The leader of UAE Team Emirates won the Tour de France for the fourth time this summer for the fourth time, but it took him a lot of effort. In the last week and also the days afterwards, Pogacar regularly fell out that he was all the way through and also hinted on an early pension.
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For the WorldTour matches in Canada, the energy seems to have returned a bit. “I have some motivation again. The first few weeks after the Tour it was more difficult to find the motivation, but it is a nice trip and the atmosphere is good. The local rounds also give a kind of championship feeling. I hope to win one of these games,” said Pogacar, who was already the best in Quebec in Montreal last year.
Wout van Aert
Pogacar is not the only big name there. Wout van Aert also drives the Canadian classics. The Belga-Lease A Bike Belgian was the first driver in a long time in the final ride of the Tour de France to drive Pogacar off. “Whether it will be a rematc? If Wout is here, he certainly wants to go for the victory. He doesn’t have many competitions anymore, so he will be super good. We will see if it will be a duel again, because there are still many good drivers here who find a course that lies them.”