UAE Team Emirates DS Joxean Matxin about Tadej Pogacar's impressive shape: "Tadej's run-in to the Corsa Rosa has been perfect"

Three days, three violent attacks that left (most) of his competition in the dust. It's fair to say Tadej Pogacar came into this Giro d'Italia hungry for victories. His sports director and mentor Joxean Matxin is no less impressed than the rest of the world, however he notes this doesn't surprise him considering Pogacar had a 'perfect' preparation for the Italian Grand tour.

"Tadej's run-in to the 'Corsa Rosa' has been perfect, in terms of results (seven victories) and lack of mishaps, especially if we compare it with what happened just a year ago: at this same point in the season, after the Tadej's fall in Liege (he broke his wrist), we didn't know if we would have enough time to prepare and be competitive in the Tour de France," Matxin posted on his Facebook.

"The initial idea then was to ride Dauphiné in June, but then it turned out that it was on those same dates when we were really able to resume training... When planning a campaign, we always set goals that in 2023 we could not fulfill, as we were conditioned by that injury."