Tad too soon to be talking about history

TADEJ POGACAR can join some elite clubs at the Tour de France over the next few weeks but a man still eligible for the young rider's classification has no time to think about his place in history.

- IAN PARKER

Pogacar, still only 23, is seeking to become the ninth man to win three or more Tours, and the seventh to win three in a row.

Given the 2020 Tour was delayed until late in the year due to Covid-19, his would also be the quickest hat-trick ever scored if he is wearing yellow in Paris on July 24.

Such achievements would put Pogacar's name alongside some of the greats in Tour history five-time winners Eddy Merckx (inset), Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain among them but the Slovenian will save such thoughts for another day.