What records can Tadej Pogacar still beat, between the Grand Tours and the Olympics?
Pogacar already has an important record under his belt in the Grand Tours.
It is in fact the runner who he won first place in the youth ranking several times (4 in total). of the three main stage races (in his case, always the Tour de France): 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
The Giro + Tour double record
In the history of cycling, they have been only 10 the men who won two major stage races in the same year.
- Jacques Anquetil 2 (Giro+Tour 1964, Tour+Vuelta 1963)
- Giovanni Battaglini (Giro+Vuelta 1981)
- Alberto Contador (Giro+Vuelta 2008)
- Fausto Coppi 2 (Giro+Tour 1949 and 1952)
- Chris Froome (Tour+Vuelta 2017)
- Bernard Hinault 3 (Giro+Tour 1982 and 1985, Tour+Vuelta 1978)
- Miguel Indurain 2 (Giro+Tour 1992 and 1993)
- Eddy Merckx 4 (Giro+Tour 1970, 1972 and 1974, Giro+Vuelta 1973)
- Marco Pantani 1 (Giro+Tour 1998)
- Stephen Roche 1 (Giro+Tour 1987)
Of these, 7 have therefore managed to achieve the Giro+Tour combination in the same season. Pogacar will try to enter this special ranking as early as this year.
The Triple Crown record
There are also 7 runners who can boast at least a success in all three Grand Tours throughout their career.
- Jacques Anquetil
- Alberto Contador
- Felice Gimondi
- Chris Froome
- Bernard Hinault
- Eddy Merckx
- Vincenzo Nibali
Contador, Froome and Hinault are also the only runners at least to have won them all twice. However, no one has ever won them in the same season.
Pogacar according to the original plans of the season, should not participate in the Vuelta 2024, but it could be an eventuality that cannot be ruled out considering the state of form shown so far. Will we see him attempt the feat after the summer?
The Olympic gold record + Grand Tour
I am in 6 the runners to have succeeded in this pairing.
- Ercole Baldini (Italy)
- Richard Carapaz (Ecuador)
- Miguel Indurain (Spain)
- Primoz Roglic (Slovenia)
- Jan Ullrich (Germany)
- Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain)
The only athlete capable of taking the Giro and the Games in the same year was the Dutch female athlete in 2012. Marianne Vos. Among men, no one has ever succeeded.
Wiggins instead he is the only man to have achieved the match Grand Tour and five-ring goldthanks to the double triumph at Tour de France 2012 and at the London 2012 Olympic time trial. Between road and track, the Briton climbed for 8 times on the podium at the Games, 5 of which on the top step.
Record victories at the Tour de France
The record of successes at Big Boucle belongs to three cyclists capable of winning the trophy five times.
- Jacques Anquetil in 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964
- Bernard Hinault in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985
- Miguel Indurain in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995 (the only one to win in five consecutive years)
- Eddy Merckx in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1974
However, only one rider has achieved four Tour titles.
- Chris Froome in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017
Finally, three athletes achieved three yellow successes.
- Louison Bobet (1953, 1954 and 1955)
- Greg LeMond (1986, 1989 and 1990)
- Philippe Thys (1913, 1914 and 1920)
Pogacar, currently at altitude twowill try to reach this trio in the next few weeks and then try, in the future, to collect other triumphs on French soil and further update his records.
