Next Sunday, cycling will focus on Cycling World Championship road test. A tough test, 273.9 kilometers, with several candidates competing for medals, but there is one that stands out from the rest, and it is none other than the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar. The corridor of UAE Team Emirates He’s won most of the races he’s entered this season, just two runaways, and he’s won them by a huge margin.
After the new exhibition that Pogacar gave a few days ago Montrealwhich served as a luxury training session for this Sunday’s event, his candidacy is still gaining strength to be considered a strong contender to succeed the Dutchman in the competition record. Mathieu Van der Poel.
Slovenia will present an important selection, consisting of Matevz Govekar, Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic, Matej Mohoric, Jan Tratnik -who recently signed for Primoz Roglic’s Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe- Luka Mezgec and Domen Novak. Looking at the level of each of them and Pogacar’s numbers, everything suggests that Tadej will be the Slovenian’s best bet from the start and the rest of his teammates will work for him, but no it’s so clear.
A few days ago in an interview with the Slovenian newspaper ‘Delo’ in Primoz Roglic They asked him who would hold the leadership of the combined team. Slovenia and he replied: “I can’t make any predictions. Time trial and road test courses suit me.” A few words from which it is clear that Roglic is not a priori plan to put himself under the orders of Pogacar.
Pogacar did not compete in the time trial, he did Roglic who finished 12th and who this season won the Dauphiné Criteriumhad to leave Tour de France by falling and then dominating with an iron fist at La Vuelta.
For Roglic (34 years old), this is his sixth participation in the road test of a World Championship. The last one was in 2021, he finished 48th, and his best result was 6th in 2020. Also for Pogacar (25 years old) it was his sixth appearance in the long event of a World Championship. The last one was last year and that’s where he got his best result, 3rd.
These statements from Roglic came before the Zurich time trial, now it remains to be seen if he will keep them on Sunday and what the role of the coach will be.
Source: La Verdad
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