Tadej Pogačar Archives

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Gravel, Gamesmanship and Girmay – as Pogačar Leads a Thrilling Tour

July 8, 2024 at 9:50 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The Tour de France has delivered lots of thrills and drama but so far few big surprises as pre-race favourite Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) takes a slim lead into the first rest day. World road race champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick Step) is second, 33…

‘Tadej was the strongest’: Jonas Vingegaard on the Gravel Stage Amid Setbacks

July 8, 2024 at 8:07 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Jonas Vingegaard openly acknowledged the superior strength of Tadej Pogačar during the challenging gravel stage 9 of the Tour de France, even as he faced his own series of adversities, including a double puncture and the strategic decision to stick with his teammates rather than…

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Pogačar Takes Control of the Tour With Blistering Solo Down the Galibier

July 2, 2024 at 4:33 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

The Pog giveth and the Pog taketh away. One day after “giving” Richard Carapaz (EF Education–EasyPost) the yellow jersey, Tour de France favorite Tadej Pogačar took it back with a blistering 21km solo from the top of the daunting Col de Galibier (22.9km @ 5.1%)…

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Tour Drama as Pogačar Takes Yellow and France Wins First Two Stages

July 1, 2024 at 7:48 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The 2024 Tour de France opened with more drama than Star Wars as Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) took the yellow jersey on stage 2 (as he did in the Giro d’Italia) and Romain Bardet (dsm-firmenich PostNL) won his first-ever yellow jersey on a remarkable…

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Pogačar Odds-On Favorite to Win Tour de France and Score Rare Grand Tour Double

June 29, 2024 at 3:18 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

Rarely has a Tour de France been so eagerly anticipated as this year’s edition, and rarely has a Tour been so badly hit by misfortune in the runup. The crashes and illnesses that have affected three of the four main protagonists of the race have…

It’s Time to Take Extreme Measures to Prevent Mass Crashes in Road Racing

June 7, 2024 at 10:12 am4 min reading

Road cycling

Another big road race. Another mass crash. More injuries, more riders forced to abandon a race, more riders forced to sit out the Tour de France. And another stage that had to be neutralized because all the available ambulances were taking the injured to local…

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Opinion: Pogačar, Pogačar, Pogačar & Other Takeaways from the 2024 Giro

May 27, 2024 at 8:34 am4 min reading

Road cycling

A lot of words have been written about Tadej Pogačar’s cycling genius over the three weeks of this Giro d’Italia, including in this space. And justifiably so, because his performance has been so brilliant that it has already become legendary.

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Tadej Pogačar: ‘It was a fantastic Giro. The atmosphere was crazy’

May 27, 2024 at 8:17 am2 min reading

Road cycling

Tadej Pogačar expressed a blend of happiness, relaxation, and introspection upon clinching the Giro d’Italia in Rome’s historic center. He not only won six stages but also maintained substantial leads of 9:56 and 10:24 over Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers), respectively.