{"id":1811377,"date":"2026-03-06T07:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1811377"},"modified":"2026-03-06T07:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:00:40","slug":"theres-far-more-to-tadej-pogacar-than-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1811377","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s Far More to Tadej Poga\u010dar Than You Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/VELO-PODCAST-mcgrath-pogacar.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-wrap fp-contentTarget\">\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"mb-base-loose flex flex-wrap gap-(--spacing-base)\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-start gap-(--spacing-base-tight)\"><span class=\"font-utility-2 font-bold text-primary\">The VELO Team<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-date font-utility-2 text-secondary\">Published March 6, 2026 07:00AM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What does it take to be considered one of the greatest of all time? A boatload of major wins doesn\u2019t hurt, of course, but how a racer wins can be just as important. Tadej Poga\u010dar\u2018s list of victories includes four Tour de France titles, two World Championships, and a remarkable 10 Monuments, among many others. They\u2019re super-human performances, no doubt, yet it\u2019s the Slovenian\u2019s willingness to race with his heart and gamble it all that sets him apart, especially in this era of relatively risk-averse specialists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_978915\" class=\"pom-image-wrap photo-alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"418\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-978915\" src=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/9781399426541.webp?width=1080&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover\"><figcaption class=\"pom-caption\"><span class=\"article__caption\">Andy Mcgrath is the author of Tadej Poga\u010dar: Unstoppable<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today\u2019s podcast sees Levy speaking with <em>Velo<\/em> contributor Andy McGrath, author of \u201cTadej Poga\u010dar: Unstoppable,\u201d a biography of the modern era\u2019s greatest cyclist. They dig into Poga\u010dar\u2019s early days as a junior, his family life and his mother\u2019s concerns, and how he\u2019s able to remain so calm and positive even when it\u2019s not going to plan. Oh, and might Poga\u010dar have a secret tractor collection?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"mb-base-loose flex flex-wrap gap-(--spacing-base)\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-start gap-(--spacing-base-tight)\"><span class=\"font-utility-2 font-bold text-primary\">The VELO Team<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-date font-utility-2 text-secondary\">Published March 6, 2026 07:00AM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/tadej-pogacar-deep-dive-andy-mcgrath\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/VELO-PODCAST-mcgrath-pogacar.jpg&#8221;] The VELO Team Published March 6, 2026 07:00AM What does it take to be considered one of the greatest of all time? A boatload of major wins doesn\u2019t hurt, of course, but how a racer wins can be just as important. Tadej Poga\u010dar\u2018s list of victories includes four Tour de France titles, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,71],"class_list":["post-1811377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-velo-outsideonline-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1811377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1811377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1811377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1811377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}