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Originally Posted by tchaz
Villagery comment. Dead wrong, but from a v!Viggo pov.
Yeah not exactly the greatest take in hindsight LOL
It seems to me like it was more a case of Pogacar releasing some pent up anger from the past two years - his comment about Vingegaard clearly being in the form of his life after he lost that one stage also felt more about talking himself up. I think he has probably been very frustrated about losing the prior two years, having to listen to people saying Jonas was a better GC rider and so on.
Feels like we saw a different side of him. I don't find it particularly charming, but I can respect the winning mentality - which is probably part of his huge success that has made him considered an all-time great at the age of 25. I certainly tip my hat to him, and witnessing a guy spoken about as rivalling Merkx - and who may at some point be talked about as superseding him is nothing short of incredible.
He reminds me of Cristiano Ronaldo in that sense; he wants to be the best at everything always, and cannot stand to be seen as even #2. I'm hoping we see that Vingegaard is actually Messi next July.