‘I Start Every Season with Doubts’: Tadej Pogačar on Eve of 2025 Debut at UAE Tour
Triple crown star keeps world guessing on Vuelta and Roubaix plans; UAE Tour rivals admit difficulty of taking on world champion.
Tadej Pogačar is a Slovenian professional cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. He won the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Tour de France, winning three different jerseys during each Tour, a feat unseen in nearly four decades. Wikipedia
Tadej Pogačar is a Slovenian professional cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. He won the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Tour de France, winning three different jerseys during each Tour, a feat unseen in nearly four decades. Wikipedia
Triple crown star keeps world guessing on Vuelta and Roubaix plans; UAE Tour rivals admit difficulty of taking on world champion.
We’ve already seen it raced at the UAE Tour Women but Pogačar’s Colnago Y1Rs has the sacred rainbow stripes and a 3D printed Wahoo mount.
Vingegaard, Kuss, Van Aert debut at Portuguese tour in first test of Visma’s 2025 quest to reclaim 'super team' superiority in cobbled classics and Tour de France.
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Faceoff: Jim Cotton and Andrew Hood argue the potential and pitfalls of Pogačar rewriting his 2025 race program and braving the 'Hell of the North.'
Pogačar posts video of himself clattering across the cobbles of the Trouee d'Arenberg to raise speculation of shock 2025 debut at the 'Hell of the North.'
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Tour de France course designer Thierry Gouvenou says TTTs will be back, but hints that format tweaks might leave some purists unhappy.
Opinion: The 'super team' stanglehold on grand tour racing means only superdomestiques have a chance at breaking the Pogačar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel, Roglič lockout.
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Climbers’ paradise for the 2025 Giro: Women’s Giro features 2 summit finales, men tackle Colle delle Finestre and Mortirolo.
So long café ride, hello suffering: The UAE Emirates 'junk mile' methodology sent Pogačar to the top of the world, but some fear for its sustainability.
Belgian star still has not trained on the bike since December crash and hopes for Ardennes return: 'It's been a tough period for me.'
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Visma Lease a Bike team leader clear on challenge: ‘To beat him I need to reach a new level’.
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Swiss phenom Christen idolizes Tadej Pogačar and has the confidence to match his world champion teammate: 'I expected that I would develop so fast.'
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Breaking down where each major male one-day contender stands as we slowly approach the 2025 season.
Chinese mega-sponsor XDS officially joins WorldTour, online supermarket Picnic partners Dutch team, Pogačar and Roglič get new kits.
UCI calls for ban on controversial use of carbon monoxide after revelations that Tour de France-toppers Visma-Lease a Bike and UAE Emirates were tinkering with the toxic gas.
Pogačar targets Tour and Worlds defence after ‘perfect season’, decision to race Giro or Vuelta on hold.
On Thursday, December 12, the virtual cycling platform MyWhoosh is hosting a free virtual ride with the Slovenian wunderkind.
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Colnago has taken some heat for leaving Tadej Pogačar with no aero bike. It looks like that’s changing with a model called the Colnago Y1RS.
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Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe still backs 35-year-old Roglič in his eternal quest to win the Tour de France after 'big disaster' of 2024 crash and DNF.
World champion Pogačar near-obsessed with La Primavera following series of near-misses.
Double Tour winner left ‘smashed’ after turbulent and testing season.
Breaking down where each major grand tour contender stands as we slowly approach the 2025 season.
‘We really believe he can be one of the top GC guys,’ says the Lidl-Trek team of talented youngster.
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Jonas Vingegaard confirms he's mulling a run at the Giro but only if it makes sense for July: 'The Tour de France is the biggest thing in cycling.'
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With the Italian monument and the Spanish grand tour next on Pogačar's career 'to-do list,' the 'Hell of the North' looms as an inevitable target: 'I might have to gain some weight.'
Jack Burke, a Canadian well-known on the North American circuit, has been smashing Strava records across Europe. Now he wants to join the WorldTour: 'Let’s hope some kind of opportunity comes from this.'
Italian super agent reveals details of Pogačar's record $200 million buy-out clause: 'No possibilities of changing teams.'
Defending champ says bring it on after Tour organizers revisit scenes of his past weaknesses.
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Shoddy Dave takes a look at the inner-workings of Italian sunglass and cycling bag maker Scicon.
Pogačar is on a mission to be even more Merckxian while his rivals can only bow their heads: 'He makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong.'
Visma-Lease a Bike bullish Vingegaard can return to top of grand tour hierarchy, but accepts it won't be easy: 'We need to step up in all areas.'
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Can fresh access to a space-age performance center and an F1 expert bring Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe level to Pogačar and UAE Emirates?
Evenepoel bullish on 2025 after key arrivals at Quick-Step: 'I want the feeling of winning a grand tour again.'
'La Gazzetta dello Sport' reveals the whopping numbers behind Pogačar's new wallet-busting deal.
Evenepoel chooses loyalty over Red Bull-Bora’s blockbuster contract temptation that would have been cycling's first eight-figure-deal.
Roglič accepts he needs to adapt to Pogačar and his 'completely different way of cycling' – but time is running out for Red Bull's veteran leader.
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No risk of complacency for Slovenian star: ‘He has always been one of the best in motivating himself, finding new goals’
Next year's Tour is loaded with climbs where Vingegaard stomped on Pogačar – but Visma-Lease a Bike accepts it needs to 'close the gap'.
No cobbles or gravel, but plenty of drama should be delivered in a route heavy on uphill finals and explosive breakaway stages.
For some, world number one Pogačar is the most exciting thing to happen to the sport in years. Kelly feels otherwise.
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