If there was ever a day when cycling touched the sky with its hands, it was Casdelfidardo's day at Tirreno-Adriatico.
That day was not just one more, everyone will keep it for a long time, the level of cycling exhibited in a typical Italian circuit of a World Cup was stratospheric. From that battle, everyone remembers how Mathieu Van der Poel emptied himself out, but also how Tadej Pogačar reacted in a big way, so much so that he almost gave chase.
"It was a typical classic day, that's how I felt it." says the reigning Tour de France winner, who describes the day as "cold and hard. When it started raining, my fingers felt frozen, even changing was difficult".
There was a key moment that everyone remembers, when on the jersey leader of the Tirreno, Tadej put on a vest with the name of UAE Team Emirates before anyone else. A gesture that was the key to keeping him from cooling off as much as some of his rivals.
Images of his main opponent Wout Van Aert, experienced in Belgian cyclocross winters, with a cold face were looped on TV, while Pogačartook some shelter with that vest.
"When it started to rain the temperature dropped suddenly and I started to feel very cold. The logical thing was to put it on at that moment so as not to lose heat and be ready in the decisive stretch of the race, when I attacked because I saw the rivals in difficulty" continues the final winner of this Tirreno-Adriatico.
A perfect piece in the wind
Thus, the vest did his work, on a day that Pogačardefined as "very complicated, more so with the prevailing wind," proving to be one of the keys in this competition context.
For the amateur medium, Pogačaradvises that "in not so extreme circumstances, the vest works perfectly, because it adjusts the body to the and can be carried perfectly in the pocket of the jersey pocket while training or competing.
In this sense, he defines it as "light and breathable, but also comfortable. As I say, it's very easy to carry with you and take it out if the weather changes".
The vest men's plus 2.0 worn by Tadej Pogacar on the key day of the Tirreno-Adriatico is an improved version of the previous as it incorporates an anatomically optimized fit and neck for the best aerodynamics on the machine. Its textured front fabric and its YKK zipper with double sliderare very effective against the windand the YKK double slider zipper are very effective against the wind, giving the necessary versatility in ascent or descent. It also allows freedom of movement on the go, with easy access to pockets.
All these virtues were enjoyed by Pogačar on one of the best days of cycling in recent years, a day the Slovenian UAE Team Emirates champion remembers fondly: "I'm very happy with how it ended up unfolding as it proved decisive for the overall."
May 2021. That will be the date for the launch of the vest plus 2.0 along with the rest of the UAE Team Emirates 2021 Special Edition garments. Available at Authorized Retailers and gobik.com
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