Tadej Pogacar is 'incredibly scary prospect' for every rider after Tour of Flanders win - Dan Lloyd

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) is an “incredibly scary prospect” for everyone in cycling, says Eurosport expert Dan Lloyd, after the Slovenian’s latest brilliant win at the Tour of Flanders on Sunday. The Slovenian dethroned Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin–Deceuninck) with a sensational solo attack as he added yet another title to his already ridiculous palmarès.

Ad Despite only being 24, Pogacar has won two Tour de France titles, 12 Grand Tour stages and multiple Monuments: Liege–Bastogne–Liege (2021), Giro di Lombardia (2021 and 2022) and Flanders. Only Belgian great Eddy Merckx has won three different Monuments before the age of 25.

Ronde van Vlaanderen'I could retire today and be proud' — Pogacar after brilliant Flanders win6 HOURS AGO Pogacar outclassed cobble specialists Van der Poel and Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) to win in Flanders, a feat made more impressive given his main goal is reclaiming his Tour title from Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) later this summer. And after his latest win on the Flemish cobblestones, The Breakaway gang lauded Pogacar’s incredible versatility.

“I think the scary thing for everybody else is that it looks like he’s still improving,” said Lloyd. “That would be normal for a normal 24-year-old, that you’ve still got room for improvement through to 26-28, whatever your peak is.

“But you just thought of Pogacar given how good he was, maybe he was an early developer and he had already peaked at the age of 23. “But if he is still improving, and there is still room to move that ceiling up, it’s an incredibly scary prospect for every specialist in cycling because he’s showing he can do it on every type of race.” Kopecky destroys field to defend Flanders crown 'I could retire today and be