Intouchable this year again on the Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar crystallizes many suspicions about its probity. What about the instances?
Tadej Pogacar has still outclassed competition. Alone in the world on the road to Tour de FranceSlovenian quickly agreed, controlling with disconcerting ease the offensive inclinations of his great rival Jonas Vingegaard. As every year, the domination of the person concerned is so overwhelming that performance in itself raises questions. But not for everyone.
“” It has existed since the dawn of time. When Merckx won, we had the same debatesSleep from the outset David Lappartient, the president of the International Cycling Union, in an interview with the telegram. As soon as someone wins very strongly, suspicions are coming. But there is not a sport as controlled as the bicycle. Pogacar has up to three checks per day! “”
The argument according to the boss of the UCI is indisputable. “” We are the most controlled sport and we still put 10 million euros (In the anti -doping control, delegated to ITA).
It’s still huge. Not another sport worldwide is the same. And the Pogacar bike, like others, was dismantled entirely. Nothing was found. So, I have no doubt to have in the current state of knowledge. “”
“We must remain vigilant,” admits the president of the UCI
The same goes for mechanical doping. “” We passed his bike on X -rays, we dismantled it, we looked everywhere with cameras, we did it several times a day … I think we do everything you needSpecifies David Lappartient, this time in Ouest France. He is the most controlled runner in the Tour de France so again, I have no reason to doubt. Naturally, as in all sports, we must remain vigilant, and we are at UCI. “”
Some, however, continue to doubt the stratospheric data of the quadruple winner of the Great Loop. This is the case of Samuel Bellenoue, former director of performance within Cofidis training. “” As a coach, when you know physiology a little, you are a little disillusioned, you find it a bit big. And the more it goes, the more the gap is digging », Breathe the latter in the Pages of the Team.
