VIDEO: Tennis legend Novak Djokovic sets sights on Tour de France and calls out Maillot Jaune winner - "I’m coming for you, Tadej Pogacar!"
CyclingMonday, 19 August 2024 at 09:23
Arguably the greatest tennis player of all time, Novak Djokovic is one of the most recognisable sports stars on the planet. Could the Serbian soon be switching sports though?
Well, in a video posted on the 37-year-old, recently crowned Olympic champion's official Instagram account, Djokovic jokingly sets his sights on a career in the professional peloton and even calls out the man of the moment in the cycling world, the 2024 Giro d'Italia and 2024 Tour de France winner, Tadej Pogacar.
"Back in training. Setting new goals. Next stop, Tour de France," Djokovic, a 24-time Grand Slam winner in the sport of tennis, captions a video of himself training on the bike in the forest, even showing a good turn of speed once he realises the camera is on him. "I’m coming for you, Tadej Pogacar!" Djokovic concludes with a laughing emoji.
See the video for yourself down below!
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- I think it’s pretty weird under the circumstances and won’t be surprised if one day we discover some unmentioned detail that triggered this. In the meantime, hope he finds himself elsewhere.Mistermaumau08-05-2025
- Reusser is amazing too. More than just a TT specialist.mobk08-05-2025
- Tough to beat her on the long climbs if she has a team that will bring her fresh to the bottom of the climbsmobk08-05-2025
- Er, building up a 20 second gap in less than a km against the best is not exactly nothing, must have been at least 10% faster. Peletons also reel in breakaways but if they don’t manage BEFORE the end the reeling in doesn’t really mean much does it. She did exactly the right think, destroyed the others’ chances of catching her with a massive attack.Mistermaumau08-05-2025
- Demi must be so happy to now be on a team that works for her, and not against her. I think that if she and the team get their tactics dialed in, she could prove to be unstoppable this year.
santiagobenites08-05-2025 - I wouldn't call 24 seconds destroyed. At the end she was suffering and Reusser was slowly reeling her backabstractengineer08-05-2025
- I dont expect much from them top 5 maybeabstractengineer08-05-2025
- G does not strike me as a tactical support but more of a strategic one. His tactics were follow train and opponents and sprint at the endabstractengineer08-05-2025
- These pro forma statements, always the same, no wonder most people don’t get enthusiastic about follow cycling in depth.Mistermaumau08-05-2025
- Go, Yatesy!! And Felix!mhfrvz08-05-2025
This person, Jokavic, is just that... a joke.
He can play tennis where he doesn't do much, hit a ball, sit inbetween sets, has very little cardio... tennis is not 4 or 5 hours on a bike putting out 300 watts constantly.
At the first crash he has, he will wake up and see how serious cycling is
Riding the TDF is 28 days long, not including the training...
The Jokeman will choke after two days and be looking for his mommy and his warm bed for 16 hours of sleep.
He's literally joking lol
Of course he's just joking.. He was probably riding a bike to strengthen his ailing knees.. Lighten up people!
Very disrespectful comment , if you don't know about tennis better not talk about it.