Despite Pogacar's immense success over recent seasons and especially in 2024, where both the Maglia Rosa of the
Giro d'Italia and the Maillot Jaune of the
Tour de France has gone home with the 25-year-old superstar, along with six stages of each Grand Tour to boot, Zigart insists success and fame have not changed Pogacar. "He hasn't changed since I first met him," Zigart explains. "He's someone who pushes hard on the pedals, he stirs up so many emotions in so many people around the world. But for me, he doesn't have to do anything to be special."
"We are very close and we do the same thing. We know exactly what the other needs because we experience it together. And when our careers are over, I don't think our lives will be normal again, because it has never been normal," Zigart continues. "And then maybe we will start a family. Or maybe start a business. Maybe I will continue studying law."
With starting a family of course comes children. Could the next generation's star of the peloton come from the genes of the ultra talented Pogacar and Zigart? "We will let our children decide for themselves what they want to do," Zigart says without pressuring. "But if they do decide to become a cyclist, then we will happily follow them in a mobile home in the Tour."
Despite Pogacar coming off as an uber confident rider though, Zigart insists even the great Slovenian himself has worries and self doubt at times. "Last year he doubted himself a little bit. Tadej also had a bad fall at 70 km/h. He sat on the road for five minutes because he didn't know what had happened. He wasn't sure of himself last year," she recalls. "There are other things he doubts himself about. I once beat him at pool. I also beat him at darts. But he's gotten a lot better at that now."
With both Pogacar and Zigart absent from the Slovenian lineup for the 2024 Paris
Olympic Games, there will be plenty of chance for the couple to spend some rare quality time together in the coming weeks.
