"I was asked if he rides Paris-Roubaix, but I'm not going to reveal that" - Urska Zigart refuses to reveal Tadej Pogacar's secrets after Soudal transfer
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Four-time Slovenian national road race champion Urska Zigart was one of the notable movers in the women's peloton ahead of the 2025 season, swapping Liv AlUla Jayco for the AG Insurance - Soudal team. Given the fact Zigart's partner is Tadej Pogacar, there have some cheeky comments by former Soudal - Quick-Step boss Patrick Lefevere, that Zigart could give new teammate Remco Evenepoel inside information.
"We are going to have inside information, right?" Lefevere told Het Nieuwsblad towards the end of 2024. "You know that his (Tadej Pogacar's ed.) girlfriend Urska Zigart will be riding with us next year at AG Insurance-Soudal. We are going to put her through her paces."
This even led to Pogacar himself recently addressing the rumours. “She's going to the same team as Remco, huh! Will she tell him my secrets?" Pogacar questioned with a laugh to Sporza. "I don't think they'll ride together often. Urska would leave Remco behind too soon."
Now, Zigart herself has spoken out on the topic of her transfer and the potential inside information she could give Evenepoel in the fight for the 2025 Tour de France. "No, I won't do that. I do like competition," the 28-year-old tells Sporza firmly. "Conversely, I was asked if he rides Paris-Roubaix, but I'm not going to reveal that either."
Having made the move to switch teams though, Zigart is now intent on forging her own reputation in the peloton and to follow in the footsteps of her superstar partner. "I felt it was time to explore new horizons. From the first conversation with Jolien D'hoore I had a good feeling about the team. It really feels like a family of wolves," she explains. "Everyone here believes in me and wants to help me. They encourage me very hard. If I had half the confidence in myself that they have in me, I would already come very far."
"I just want to improve in all areas. It's about time I get more self-confidence on my bike and go for the wins. I want to raise my hands as much as possible when I cross the finish line," she adds. "I work just as hard as he does. So I put more pressure on myself to follow his example. But because of that, there is also more attention for me. I feel like I have to prove myself more."
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- Pidcock was riding at a hard enough pace until the sector where Pogacar made up something like 20 seconds in something like... 20 seconds. Pidcock was quite a bit ahead, and suddenly he wasn't. At that point, clearly he would get caught, so might as well get caught sooner and work together. That's just good cycling. (I think the point is, plenty of people win even after they've come down in a crash - Van der Poel crashed at the worlds and won, anyway, for example).RidesHills08-04-2025
- Great sprint, Ineos set him up at exactly the right time, they protected the corners through the turns, and he did the job he was supposed to do. Nice to see him win again.RidesHills08-04-2025
- When Vingo, Rogla, and Wout were all at the height of their powers, a sight to behold.mobk08-04-2025
- To quote the article: riders from Arkéa - B&B Hotels and a few others seized the moment to launch an attack, increasing the pace as Pogacar was briefly off the bike. Not coolmij08-04-2025
- I don’t think it was a matter of easing up. I think it was a matter of attacking. And MVDP said his team would respect similar situations. Perhaps not on the penultimate climb, but I believe they would. To accelerate is a jerk move.mij08-04-2025
- His basic attitude always has been (and we know age often reinforces inherent values), if I’m going down I’m going to try taking you with me.Mistermaumau08-04-2025
- I know it’s tradition and nice but to make the discussion more interesting, if an Arkea rider had driven up to tell Alpecin or UAE to ease off for Mozzato or Vauquelin having a P, would they have been as gentlemanly?Mistermaumau08-04-2025
- That’s probably about right although if they’d talked it over it would have been in all their interests to work together to chase Pog down because those 4 arriving at the finish in that scenario would have left all 4 with a chance of victory.Mistermaumau08-04-2025
- Exactly, that easily makes for a minute at the front. You don’t see Pog cracking often either (less often than MVDP even) but when he does it’s lights out and over too. This is completely normal and to be expected, at the level of competitiveness all these guys are they only crack once they’ve pushed beyond their manageable limit and there’s no coming back from that. When your rival forces you into the red to keep or catch up, it’s over, in that respect, well done to WVA who seems to be world champion in staying just outside the red for as long as he can.Mistermaumau08-04-2025
- If I remember well, Pidcock slowed, whether out of respect or strategically or just happy he could ease off a bit, only he knows. Your point?Mistermaumau08-04-2025