Tadej Pogacar will be riding the Tour de France this summer in an attempt to defend his title and take a third triumph home, and he has opted for a less traditional run-up to the Grand Boucle, different than all of his rivals.
In May he opted to do a recon of the Tour de France stages across the Pyrenees and the Alps before taking on a three-week altitude camp late in the month at Livigno - a very popular altitude training location in northern Italy. This Wednesday Pogacar shared a ride on Strava proving he is still in the area and putting in the hard work whilst most of his rivals are either racing the Critérium du Dauphiné or preparing to race the Tour de Suisse just north of the border.
Like last year he will be racing his home Tour of Slovenia in the upcoming week as the final preparation race before the Tour. Whilst he is the outright favourite to take the overall win, his primary focus will be to test his legs before the big goal of the year.
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- MvdP is just afraid losing Pogi on his sight. Since 2023 Tour of Flanders is a nightmare for him when he dropped.
James2631823-12-2024 - The only handicap for Pogi is heat in the Tour de France but it seems resolved drastically this year and it seems destined to take more glory to his unmatched palmares in years.James2631823-12-2024
- Everyone rides behind Pogacar.Sweep23-12-2024
- everything you hear about lance and his team back in their “glory” days is so weird and creepy and gross. it always just reinforces that at least among a certain group, lance isn’t hated and despised only for the doping — other dopers have been cast out but not HATED — it’s because he’s just an extremely AWFUL human being in virtually every way imaginable.OCexile23-12-2024
- When I ask AI "Has Tadej Pogacar ever raced cyclocross against Mathieu van der Poel?", the answer says NO. Is that really true? Wonder how they would do when clearly in van der Poel's territory.Ride197423-12-2024
- Next year in Rwanda, the peloton will likely be Strade Bianche Pogi style attack like we saw this last March.James2631823-12-2024
- There were a lot of riders whose biggest mistake was joining Armstrong's team. They all sold their souls. I remember Boonen losing the PR because he had to stop and wait for Hincapie to climb out of a ditch.Sweep23-12-2024
- Again, again and again..........Senna196023-12-2024
- Veni Vidi Viciabstractengineer23-12-2024
- Funny I've watched that moment a few times when Cancellara powered away and thought was that for real? Now Pogacar does similar regularly and I don't know what to think?roadman5412123-12-2024