When do Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard race again as Tour de France rematch looms in July?

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) have gone blow for blow in the early part of the 2023 season as the pair look set to for another battle royale at July's Tour de France. Pogacar has confirmed his status as a rider for all stages, winning Paris-Nice and the Tour of Flanders to go alongside the existing Grand Tour pedigree he already has.

Ad Vingegaard has been perhaps slightly less visible this year so far, but came to the fore at the recent Itzulia Basque Country, looking dominant as he took the title to register his first win of the campaign. Ronde van Vlaanderen'Real cycling' — Merckx says Pogacar 'can win everything' in the sport03/04/2023 AT 10:50 And as spring well and truly arrives in Europe, thoughts are already turning towards the sequel of the spellbinding 2022 Tour de France, which saw the pair go toe-to-toe for the yellow jersey — with Vingegaard ultimately victorious after wrestling the lead from Pogacar on one of the all-time great stages up the Col du Granon.

With just two-and-a-half months before Le Grand Depart, how are the two riders preparing for the race that will define their year? POGACAR TAPERING HIS CALENDAR Like last year, the Slovenian has continued his focus on the shorter races in the early months of 2023. After winning the Giro di Lombardia Monument last year, he followed that up by taking his first Flanders crown earlier this month after streaking clear of Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin–Deceuninck) in the closing stages.

That means he has now won three of the five Monuments, with just Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix still to tick off. In the coming weeks, Pogacar will feature at the Amstel Gold Race (April 16) and then at Fleche Wallonne (April 19) and