With headlines about Remco Evenepoel's second place making him 'best of the rest' or 'the first mortal' at the Tour de France, the question that will likely occupy Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe over the coming months and until next July is: just how off the charts is it to think of beating Tadej Pogačar one day?
"Right now, it's pretty far-fetched as an idea," is how sports director Patxi Vila responds when asked about Pogačar's current superiority and if an end is in sight short-term.