Tadej Pogacar 'looking forward' to 2025 return at UAE Tour: "The important thing is we put a good show"
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Tadej Pogacar was recently spotted scouting the Tour of Flanders (which he will race) and Paris-Roubaix (which we don't know if he will race). It is a few last days of European training before he kicks off his 2025 campaign at the UAE Tour (February 17-23).
“I’m really excited and motivated to start the season. Luckily I can say that I had a pretty smooth preparation for this first part of the season and I’m feeling good and ready to go," previews the world champion confidently in a pre-race press release posted on the official website of UAE Team Emirates - XRG. "It’s been a few years now since I’ve raced UAE Tour and I must say I’m looking forward to it."
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"I’m confident to lead the team and I will have strong support around me, both from my teammates and from all the support we get from the fans in UAE whenever we race there. The important thing is we put a good show and really push to win the title in the home race," continues UAE Team Emirates - XRG's leader, Pogacar. "Usually the key stages will be the time trial and then the two mountain finishes at Jebel Jais and Jebel Hafeet but if we get wind on the flat days it can also play a factor so we need to be ready for anything. I think from a spectators’ point of view it will be a really nice race and I can’t wait to start.”
“It’s no secret that this race is one of our key objectives of the year. The aim will be quite clear: to try and take the title which has eluded us the past two years," adds the team's Sports Manager, Joxean Matxin. "We’re on home soil and we know that all eyes will be on us but it’s something we’ll use as further motivation in the race. Pogacar will be our clear leader and we hope for a strong team performance in the TT and for Molano in the sprints. Every stage is very important in this race.”
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