On Tuesday, Tadej Pogacar fueled the rumor mill by starting the classic cycling classic Paris-Roubaix. In the meantime, actors from his team UAE Emirates reacted to speculation.
On Instagram, Tadej Pogacar posted a video with his team-mate Tim Wellens from Uae Emirates in the forest of Arenberg, a key point with the notorious cobblestone from Paris-Roubaix.
The Slovenian wrote: “Get the place”.
Pogacar thus nourishes the rumors about a first participation in the French one -day race, which takes place on April 13.
“He will definitely not ride this year”
But a pogacar participation in Paris-Roubaix is probably not planned.
“Paris-Roubaix is currently not in the plans that we have with him,” said Marco Marcato, head of the UAE Emirates, on the sidelines of the Tour of Oman to the Dutch portal “Wielerflits.nl”.
Pogacar team-mate Florian Vermeresch also emphasized: “I knew that he would explore the Flanders Tour and Paris-Roubaix, so that was (video, editor’s note) for me. But no conclusions should be drawn from it. He will definitely not ride this year. “
According to the Belgian, it continued: “For the future, it is always useful to look at such sections of the route and he was in the region for two days. Then only use to visit one day and do nothing on the second. Better on both days and drop by. “
Most recently, Pogacar had also explained a start to the “Queen of Classics”.
“You can never know,” the Tour-de France winner said and added to the “RTV” television station in November: “If the form for such a race is good, my program can also be adjusted during the season. I don’t see my debut in the coming year.