Pogacar: "In the Tour there are no stages where you can win the race but there are many where it can be lost"

Tadej Pogacar will be starting his third Tour de France tomorrow in Copenhagen and he will be defending his two titles of the past. Talking before the race, he's approached his preparation to the race aswell as some expectations.

"It's been a really great year so far. Not just for me but also for the team," the defending champion told N Sport. Pogacar raced his home event the Tour of Slovenia where he won the overall classification, and described the preparation: "We had a great weekend in Slovenia. It has been quite a while since my last race, but we had been preparing in Livigno at altitude and we knew the condition would be good coming into the race. We hit the ground running on day one and from then on we managed to grab a few more victories along the way".

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"This year I can say that the preparation has gone really well. We've had the training camp and we've all done the preparation races. Now all that is left is to get the last bit of rest before we start our journey in Copenhagen," he added. In the mountains the Slovenian is likely a safe bet, most say the real challenge will come from either Covid-19 or crashes.

"On this year's route there are many important stages. In the Tour there are no stages where you can win the race but there are many where it can be lost," he pointed out. "We did a reconnaissance of a lot of the important ones mainly in the Alps and the Pyrenees but also the cobbled stage to Arenberg. What I can say is that it will certainly be an entertaining Tour de France from a spectator’s perspective".