“Strade is a race where I have some great memories," he reflects in a press release posted to
UAE Team Emirates - XRG's official website. "My track record there is pretty good and I hope to be up at the pointy end of the action again on Saturday. We can expect some strong rivals – the startlist is always on a high level for these big races and it should make things exciting both for us and for the fans."
As mentioned, the world champion has already make a winning start to 2025 too, winning two stages and the general classification of the UAE Tour in his season opener. "It was good to get the season started in UAE, winning made it even better obviously. The team is on a good wave at the moment with many wins already and we’ll hope to continue that over the next races,” Pogacar concludes.