{"id":364649,"date":"2025-12-23T22:25:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/364649\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T22:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:25:13","slug":"at-some-point-pogacar-and-vingegaard-will-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/364649\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAt some point Pogacar and Vingegaard will decline\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\u201cHe can still improve and the others are getting older too. At some point they will decline,\u201d Ullrich said, referring to the current benchmark riders Tadej Pogacar<\/a> and Jonas Vingegaard<\/a>.Ullrich sees the foundations for a Tour winner<\/p>\n

Ullrich was clear that Lipowitz\u2019s Tour podium was not a one-off. He highlighted the overall structure around the 25-year-old, pointing to a solid team environment and personal characteristics that matter at the very top of the sport. \u201cThe foundation is good. He has a good team, a good environment and he himself is a strong character,\u201d Ullrich said.<\/p>\n

That combination, in Ullrich\u2019s view, explains why Lipowitz was able to back up his overall podium with the white jersey as best young rider. For the 1997 Tour champion, those signs suggest a rider capable of handling long-term pressure rather than just producing a single standout performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is already preparing for next year\u201d<\/p>\n

Ullrich also revealed that he remains in regular contact with Florian Lipowitz, and was particularly struck by his mindset after the Tour de France. Rather than easing off, Lipowitz has already turned his focus towards the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is training diligently right up until Christmas,\u201d Ullrich explained. \u201cHe already told me that he cannot be here today because of his training. He is already preparing for next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

That attitude feeds Ullrich\u2019s belief that further progress is realistic. \u201cIf a little bit of luck is added to that, then he can definitely move even further forward,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A wider signal for German cycling<\/p>\n

Beyond individual ambition, Ullrich also framed Lipowitz\u2019s Tour de France podium as an important moment for German cycling more broadly. Seeing a German rider on the final podium in Paris alongside Pogacar and Vingegaard, he suggested, has already begun to shift perceptions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really nice to see Lipo on the Champs-Elysees on the podium with Vingegaard and Pogacar. You can already recognise a small boom in cycling,\u201d Ullrich said, adding that he notices the same effect closer to home. \u201cI see it with my children. Of course something like that sparks interest when a German is riding right at the front.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Ullrich, that renewed visibility only strengthens the case that Lipowitz\u2019s Tour de France story is far from finished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cHe can still improve and the others are getting older too. At some point they will decline,\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,18459,58619,5900,18460,82,1422,636],"class_list":["post-364649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-florian-lipowitz","tag-jan-ullrich","tag-jonas-vingegaard","tag-red-bull-bora-hansgrohe","tag-sports","tag-tadej-pogacar","tag-tour-de-france"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}