{"id":235198,"date":"2025-07-03T16:49:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/235198\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T16:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:49:15","slug":"what-makes-tadej-pogacar-so-good-the-remarkable-numbers-behind-his-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/235198\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes Tadej Poga\u010dar so good? The remarkable numbers behind his success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tadej Poga\u010dar is one of the greatest riders the Tour de France has ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>The young Slovenian has won the Tour three times, and he&#8217;s the overwhelming favourite for the 2025 edition of the race, which gets underway this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>But what makes Poga\u010dar so good? Here, we explain what you need to know about the Tour champion in numbers, from his resting heart rate to his incredible power output.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2161411193.jpg\" alt=\"Tadej Pogacar climbing Plateau de Beille on stage 15 of the 2024 Tour de France\" class=\"wp-image-926687\"\/>Tadej Poga\u010dar obliterated the climb of Plateau de Beille on stage 15 of the 2024 Tour de France. Jasper Jacobs \/ Getty Images<br \/>\n6.98 <\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old produced just shy of 7W\/kg for 40 minutes when he obliterated the Plateau de Beille climb during the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/news\/2025-tour-de-france-tv-live-streams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tour de France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>37 <\/p>\n<p>Poga\u010dar\u2019s resting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/advice\/fitness-and-training\/power-vs-heart-rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heart rate<\/a> is 37bpm when asleep. As a junior, he had a max heart rate of 213bpm and still frequently hits more than 200bpm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2158904645.jpg\" alt=\"Tadej Pogacar at the start of the 2024 Tour de France\" class=\"wp-image-926694\"\/>Poga\u010dar&#8217;s race weight is around 64.5kg. Christine Poujoulat \/ Getty Images<br \/>\n64.5<\/p>\n<p>Poga\u010dar arrived at the start of the 2024 Tour de France weighing 64.5kg, but that rises to 69kg<br \/>during the winter off-season.<\/p>\n<p>120 <\/p>\n<p>Tour de France riders may now consume 120g of carbs per hour or more, when 60g was previously thought to be the ceiling, helping to fuel Poga\u010dar\u2019s superhuman efforts.<\/p>\n<p>340<\/p>\n<p>The watts Poga\u010dar can push for five hours (zone two) on a hilly training ride.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"733\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2219651020.jpg\" alt=\"Tadej Pogacar riding a time trial during the 2025 Criterium du Dauphine.\" class=\"wp-image-926689\"\/>Pog&#8217;s FTP has been estimated at 415 watts. Getty Images<br \/>\n415<\/p>\n<p>Poga\u010dar\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/advice\/fitness-and-training\/what-is-ftp-and-why-it-matters-for-cyclists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Functional Threshold Power<\/a> has been estimated at 415 watts. That\u2019s the power output the Slovenian can sustain for around an hour \u2013 try that and see how long you last.<\/p>\n<p>8,000<\/p>\n<p>This is how many calories are consumed by a rider during the most demanding days of the Tour. That\u2019s the equivalent of Poga\u010dar chomping on around 76 bananas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tadej Poga\u010dar is one of the greatest riders the Tour de France has ever seen. 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