{"id":205813,"date":"2026-07-10T12:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=205813"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:48:18","slug":"simply-the-best-pogacar-conquers-the-col-du-tourmalet-and-vingegaard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/07\/10\/simply-the-best-pogacar-conquers-the-col-du-tourmalet-and-vingegaard\/","title":{"rendered":"Simply the Best: Poga\u010dar Conquers the Col du Tourmalet and Vingegaard"},"content":{"rendered":"

There should be a word in the English language for people like me \u2013 and there are many of us \u2013 who refuse to acknowledge Tadej Poga\u010dar’s greatness. How about Pogiphobe<\/em>? And the condition itself will be known as pogiphobia<\/em>. It’s not that we don’t like him; on the contrary, he is a genuinely nice guy. It’s that he is so superior to everyone else in the sport that his dominance sucks the suspense out of many races, especially the Tour de France, our favourite sporting event.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I had no problems with other great athletes, like the boxer Muhammad Ali (aka The Greatest) or Lionel Messi, simply because they were\/are active in sports in which their superiority did not diminish the sport’s pleasures. Sure, it was exhilarating to watch Poga\u010dar destroy Jonas Vingegaard and the other pretenders to his throne on the slopes of the mighty Col du Tourmalet on Thursday’s stage 6. But with more than two weeks left in the Tour, the yellow jersey race is as good as over. As one team communications officer said<\/a> when Poga\u010dar crossed the line on Thursday: \u201cShould we all go home?\u201d<\/p>\n

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