VIDEO | Tadej Pogacar spotted cheering on girlfriend Urska Zigart in Romandie

Since winning the Tour de France 2025 last month, world champion Tadej Pogacar has been enjoying a period of well-deserved rest. The Slovenian has kept a low profile, making only brief appearances on the bike since Paris, including riding in a post-Tour criterium at home in Slovenia, and later joined Tour de France Femmes winner Pauline Ferrand-Prévot for a training ride. Away from the spotlight, his partner Urska Zigart has been competing in the Tour de Romandie, where she impressed in the opening time trial by clocking the second-fastest time against the clock.

Yesterday, Pogacar unexpectedly became part of the action in Romandie. Footage published on the race’s official social media channels showed him roadside, cheering for Zigart as she passed. The images quickly spread across cycling circles, with Pogacar’s rainbow-striped Colnago bike making him instantly identifiable despite not wearing his UAE Team Emirates - XRG kit. His presence drew smiles, but what really caught attention was a small detail captured on camera.

At the very moment he was encouraging Zigart, Pogacar appeared to grab a discarded Team Visma | Lease a Bike water bottle from the verge. That small gesture carried some irony, considering Visma are home to Jonas Vingegaard, Pogacar’s fiercest rival and the man he narrowly defeated in July’s Tour. While Pogacar enjoys downtime, Vingegaard is in the thick of preparations for the upcoming Vuelta a España, as he tries to win his first grand tour since the 2023 Tour where he beat the Slovenian.

Pogacar’s own racing calendar resumes in September, when he heads to North America for the WorldTour classics in Canada. Those races will serve as his warm-up before he travels to Rwanda, where the World Championships take place on a hilly course that seems perfectly designed for him. Then, he will try and win Il Lombardia for a fifth time, to wrap up another glorious year for the world’s best rider.