Lance Armstrong isn’t convinced that Tadej Pogacar is actually struggling. The American analyzed the sixteenth
stage of the Tour de France, in which Pogacar smashed the record time on Mont Ventoux, in the podcast The Move alongside his good friend and former teammate, George Hincapie. The tension between his compatriot Matteo Jorgenson and Pogacar was also discussed.
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First, let’s look at Pogi’s record time, which broke Iban Mayo’s 2004 Mont Ventoux time by more than a minute. Armstrong watched with his mouth open, knowing that there was a headwind and that Mayo set his time in 2004 in a time trial. The fact that Pogacar followed Visma | Lease a Bike’s wheels for almost the entire climb meant little to Armstrong. “I’d rather ride up Mont Ventoux in a time trial than in a stage like this with some drafting.”
Pogacar and Vingegaard’s top times told the Texan that in the third week, we no longer need to talk about Pogacar possibly having a cold or other physical complaints. “He’s in perfect health,” Armstrong exclaimed, referring to the record time on Mont Ventoux. The fact that the yellow jersey wearer grimaced at Vingegaard’s first attack and, apart from one attack and a sprint at the top, kept himself in contention for the stage win was put into perspective.
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