Last season the
UAE Team Emirates had a try in the cobbles and found he's a natural. His climbing capacity, endurance and aggressive racing made him an extremely dangerous rider who was in the fight for the win in Flandres. He rode to fourth on the road as his collaboration with Mathieu van der Poel - who lack of - saw rivals come back in the final meters.
With Dwars door Vlaanderen out of his schedule, Pogacar's sole preparation race will be the E3 Saxo Classic. However, it simultaneously should be the most important, with many bergs on the menu including the Paterberg/Oude Kwaremont combo, as well as all the competition including Milano-Sanremo winner Mathieu van der Poel and an incredibly strong Jumbo-Visma with Wout van Aert in the helm.
