Passing in front of the media before taking the start of the Tour of Flanders, Tadej Pogacar stung a big anger.
Beaten in sprint by Mathieu van der Poel on Milan-San RemoOn March 22, Tadej Pogacar intends to take his revenge this Sunday on the Tour des Flanders, before the beautiful a week later in Paris-Roubaix. On the eve of starting from the second monument of the season, the 26 -year -old Slovenian runner made a remarkable visit to a press conference.
The triple winner of the Tour de France took advantage of his presence in front of the media to push a big rant against social networks and its drifts. “” Social networks are cancer of our society ”he first dropped in remarks relayed by Cycling level.
“” We can spend the whole day there, and even if there is positive, it is always the negative things that stand out the most. It can really ruin your day »Has deplored “pogi”, and to go from his advice: ” The simplest is not to worry about it, not to read anything and stay outside of that. “Then, he addressed journalists directly:” It’s not against you, but it is not worth following the news and social networks. “”
Pogacar flies to the aid of Van Aert
A rant that comes a few hours after the huge disillusionment for Wout Van Aert, which finished 2e In front of his teammates Tiesj Benoot and Matteo Jorgenson, but behind Neilson Powless, who paid the three screws during the sprint. Since then, the former world champion of cyclo-cross has been violently taken to task on social networks.
“Wout always runs to win, recalled Pogacar, who defended his Belgian competitor. Losing a sprint three against one is hard, but it’s part of cycling. He will bounce back. The Tour of Flanders is its main objective, it will be strong on Sunday. “”
