For the two-time Tour de France champion this modality is not new, in 2018 he was the best Slovenian in the elite division.
The two-time winner of the Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Team Emirates) joins the stars of road cycling who have decided to venture into cyclo-cross, and will be on the starting line this Sunday in Slovenian Cup in Ljubljana, by invitation of the organization.
Pogacar, Slovenian national champion of the modality in 2018, returns to this activity for the close of a season that had him on the road every year at the top of the Tour de France podium, and as a bronze medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
In recent years, the Slovenian has been described as a prodigy of road cycling, a modality in which he has added continuous successes, since he stood out in the Vuelta a España in 2019, where he placed third, at 21 years old,
Pogacar thus joins the Dutch Mathieu van der Poel, the Belgian Wout van Aert and also the british Tom Pidcock, who have successfully combined cyclocross and road.
“I’m not very good at it now,” Pogacar had commented days ago. about the cyclo-cross event in Val di Sole (Italy), held on snow; but nevertheless, admitted that this type of evidence interested him, and that he occasionally saw them on television.
While van der Poel, van Aert and Pidcock will race in Dendermonde, Belgium on Sunday, it proves that it is part of the calendar of the world Championship of cyclocross, Pogacar’s career is more discreet, although with a bicycle that, according to specialized media, was designed by the Colnago brand at the request of the Slovenian.
It is anticipated that in the test, which will have a route around the Stozice racecourse, Also featured is Luka Mezgec (BikeExchange), another road racer and former Slovenian cyclocross champion. (D)
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