In case you'd missed it, Tadej Pogačar is having a pretty good 2024 so far. He has only raced six times, but has won thrice, and finished on the podium twice more. At the Volta a Catalunya this week, the UAE Team Emirates rider won back-to-back mountain top finishes, just underlining how much better he is than the rest of the field.
It leaves the rest of the field with pretty slim pickings. Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step) said the quiet bit out loud this week: "Unfortunately, Pogačar is here, and that means victory will be really difficult."
However, Landa appears to be having fun at his new Belgian team anyway, and we salute the content-looking rider. Pogačar, meanwhile, now has an army of adoring schoolchildren who are eager for his signature, because apparently that's still a thing in 2024.
Elsewhere on cycling's social media this week, there is some top child-of-cyclist content, we see how much a pork pie motivates a rider, and Mathieu van der Poel has lost his mullet.
It appears the Dutchman is following in my stead, because I had a mullet first, and got rid of it first. Sadly, the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider has actually won the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix , two things I'm yet to do. At least I'm ahead of him sometimes.
1. It's a hard life, being a professional cyclist
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2. Jasper Philipsen has the accessory that the whole of the fashion world can't stop talking about
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3. Michael Matthews could not have come closer to winning Milan-San Remo. If only he hadn't lost his sunglasses...
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4. Not only did Eluned King win the biggest race of her career so far, the CiCLE Classic, but she won a giant pork pie. Good stuff.
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5. GC Sepp Kuss has resurfaced, with Matteo Jorgenson getting aboard the hype train
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6. Mathieu van der Poel has always had an air of style
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7. The world champion has even copied me - again - by getting rid of his mullet before Flanders. Shock.
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8. I wish anyone was as big a fan of me as Dylan Groenewegen's son is of him. So sweet.
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9. Has anyone ever been as content as Mikel Landa is here? Perfect.
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10. Tadej Pogačar is a popular man. How many of those children actually know who he is, I wonder.
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11. The next superstar in the making, Alex Dowsett's daughter, Juliette. She can sing and cycle at the same time!
12. At least Robbie McEwen's always got the 'GroundPog Day' millions
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13. I have a cold at the moment, so any kind of mild exertion results in me being as exhausted as Chris Froome is here. That looks hard.
14. I can barely take my hands of my handlebars, let alone change shoes while riding along. Impressive stuff from Lotta Henttala
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15. Being an Olympic gold medallist and former Hour Record holder has its perks...
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16. And finally, the GOATS ARE BACK , I repeat, THE GOATS ARE BACK
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