Pogacar, the tight-rope walker who strolls on thin air

They had promised us a chiaroscuro July, a blade-to-blade duel between Vingegaard and Pogacar. The Dauphiné—France’s dress-rehearsal where every man adjusts the tassel of his cap—turned into a solo delivered in perfect Slovene: Tadej Pogacar spoke, and the mountain fell silent.