No rider has ever won four consecutive road world titles, and Pogačar's shot at history hinges entirely on turnaround, not talent. UAE Team Emirates is quietly confident he can recover in time — team boss Joxean Fernández Matxín already calls this "the best version of Pogačar we've seen." But Evenepoel, Van der Poel and Van Aert are building specifically for Montreal's balanced circuit, not fighting the Vuelta's seven summit finishes first.