Tadej Pogacar fully ready for Giro d'Italia after training camp, racing and recons - "I think I can still be a little better but not a lot"

Tadej Pogacar won Strade Bianche and the Volta a Catalunya and went on an altitude training camp right after. Having completed it, done recon of Giro d'Italia stages and won Liège-Bastogne-Liège, he now takes the opportunity to spend time at home before making the trip over to Italy.

“I hope that I’m in good shape but I think I can still be a little better but not a lot," he tells in an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport. It is a season that so far only lacks a Milano-Sanremo victory, although he was the headliner and finished third. Everything else he's touched he's won with almost no competition. His biggest rival into the Giro d'Italia is himself in all honesty, as in the mountains no-one this season as kept up with him at any point and the startlist at the Corsa Rosa is very modest in comparison to the Tour de France.

Despite the absolute favourite status into the Giro, there is no sense of pressure or stress. Pogacar will spend the next week at home in Monaco the Italian news outlet reports, taking it easy and enjoying his last few days before making his debut at the Giro. It is said that he should make the short trip to Torino next Wednesday. The team presentation will be held Thursday whilst the race begins on Saturday.

This Tuesday, Gazzetta dello Sport already reported that UAE have decided on their final lineup for the race which includes a team focused on the Slovenian, but saving many weapons for other races throughout the summer. Rafal Majka and Domen Novak will be by his side whilst the team is even giving freedom for Juan Sebastián Molano to chase victories in the sprint stages.