Tadej Pogačar: ”Haters gonna hate, it’s always like this. I always think about Novak Djokovic, how great a mentality he has.”
"He had one of the toughest careers about this, about getting boos and unnecessarily, because he’s the greatest. When someone is booing, I look up to Novak Djokovic and think about him."
”In cycling, it's actually not so much booing, it’s like 99 percent of people are cheering for everybody. Cycling fans are the greatest of all the sports, so we should be happy and grateful to all the fans. Even though there was some booing, to all the guys that were booing, they gave us more power."
📷: wolfis #TDF2026
This is the guy they hate. This is the guy they are writing the worst things possible about. Just because he is the best. Just because he wins.
All while he tries to share positivity wherever he goes and show people why he loves this sport. He celebrates with the fans. He jokes with his rivals. He signs autographs, takes photos, smiles, and never forgets to thank his team and the people who make cycling what it is.
And races with pure passion, attacks when others would wait, when others would in this phase of the race and with this big gap on second just sit on the wheel to defend safely yellow like we saw decade ago.
You don’t have to support him. You don’t have to cheer for him. Everyone is free to have their favourite rider. But there is a difference between supporting someone else and spreading endless hate, insults, and accusations without evidence simply because one rider is better than the rest.
I know these days it is trendy to write different things about Pogi, but this blog will always be different. I want this place to be a safe place and a place that brings you joy of cycling instead of bad feelings. So let’s enjoy cycling ❤️
Thank you for photo to Clément Parnot. #TDF2026