did he fall through the basket? Oh no," continues the 62-year-old. “Revenge is exaggerated. Tadej doesn't think in those terms."