'Tadej Pogacar could extend with UAE Team Emirates until 2030 with €8 million salary'
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The Giro d'Italia has just ended, and with a triumphant victory from Tadej Pogacar, UAE Team Emirates are once again over the roof. The team is absolutely dominating the 2024 season in terms of UCI rankings and all the stars are aligning for a continuously successful future. The team may renew with the Slovenian for an even bigger contract.
It is reported this morning by Gazzetta dello Sport that managers from UAE Team Emirates will travel to the team's home nation soon and discuss a renewal for the Slovenian rider. Pogacar has been a long-term bet of the team ever since he was signed back in 2019 and has since became what is called by many the best rider in the current peloton. Besides his Tour de France - and now Giro - wins, Pogacar has won several monuments and stage-races, wins in virtually every terrain and is an incredibly popular rider in the peloton.
Truly, there is no rider like him current in professional cycling and so he rightfully has the highest reported salary: €6 million per season. However this could go even higher, and the report suggests that the value of €8 million per season will be discussed. Pogacar walked up to the final podium of the Giro with the Slovenian and the UAE's flag, and has become a truly perfect figure for the sponsors' goals.
He currently has a contract until 2027. UAE do have Juan Ayuso, Jan Christen and Isaac Del Toro signed under longer contracts currently; but despite it's length, Pogacar's renewal could add a few more years into his contract. More precisely, up until 2029 - like Tour de l'Avenir Del Toro - or even 2030, which would make him the rider with the longest contract in pro cycling currently.
Pogacar is truly living in a different level than the rest of the peloton, having won six stages and dominating the overall classification at the Corsa Rosa seemingly unchallenged by his rivals. Despite this, it is very likely that he still held something back as he looks to win the Tour de France again later this summer.
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Geraint Thomas and others have said it's a circus. Relative to other sports they are being paid like circus performers.
8 million?! Damn, that's almost a football level salary but well deserved
There’s a lot of funny money floating around close to Naples that has to be spent somehow, so that doesn’t mean much for me. And even if there wasn’t, football to neapolitans is like pasta so no surprise. Looking forward to returning there in a week :-)
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- He already is the GOAT. Merckx rode decades ago when the sport was far less professional and the opposition weaker. You might as well say Djokovic is approaching Rod Laver or Messi is getting near to Stanley Matthews. If a sport advances and you are at the top, you are the GOAT.Renz09-03-2025
- Excellent point about when it’s too late to respond. I was watching the ‘23 Flanders race again, and the break, the bridge, and Mads Peterson all did the right thing. Not enough, but still, the attempt was the thing. I love watching Pogacar race, but I am really hoping for more of that kind of early hard attack in the coming months.RidesHills09-03-2025
- Pure class and nice for him to wait. After Tadej shared some liquids earlier. And besides Tadej took out that gap pretty instantly. No offense to Pidcock but he sat up at the top of a climb with the bridge over was obvious. And this is meant as no offense.mij09-03-2025
- What a ride! 💪
leedorney09-03-2025 - Pure classCrashjames08-03-2025
- If you have a hack to watch it on TV ;-)Mistermaumau08-03-2025
- Katalin Szőke, how many media do you think ever got that right? In Britain, you’re asking for trouble to register your kids’ name with an accent, in France, even something as simple as á is refused as their software doesn’t have it.Mistermaumau08-03-2025
- Awesome job today and I hope you can have a lot opportunities! Forza, Connor!
maria2024202408-03-2025 - Sorry, but a lot of cyclists can testify that there is truth to this training/race day paradox.Mistermaumau08-03-2025
- Cyclingnews: Pogačar and Pidcock are on Le Tolfe. This is the first of 2 times they’ll do this one -the next time, it’ll be the last of the race. Was that a tribute to Murray Walker?Mistermaumau08-03-2025