Pogačar will compete in the Slovenian Cyclocross Cup on Sunday
Two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) has decided to join his fellow road cyclists in cyclocross and will take part in the Slovenian Cyclocross Cup on Sunday in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.
Pogačar is no stranger to discipline, as in 2018 he was the national champion of Slovenia in cyclocross. Since then, however, he has focused on an extremely successful road career, as he took the first podium for the Grand Tour in 2019 at the age of 2019 on the Vuelta a España. 21 and then became the Tour de France champion for the next two seasons.
While Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and now Tom Pidcock have combined “cross and road with success”, other top professionals like Gorka and Ion Izagirre like to jump into some local “cross country races” out of season for fun.
While most riders will enjoy watching the first major battle between Van der Poel, Van Aert and Pidcock at the World Cup in Dendermonde, Pogačar’s race is more modest and in support of the Rog cycling club, where he helped develop the youth. team, and to put his fame behind the pressure to create a cycling center near the place where the race will take place on the grounds of the Stožice Hippodrome, he says Sio1.net.
As reported by Sporza.be, during his visit to the headquarters in Colnago, Pogacar asked them to make him a “cross bike”.
He will be joined in the race by Luka Mezgec (BikeExchange), who is also a former national cyclocross champion.
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