Aanwezig bij huldiging Tadej Pogačar in Ljubljana
VIDEO: Tadej Pogacar given hero's welcome on return to Slovenia
CyclingWednesday, 24 July 2024 at 20:30
Tadej Pogacar ended his wait for Tour de France glory in 2024, reclaiming the Maillot Jaune in stunning style and becoming the first man since Marco Pantani back in 1998 to complete a Giro d'Italia - Tour de France double in the process.
After only one rider managed to stay within ten minutes of the UAE Team Emirates leader at the Giro d'Italia, just the two (Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel ed.) managed to do so at the Tour de France, highlighting Pogacar's immense dominance as he powered to six stage wins in France, matching his tally from the earlier Grand Tour.
Upon his return to Ljubljana, Slovenia, Pogacar has somewhat unsurprisingly being given a true hero's welcome by thousands of his adoring fans and compatriot's in a ceremony in the city centre.
With his absence from the upcoming Olympic Games now confirmed, Pogacar was able to properly enjoy the celebrations and will soon after head on a beach holiday with partner Urska Zigart, who herself was controversially left out of the Slovenian lineup for the upcoming Paris games.
See the images of Pogacar's welcome home down below courtesy on X (Twitter) user @HelwigRon!
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- Interesting suggestion, fo you think testing Tadej’s (or Bolts’ or so many others’) parents would have given us a preview of his potential then or what criteria do you have to pick parents with?Mistermaumau19-12-2024
- Even amateur teams suffer this sort. But this is also largely due to the precarious sponsorship, in very few sports do you find kit with so many sponsors having to be integrated and changing so regularly.Mistermaumau19-12-2024
- I think it’s pretty obvious what was responsible for destroying interest that used to be there.Mistermaumau19-12-2024
- This has been stated repeatedly, MVDP for CX, road and if it already counts, gravel. Lavreysen for track. I expect as a cycling fan you’ve heard of them?Mistermaumau19-12-2024
- The same thing was said when Tadej announced that he would ride the Giro: "he goes to Il Giro because he knows he can't win the Tour". Always negative speculations. Maybe Primoz, near to the final of his career, simply wants to try this experience.
maria2024202419-12-2024 - If Valentino Rossi could never win during his period of dominance, and massive personality, then Pogacar not winning isn't a massive surprise. Cycling isn't a Premier League global sport......only one event reaches the mainstream every year - and that's not good enough.wipperman9519-12-2024
- I don't think it's only a British thing; the biggest talents aren't usually drawn to CX. Where are all the top Italian, French, Spanish, Slovenian CX riders? Apart from Belgium, and Netherlands, it's not really a target for up and coming cyclists - as there's no career unless you move to Belgium. Other countries can't support a proper professional series, like an international sport should be able to do. Lets not forget, since 2016, British riders have won plenty of World championships; with Pidcock, Richards, Tulett & Backstedt all winning more than one..... And, there was a time when Belgium didn't rule the roost in CX; that was Switzerland, but since the advent of XC MTB, their top off-road talents race there instead of CX - and the 2nd raters not good enough for XC MTB, race CX.wipperman9519-12-2024
- "25-34 are only 13% of USA Cyclings membership" Wow. I own a bike shop, and that number comports both with what I see in the business as well as on the road and trails, but it's somehow hugely demoralizing to see it quantified. Thirteen percent?verve82519-12-2024
- What super dutch talent are we talking about?awp18-12-2024
- Yes, 25-34 are only 13% of USA Cyclings membership.awp18-12-2024