Tadej Pogacar will not race anymore until 2026 but he will be present in Canada for the World Championships, and to support fiancée Urska Zigart. The latter has provided an update on the World Champion's conditions, a few weeks after his season-ending crash.
“It’s not exactly home turf, but it will be very special to have so many fans there," Zigart shared with DirectVelo. Zigart is putting in the final touches for the Montréal World Championships, where she will be an outsider for the rainbow jersey.
After the Worlds come the Europeans the week after, where Zigart will be racing at home. "There’s a huge buzz across the country surrounding this European Championship. We’re a bit disappointed that Tadej won’t be part of the action, but he’ll still be there to support us".
Pogacar, who suffered a concussion, fractured collarbone and a vertebra, was ruled out of the rest of the season as there was not enough time to recover from his injuries.
“Right now, he’s fully focused on recovering from his injuries. But maybe he’ll come to Canada to support me at the World Championships—or why not race himself," she joked. "Crashes happen. You have to adapt and bounce back, and I’m sure he’ll come back stronger next year.”
Tadej Pogacar ended his season after a crash at the 2026 Vuelta a España
Zigart ready to fight for the win in France
Having had a packed schedule this year, Zigart finished in the Top10 of both the Vuelta Femenina and Giro Donne. Her Tour de France Femmes performance didn't match the AG Insurance - Soudal rider, but her return to racing now in September shows a better face.
After two stages of the Faun Tour Femmes, the Slovenian sits third in the overall classification behind Niamh Fisher-Black and Juliette Berthet. "We came here with a strong squad and plenty of climbers. The course will be tough every day—or at least punchy—and that should suit us well, especially me".
Amongst others, Zigart is teaming up with the returning Sarah Gigante, who began her 2026 season only this week. On the final stage of the race, the peloton will tackle an hard ascent on two occasions, a day for the pure climbers such as her.
"It’s a small peloton here; I like that kind of scenario, though I know it makes the race harder to control. We’ll need to be very smart to sniff out the right moves. But ultimately, it’s going to come down to attacking at some point."
"I feel good; my form is solid. I took a bit of a break after the Tour and am now in the final phase of preparation for the World and European Championships. I feel ready," Zigart concluded.
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- It doesnt take a genius to understand that Pogi is 1 level above and Pogi is younger that Jonas, so Jonas will not win under ordinary circumstances. Pogi has to crack hard for Jonas to win. It doesn't matter whether you defend Jonas or not , facts remain facts. Jonas himself says his numbers are better than 2022/2023, so Jonas is more or less optimized and we are just see the stochastic variation due to other factors. I think he will retire along with Pedersen in WC denmarkabstractengineer13-11-2026
- They only raced each other during the 2026 Tour, but here's a few metrics to look at. Stage 3 (Granollers to Les Angles): Pogačar won the stage, finishing 2 seconds ahead of Vingegaard (2nd). Del Toro finished 24 seconds behind Stage 6 (Pau to Gavarnie-Gedre / Col du Tourmalet): Pogačar won solo, Vingegaard finished 2nd (losing 2:38), and Del Toro finished 3rd (at +2:57, finishing 19 seconds behind Vingegaard). Here, Jonas Vingegaard outclimbed Isaac del Toro by 19 seconds on the mountain stageawp13-11-2026
- your clinging to the past. Jonas was dropped by del toro many times last year and jonas never managed a climbing numers del toro did in dauphine last year -entire year. Trend is also evident theres no discussion your living in the past, its beent he same with jonas for many years now and only developing, meanwhile del toro is rising and developing greatly. This is all obvious stuff and im not even a del toro fan. No point discussing numbers or this i suspect you dont watch much now but rather think its 2022 still cause this aint hard.miguel13-11-2026
- We can go through metrics if you like, Del Toro, who I do admire and support, is not on the same level as Jonas just yet. You will see that in early 2027 if they have any crossover races. I do hope they both race the Giro. You are correct though, Jonas is getting older and will not be able to hand on much longer. I see 2027 as a good year for him. Obviously behind Tadej though.awp13-11-2026
- What wins? Are you LA operating under a pseudonym?mij13-11-2026
- My point is this - Tadej, Remco, Seixas are all the outliers. Many riders don’t hit their peak until 28. It’s way too early to write him off. And the pogi slo guy that hates him - he’s also immature. Ayuso needs time.mij13-11-2026
- Then you need to use ur eyes or head if you have cause del toro already dropped jonas two times and beat him in tdf stages already this year.. Del toro climbed(dauphine) better numbers than jonas did all year too. So ur feelings and wishful thinking doesnt amtter del toro himself has already surpassed jonas infact just facts. Its also very evident for anyone objective that Jonas is declining alot, its just the truth and super obvious.miguel13-11-2026
- None of those victories stand, so there's that,wrsty13-11-2026
- No surprise there; it is British Sycling, yes, with an S
Rafionain-Glas12-11-2026 - I like Del Toro but he's not on the level of Jonas, by a large margin.awp12-11-2026
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