{"id":177357,"date":"2025-04-29T11:50:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T11:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/i-dont-think-i-can-do-this-every-spring-tadej-pogacar-plays-down-expectations-for-repeat-classics-season-stunner-in-2026-and-beyond\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T11:50:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T11:50:56","slug":"i-dont-think-i-can-do-this-every-spring-tadej-pogacar-plays-down-expectations-for-repeat-classics-season-stunner-in-2026-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/i-dont-think-i-can-do-this-every-spring-tadej-pogacar-plays-down-expectations-for-repeat-classics-season-stunner-in-2026-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I don’t think I can do this every Spring’ – Tadej Poga\u010dar plays down expectations for repeat Classics season stunner in 2026 and beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘An Absolute Monarchy – one of the Greatest Classics Campaigns in History’ was how L’\u00c9quipe<\/em><\/a> titled its front page report on Tadej Poga\u010dar<\/a>‘s one-day track record this Spring following his latest victory at Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge<\/a> last weekend, and a series of raw data on his performances, also published by the newspaper on Monday, showed that the dramatic headline was anything but unjustified.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It’s relatively well-known that securing nine Monuments \u2013 one more than archrival Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck<\/a>) \u2013 now puts Poga\u010dar on an equal footing with such all-time greats as Fausto Coppi, Sean Kelly, Costante Girardengo and equal third in the all-time ranking behind Eddy Merckx and Roger De Vlaeminck, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n