After an incredible year, Tadej Pogačar aumenta la distance sobre el resto
2025 will go down in history as another legendary Tadej Pogačar seasonand even so, it is difficult to say if it has been better or worse than 2024.
Because the truth is that both have been exceptionaltwo courses in a row in which the Slovenian has rewritten what it means to master cycling.
In 2024 he swept with an authority rarely seen; in 2025, he has done it with a maturity that is frightening, controlling every detail, every rhythm, every rival.
This year he has competed in 17 events, including one-day classics, one-week rounds and the Tour de France.
He has won 11 and has been on the podium in another four (three times second and once third).
only in two occasions has finished outside the podium, and both have an explanation.
In Quebecbecause he competed under the effects of the vaccines necessary to travel to Rwanda, where the World Cup was being held.
Y at the CRI World Championship, where he was dubbed by Evenepoel.
Even so, finished fourth. A fourth place that in any other runner would be a success, but in Pogačar sounds almost anecdotal.
Since March, when he won the Strade Bianche again With a mix of power, resistance and class, it was already clear that his state of form was not temporary.
In spring he conquered Flanders, Fleche and Liège-Bastogne-Liègeas if they were stages of the same script.
His way of dominating, of attacking just when everyone expects him to wait, of breaking tactical schemes, makes even his rivals admire him.
The Tour de France was his definitive confirmation: his fourth title, with more than four minutes ahead of Vingegaardand an almost boring authority because it is so great.
He went up, down and against the clock with the precision of a Swiss watch.
There was not a single day in which his victory seemed in doubt and that ended, apparently, quite fair mentally, and also physically.
And when it seemed like he had already done everything, he finished off the year with his fifth consecutive victory in Il Lombardysomething that borders on the inhuman.
Five times in a row winning the toughest monument on the calendar, at the end of an endless season, when everyone arrives empty… except him.
In 2024 he dazzled with two great ones, two monuments and the world cup; in 2025with another large one, three monuments and again the World Cup: they are historic campaigns.
He no longer needs to attack 80 km from the finish line to prove that he is the strongest.
It is enough for him to let the rest wear out, measure his effort and strike at the exact moment. That is the step of eternal champions: when genius becomes method.
Because it’s no longer just about winning. It’s about how you win. How he makes the impossible seem routine.
And that, in modern cycling, only one can do: Tadej Pogačar.
Image: ASO/Aurélien Vialatte
