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When the Tour de France gets underway in Florence on Saturday, the eyes of the cycling world will be on UAE Team Emirates star Tadej Pogacar and his chief rival, the two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard of Team Visma Lease A Bike.
FLORENCE, Italy : Tadej Pogacar has recovered from COVID-19 and feels ready for one of the toughest challenges in road cycling, the Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double, while his main rival and defending Tour champion Jonas Vingegaard is playing down his own expectations.
Tadej Pogacar has recovered from Covid-19 and feels ready for one of the toughest challenges in road cycling, the Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double.
“Winning the Giro d’Italia was an incredible experience, one that I will always cherish. It meant a lot to me as it was my first time at the Giro. To win in the way we did, it was one of my biggest wins so far. I was happy I got to celebrate with the team, they were with me for the three weeks and the training camps before. They mean a lot to me, we’re like a family and it was a special moment with them. I really enjoyed it, it was incredible.”
FLORENCE, Italy : Tadej Pogacar will be the man to beat at the Tour de France, which he enters riding a wave of exceptional results this season, while main rival, defending champion Jonas Vingegaard, starts the event having just recovered from serious injuries.
Tadej Pogacar will have more cycling history in his sights when he aims to become just the eighth rider to complete the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France double in the same season.
Thinking back to the start line in Venaria Reale on Saturday, May 4, the rumblings and whispers amongst the peloton, echoed by the voices of the cycling world, were focused solely on one topic and one man: if not Tadej Pogacar, then who? If Pogacar, by how much?
Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar blew away his rivals to win the Giro d'Italia on his debut in the race, winning by the biggest overall margin since 1965 after Sunday's final stage in Rome.