Tadej Pogačar, year after year, is building a palmares that could well mark him out as the greatest male rider of his generation, and perhaps even of all time. Four Tour de France victories would be plenty for most riders, but he performs equally as well at three-week grand tours as he does in shorter stage races, recently winning the Critérium du Dauphiné, and in one-day races too.
His trophy cabinet from monument races is astounding, with two Tours of Flanders, four wins at Il Lombardia, and three Liège-Bastogne-Liège victories to his name. Perhaps the biggest endorsement of his talent is that his coming 2nd on debut at Paris-Roubaix was seen as something of a surprise, if not quite a disappointment.
