The mark of Nairo Quintana that Tadej Pogacar has already equaled at only 24 years old

The young cyclist Tadej Pogacarwhich has two Tour de France titles, was crowned champion Tour of Andalusia 2023 after having disputed the last stage with a good finish. That day the test had a route of 184 km between the towns of Otura and Alhaurín de la Torre. The Slovenian categorically avoided Ineos’ relentless attacks at the end of the stage and took first place.

After the fraction, Tadej Pogacar was crowned champion of the event after occupying the first position of this stage and of the general classification, with a time of 21:04:57, followed by Michael Landa of the Bahrain team at 1:23 and finally, the Colombian Santiago Buitrago, at 1:28, he completes the podium.

With this victory, Pogacar reached the record of 51 wins of the Nairo Quintana stage, which if it seemed difficult to achieve for another top cyclist, is much more surprising than one as young as the Slovenian, who is barely 24 years old, has done it.

In the current season, Pogacar is already accumulating four wins stage following his participation in the Jaén Paraíso Classic and the Vuelta a Andalucía. With this, he confirms himself as the best cyclist in the world, in addition, he has not given ground to another of the great cyclists of the international peloton to add victories to his record.

The next competition of the cyclist of the United Arab Emirates team He will be in the classic Paris-Nice on March 5, after taking a break the last week of February. In this competition, he will face another of the champions of the Tour de France, the Colombian Egan Bernalwhich, according to previous reports of the The Ineos teamwould be part of the call for this race.

Nairo Quintana is one of the most important cyclists of the last decade, he is also the best runner in Latin American history to date. He is one of the rare active cyclists to have more than 50 stage victories and his record is all the more remarkable as he is a climber and not a sprinter.

However, the merit of Tadej Pogacar is assessed two points, the first due to his age, since in comparison with the Colombian it took him much less time to reach this figure, while Nairo reached it after several years in the elite of international cycling; and the second, also because of its modality, since it is a runner scaler although it also has the characteristics of being one of the best in the time trial.

In fact, one of the victories most remembered by fans of the sport was during the last stage of the 2020 Tour de France, when the young Slovenian cyclist started the tour in second position in the general classification, behind his compatriot . Primož Roglic.

In this stage, Pogacar sets the best time and reduces the gap he had with the leader. Thanks to his performance, at the end of the event, he was crowned winner of the time trial and kept the Amarillo Jersey with one stage to go to complete the three-week race.

This record for Nairo had already been achieved by another active Colombian at the start of the season; the sprinter from Antioquia, Fernando Gaviria, who took his 51st stage victory after winning the fourth part of the Vuelta a San Juan. Moreover, it was the first stage victory with the Movistar team jersey.

With this victory, he equaled Quintana with 51 stage victories and confirmed himself as one of the most successful Colombian and Latin American cyclists in the history of cycling.