Tadej Pogacar will ride Giro d’Italia in 2024

The wait is over, according a short video clip posted on the social media by the official accout if the Giro d’Italia, Tadej Pogacar will have his debut at Giro d’Italia next year.It might have been an indication that his plans for next March look very Italian, including Strade Bianche, Tirreno-Adriatico and Mialmo-Sanremo. (But he … Read more

23 July 2023 Tadej Pogacar’s last day in white jersey

Tadej Pogacar celebrating his white jersey in Paris at the Tour de France 2023

Tadej Pogacar won the white jersey competition at Tour de France in every year since he attended the race first in 2020. He jumped into the first position after the 4th stage (Sisteron-Orcières-Merlette) in 2020 for the first time. And he wore it on the last stage of Tour de France 2023 for the last … Read more

Let the real fight for the yellow begin (Paris-Nice 2023 Stage 4)

Slovenian cycling superstar Tadej Pogacar crossing the finish line wihile celebrating his victory at the Paris-Nice 2023

Paris -Nice 2023 Stage 4 Saint-Amand-Montrond – La Loge des Gardes 8 March 2023 165 km SUMMARY The first stageof the race  including a 1st category climb (a summit finish) ended with a strong statement by Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirares). He and his team were already preparing for the intermediate sprint with the time … Read more

Unconventional team time trial (Paris-Nice Stage 3 )

Jumbo Visma riders crossing the line at Paris-Nice

Stage 3 Dampierre-en-Burly- Dampierre-en-Burly 7 March 2023 32,2 km Results of the time trial 1 Jumbo-Visma 33:55 2 EF Education-EasyPost 0:01 3 Team Jayco AlUla 0:04 4 Groupama – FDJ 0:14 5 UAE Team Emirates 0:23 6 BORA – hansgrohe 0:25 7 Soudal – Quick Step 0:39 8 Trek – Segafredo 0:45 9 Bahrain – … Read more

Mads Pedersen sprints into yellow (Paris -Nice 2023 stage 2)

Mads Pedersen wins the sprint in the second stage of Paris-Nice 2023

Stage 2 Bazainville – Fontainebleau 6 March 2023 164 km Summary After the first stage,  Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X) was in the break again, bit this time alone. Tadej Pogacar took the 6″ time bonus again, now he is 2nd in the general classification. In the finale, Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) was faster and stronger than Olav … Read more

Paris-Nice 2023 stages

Montage of Tour de France winners Tadej Pogacar (2020, 2021) and Jonas Vingegaard (2022) in their yellow jerseys

Paris-Nice 5-12 March 2023 Stage 1 La Verrière – La Verrière 5 March 2023 169,5 km   Stage 2 Bazainville – Fontainebleau 6 March 2023 164 km   Stage 3 Dampierre-en-Burly- Dampierre-en-Burly 7 March 32,2 km   Stage 4 Saint-Amand-Montrond – La Loge des Gardes 8 March 2023 165 km Stage 5 Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise – Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux … Read more

The Pogacar-fun continues

After winning the one-day race Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior  on Monday, the Slovenian rider won also the opening stage of Vuelta a Andalucia  Ruta Ciclista del Sol. As you can see the profile of the stage below, the program of the day included a several 1st category climbs, the last of them, called Despiernacaballos,  was … Read more

Tadej Pogacar kicked off his season with victory

Slovenian cyclists Tadej Pogacar crosses the finish line at Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior

As he did in the previous seasons, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) started his new season with a victory. Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior is a relatively new one-day race in Andalucía, Spain. The first edition was held in 2022, won by Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qasaqstan Team). Its gravel sections makes the race similar to Strade … Read more

The odd couple on the cobbles: Pogacar and Stuyven

Although Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) didn’t managed to win the Tour de France in three consecutive years, his performance was still extraordinary during the entire race.  Especially on famous Paris-Roubaix cobbles of the 5 stage of Tour de France 2022.  The little nice memories of 2022 series on PelotonTales blog is focusing rather on … Read more