Tadej Pogacar25, is currently one of the great figures of world sport, a status he has underlined by shocking the world over the past three weeks with his exhibitions in Tour de France.
The Slovenian cyclist, winner of six stages, won the French round for the third time on Sunday (2020, 2021, 2024) with apparent excellence in Jonas Vingegaardsecond 6’17” behind Pogacar, which ended the reign of the last two years of the Danish runner in France (2022, 2023).
Surprisingly, Pogacar also won in May Italy is spinning scoring six stages, as in the Tour, a double that highlights his status as the new ‘cannibal’ of cycling and the most reliable runner in the grand stage tours, the most counted among the cyclists’ records.
Tadej also emerged as one of the big favorites in the Games road test, but the Slovenian Olympic Committee announced this Monday that Pogacar will cause the cancellation of the Paris.
“Unfortunately, Tadej Pogacar canceled his participation due to extreme fatigue,” the Olympic team coach said in a statement. Uros Murn.
The Slovenian cyclist has already shown on his social networks that he is “angry” and “speechless” at the exclusion of his girlfriend, also a cyclist, from the Games. Urska Zigart.
Asked on Sunday about the Paris Games, Tadej, bronze in the Tokyo 2021 Games road testhas avoided and focused his speech on his “dream” of one day wearing the rainbow jersey worn by the world champion throughout the season.
He This year’s World Cup in Zurich (Switzerland)in September, with a mountainous profile, perfectly adapted to the conditions of Pogacar, which will aspire to Giro-Tour-World hat trick which had only two cyclists, the Irish Stephen Roche and the Belgians Eddy Merckx.
In early July, Slovenia announced Pogacar as the leader of the Olympic cycling team, including Matej Mohoric, Luka Mezgec and Jan Tratnikalso selected for the time trial. Domen Novak Tadej’s loss will now be covered.
Source: La Verdad

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