Dé topfavoriet voor eindwinst in deze Tour de France is ongetwijfeld Tadej Pogacar. De Sloveen hield al lelijk huis in het voorjaar én in de Giro, terwijl zijn voornaamste concurreten - zijnde Jonas Vingegaard, Primoz Roglic en Remco Evenepoel - allemaal flinke ongemakken kenden.
Pogacar lijkt dan ook in ideale omstandigheden naar deze Tour te hebben kunnen werken, al klopt dat niet helemaal. Vooraleerst is zijn grootvader overleden, waarna hij zelf ook corona opliep. Dat onthulde Pogacar zelf op de persconferentie.
De renner stelde wel er niet al te veel last van te hebben ondervonden, waarna hij ook met een discutabele uitspraak kwam waarop hij op sociale media wordt aangepakt. "Corona is dezer dagen niet meer zo gevaarlijk", klonk het immers. Daar denken vele andere mensen toch anders over.
ποΈ Pogacar confirma que tuvo covid tras el Giro de Italia en @Eurosport:
— Eurosport.es (@Eurosport_ES) June 27, 2024
π "Tengo muchas ganas de ver como están las piernas en la etapa 1 y 2"#TDF2024 | #LaCasadelCiclismo pic.twitter.com/PxcCAoIcGu
I love the guy, but I wish he was more careful what he says. My grandma was on a ventilator for 2 weeks from covid this december. There are riders out for a month or more from it. Long term effects still aren't clear. It's not "not that serious anymore" even if it was in his case https://t.co/GhUB9FG3H3
— Goldblue (@GoldblueBirdie) June 27, 2024
Well I hope he’s fine, but he’s speaking shite.
— Left Peggers.bsky.social (@LeftPeggers) June 27, 2024
Who is his doctor. Its sad that four years after covid they dont know that the risk of heart damage, especially for people who are at max heart rate, is very big. The risk of long covid if you are not relaxing for a while also. Damn this guy will damage his entire life for TdF π’
— Ciwan Unai Gerard (@UnaiCiwan) June 27, 2024
95% fake Covid tests and you still play this nonsense π€‘
— Ing. Honza π¨πΏππΊπ¦π (@Honza4746) June 27, 2024
Keep getting it. Sooner or later he won't recover quite as quickly. pic.twitter.com/6Yio4ecbU3
— Dan Jago (@dj1au) June 27, 2024
????????????
— Kjell (@FerrexCS) June 27, 2024
is he ok? why would you say something like that π https://t.co/23AywFADnT
He said https://t.co/7woujQ8yLl pic.twitter.com/MuBvSKmS1W
— #SiempreGino (@NairoInGreen) June 27, 2024
He doesn't remember π€―π
— Miss Genie (@MissIgraine) June 27, 2024
My colleague has two sons and she said one went to a Montessori school and they had a very strict policy even pre Covid-19 - no symptomatic contagious illnesses. The slightest sniffle, cough, temp and they would call you to get you kid pronto. That kid
Good luck with that attitude. He will need it.
— Buktu π©πͺπΊπ¦πͺπΊ (@Buktu1975) June 28, 2024