Did it do good, did it do bad? He dictates the theme of the day himself, his superiority Tadej Pogacar. Inevitable, with that final shot together with Thomas.
The different positions taken are also inevitable, even if we were in the aftermath of the political elections. Like the diligent parliamentary reporter, I also do a quick round of official commentary.
Those who shouldn’t have done it, in a stage like this the leader takes a step back and leaves room for the sprinters, but what’s bothering him, he just makes himself unpleasant, when you’re so greedy, when you lack respect, you shouldn’t complain if you have them all against, as soon as you get a puncture, a fall, something, don’t be surprised if they then band together and start pulling like hell.
Those who did something stupid, because he spends too much, the Giro is long (very long says Petacchi, his only counter-current position since he became a commentator), if he wants to win the Tour too he’d better start saving some energy.
Those who think it’s crazy to run three weeks like this, Tour or no Tour, he still risks arriving at the third with his tongue hanging out, then we’ll see if he still has the desire to be a bully.
What would be me. There are champions who are born carrying with them an immeasurable hunger and desire, who have fun every day with their passion, who feel the irresistible risk of victory, or in any case of battle, because this is their natural size, their stature, their gait. What others call out of line, or above the lines, for them is inside the lines and below the lines, because fate wanted it that way and the sky kissed them that way. They must be taken as they are, with their madness and their greed, because it is madness and greed only for us normal people, for them it is their normality. I only hope that Pogacar never changes, not even one iota. Even if he makes mistakes, even if he exaggerates. I just wish someone would lift their head from hers hypertechnical tirades and admired this simple fact: at the Giro we saw multitudes of champions who arrived here only to train, in any case to spend the minimum, waiting for the last kilometer to commit to winning, Pogacar has already made three out of three stages spectacular, one difficult and two easy, however, always putting your face to it, however spending yourself, however honoring the race and the fans. Far from censorship and condemnation: sometimes, we should be able to just say a simple thank you. I tell him. So he won’t be left alone to get slapped.
