Tadej Pogacar admits to being fuelled by "a desire and a dream to have the rainbow stripes"

There isn't much that Tadej Pogacar hasn't been able to achieve once he's set his mind to it during his career so far. Heading into the men's elite road race at the Glasgow World Championships, the Slovenian is hoping to add a Rainbow Jersey to his palmares.

"Every year is the same, it's the biggest one-day race. This time is a little bit different time of the year just after the Tour. Let's hope for good legs," the UAE Team Emirates rider says, in comments sent to Cycling News. "The parcours is really tricky and really hard. The race itself will be super selective. Let's see - it's going to be a super interesting race and I'm super happy to be here with the national team on the start."

The Glasgow course is an incredibly technical one with almost 50 corners and requires top-quality bike handling skills for anyone with hopes of taking the world title. Cyclocross riders such as Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel are expected to be the favourites for the victory but as Pogacar has proven earlier this year at the Spring Classics he can more than compete with them.

"I always have a desire and a dream to have the rainbow stripes. but it's really tricky to win the World Championships - it's super hard - you need to be the best in the world on that day," he analyses. "We'll see. I will keep coming every year and try to make dreams come true."