The Slovenian Wonderboy of Uae Team Emirates looked back on the Tour de France, which he won in his career for the fourth time two weeks ago. Pogacar called the last Tour “one of the toughest he ever drove.” “It was really tough, everyone can confirm that for the general classification. But now I have been rested, I have reset myself and I am ready for new challenges,” Pogacar was hungry again.
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Tadej Pogacar is prepared for everything
At the same time, the 26-year-old world champion was already looking ahead to his retirement. “It is a fact that I am counting down the years until my retirement. I started winning early, but there can also be worse results. I am prepared for everything. I will probably drive a few tours. The Tour is the biggest race and I doubt whether the team will leave me home for a number of years.”
Tadej Pogacar won the Tour for the fourth time last month. © Belga
So count on the fact that Pogacar first wants to match and break the record of five Tour victories of Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Jacques Anquetil and Miguel Indurain.
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Pogacar has already had a busy season with the spring classics and the Tour. The Slovenian therefore confirmed that he will only ride one -day races this year. Striking: in addition to the GP of Québec (12 September), the GP of Montréal (September 14) and the World Cup in Rwanda (28 September), he also drives the European Championship in France (October 5). In Drôme and Ardèche he wants to hunt on his first European sweater, one of the few gaps on his record.
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“I will probably be there,” the Slovenian still built some caution. “According to the information we have, the European Championship will be for climbers this year. It is comparable to the spring race in that region that this year by Juan Ayuso (His teammate at UAE, ed.) was won. But this European Championship probably means that I can’t participate in any other Italian classic except the Tour of Lombardy. “