Bradley Wiggins on Tadej Pogacar: He is f*cking incredible

Strade Bianche 2022 - 16th Edition - Siena - Siena 184 km - 05/03/2022 - Tadej Pogacar (SLO - UAE Team Emirates) - photo Ilario Biondi/SprintCyclingAgency©2022
Unrelenting in his effort, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) pushes on final climb to win solo in Siena at Strade Bianche (Image credit: Ilario Biondi/SprintCyclingAgenc)

Tadej Pogačar’s 50-kilometre solo ride to victory at Strade Bianche was incredible even by his own high standards, sparking surprise and admiration from his rivals, his UAE Team Emirates manager as well as fellow Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins, who followed Strade Bianche from a Eurosport/GCN motorbike.

Pogačar has taken a number of historic victories during his short career and his win on the gravel roads of Tuscany was up there with the best of them - his time trial to La Planche des Belles Filles to win the 2020 Tour de France, last year’s mountain stage to La Grand Bornand when his distanced all his rivals, and his 2021 victories at Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Il Lombardia.

Stephen Farrand
Head of News

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.