Fabien Le Floc’h, Media365: published on Thursday 01 May 2025 at 6:42 p.m.
Geraint Thomas told an anecdote which proves with what facility Tadej Pogacar won Liège-Bastogne-Liège last Sunday.
Imperial during the classics campaign in recent weeks, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) won his ninth monument last Sunday by winning for the third time in his career Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Also winner this year of the Strade Bianche, the Tour des Flanders and La Flèche Wallonne, the Slovenian was only beaten during Paris-Roubaix (2nd), the Amstel Gold Race (2nd) and Milan-San Remo (3rd). The 26 -year -old runner is not equal to the peloton And even his opponents are impressed by such performances. This is evidenced by the tasty anecdote unveiled by Geraint Thomas (ineos-grenadiers) in his podcast, GT Cycling Club, after Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
“Dude, we are at 420 watts there”
“Do you see the first ascent on Liège just after departure?” It is a fairly hard start where we exceed 400 watts. And there, I hear: “Ah, G Thomas.” I look behind and it is “pog” who runs next to it, says the winner of the 2018 Tour de France. I say to him: “Everything is fine my friend?” Then, he begins to chat with me, tells me that he will go to Richard Mille (a brand of luxury watches, editor’s note) the next day to buy a new watch or something like. I didn’t say it but I thought, “guy, we’re at 420 watts there, I don’t really want to have a conversationI feel good but I just want to be focused on my breathing. “He runs just at another level.”
Tadej Pogacar had fun of this anecdote, explaining on Instagram to the Welshman that “It’s so long to recover after the first climb. »» This discussion did not really prejudice the Slovenian, who will finally attack in the Côte de la Redoute 30 kilometers from the finish to win the Belgian monument for the third time in his career (2021, 2024 and 2025). Aged 38, Geraint Thomas may have to say that he was to consider his sports retirement, when he finished the race in 93rd position, more than ten minutes from Pogacar.
