Tadej Pogačar is ready for the Ardennes 💪🏼 The UAE Team Emirates rider aims for a big result at the Amstel Gold Race on his second attempt 🔥 _____ 🇳🇱 #AGR2023
Doubts had been casted this week over whether Tadej Pogacar would race Flèche Wallone. As he prepares for Liège-Bastogne-Liège and looks not overwork himself this spring the Belgian classic was in doubt, but at the start of Amstel Gold Race he's confirmed to be riding all three Ardennes classics.
“This year we decided to ride all three. They are beautiful races," Pogacar told the camera of Wielerflits at the start this morning. “We are ready to fight. I don't think everyone in this race is going to look at me. The course is not suitable for that. You can start racing very early here.”
The Slovenian is confident heading into this Sunday's race, telling CyclingPro.net that "it is a very technical and hectic race. Left, right, up and down, very fast and with short climbs. But I think we have a good team to stay up front and fight for positions."
The UAE Team Emirates rider has raced three times but surprisingly has only finished in the Top10 once, back in 2020 where he was ninth. Last year he finished 12th, hinting that it is not the best suited classic for the Slovenian. However after a terrific spring, he could find himself in a different position this year.
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- I wonder what would happen if Pogacar attacked on the Cipressa instead of the Poggio in San Remo? Would MvdPoel still be able to follow?Ride197423-12-2024
- Debatable?Ride197423-12-2024
- The point is obvious: MVDP can beat Tadej on CX/Road and Tadej cannot. What is so hard to understand???averagecyclist22-12-2024
- Funny... one doper enabler backing the doper he enabled ! Who would have guessed.frieders322-12-2024
- Wouldn’t be here if I wasn’tMistermaumau22-12-2024
- So you're bored, got itvappaxbipmv22-12-2024
- Does everything need to have a point? If so, 99% of the internet should be wiped away. In relation to recent articles with quotes from other riders, my statement points to the ever more obvious reason why they are asked to comment on the effect of his return.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- If anyone would be interested enough to launch an official survey as to who out of these three should shut up, I don’t know who’d win but I’m due Boonen would be way back in 3rd place.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- And your point is what exactly?vappaxbipmv22-12-2024
- MVDP dominates this sport even more than Pogaçar dominates road racing. Also he can beat Tadej on the road quite regularly, the opposite is unlikely.Mistermaumau22-12-2024