Tadej Poga\u010dar admitted he may have miscalculated his schedule after being overtaken by Remco Evenepoel in Sunday\u2019s elite men\u2019s time trial at the world championships.<\/p>\n
The Belgian defending champion started two and a half minutes behind the Slovenian. But dayum. Evenepoel stormed past Poga\u010dar<\/a> on the final cobbled climb of the 40-km course. He went on to take his third consecutive world title. Meanwhile, Poga\u010dar was just one second shy of the podium behind Jay Vine and Ilan Van Wilder.<\/p>\n \u201cI gave everything, but of course I\u2019m disappointed,\u201d Poga\u010dar told Eurosport<\/a>. \u201cAnd Remco caught me\u2026 but he is so fast. It\u2019s unbelievable how good he is in this discipline. Chapeau, really. What a race from him. I saw I was one second from the podium, which is bittersweet. If I\u2019d known that, maybe I would have had a bit of extra motivation in the last bit. Today I may regret it, but tomorrow is a new day.\u201d<\/p>\n Tadej Poga\u010dar wins even when he doesn\u2019t cross the line first<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n It is not often you see Pogi caught (if ever?). To see the green-kitted superstar be overtaken was, for some cycling fans, surreal. But for the reigning world road champion, he took it in stride.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s Remco. He\u2019s so good at time trialling. I hope he put everything into this today and that he\u2019ll only be at 99 per cent next week,\u201d he joked, pointing to next Sunday\u2019s road race.<\/p>\n Poga\u010dar also reflected on the impact of his recent Canadian races, saying the trips to Les Grands Prix Cyclistes de Qu\u00e9bec et de Montr\u00e9al may have cost him some time trial preparation. \u201cFor this time trial, maybe I should have skipped the Canadian races. But if I want to be 100 per cent for the road race, I had to go. Canada was a good decision with that in mind,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n For us Canadian fans, we are grateful one of the greatest riders of all time stopped by in his prep for the road worlds. And hopefully it pays off. It would be nice for him to keep his current outfit<\/a>. New kit day is not a good option when you\u2019ve been world champion, and then you\u2019re not.<\/p>\n