Tadej Pogačar set new information on 288 Strava segments on his approach to a 3rd general victory on the Tour de France this month.
The Slovenian was topped champion as soon as once more in Good final weekend, following a formidable three weeks of racing by which he gained six particular person stage victories.
Now, new knowledge from exercise-sharing app Strava has proven the extent of Pogačar’s dominance, revealing him to have damaged 288 KOMs, all of the whereas changing into the platform’s most adopted athlete.
The UAE Workforce Emirates rider’s first win got here on stage 4 from Pinerolo to Valloire, which noticed the riders deal with the slopes of the notorious Col du Galibier. He took a handful of KOMs on the Galibier itself, which got here simply days after he took the KOM on the San Luca climb in Bologna on stage two in Italy.
He then picked up tens of segments over the primary week, earlier than claiming his most spectacular feats on levels 15 and 19, when he took the KOMs on the mountains of Plateau de Beille and Isola 2000 respectively.
Pogačar earned the KOM on the Plateau de Beille with a exceptional time of 39:39, annihilating a 26-year previous climbing document within the course of. Previous to the Slovenian’s win, the document for the climb stood at 43:28 and was set by Marco Pantani. Pogačar smashed the Italian legend’s time by nearly 4 minutes, an earth-shattering effort.
4 levels later, he then set one other jaw-dropping time on Isola 2000, taking the KOM for the phase with a time of 37:37. Remco Evenepoel, third on the stage, was over two minutes slower than the Slovenian.
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Pogačar then wrapped up the race with one other exceptional KOM on stage 20, taking one of the best time on the Col de la Couillole as he gained his fifth stage of the race.
Strava segments don’t simply rely whole climbs, but additionally the quite a few sections that make them up. Of Pogačar’s 288 new trophies, greater than 10 got here on the Col de la Couillole, whereas over 50 got here on the Plateau de Beille alone.
Strava additionally confirmed that Pogačar is now essentially the most adopted athlete on the platform, taking the crown from Wout van Aert, with a following of 728,087 folks.
Through the Giro d’Italia, which the Slovenian gained by nearly 10 minutes earlier this 12 months, a few of Pogačar’s race information have been flagged by fellow customers, earlier than being reinstated by Strava. “Haters gonna flag,” the 25-year-old joked in a single file title.
Pogačar is subsequent anticipated to compete on the one-day GP Montreal and Québec races in Canada, earlier than heading to Switzerland in September for the UCI World Championships. It was introduced on Monday that the Slovenian will miss the Olympic street race subsequent month resulting from fatigue.
