No Vuelta! Pogacar's race programme for the rest of the season is set

DPA

 · 26.07.2022

No Vuelta! Pogacar's race programme for the rest of the season is setPhoto: Daniel Cole/AP/dpa
Der Slowene Tadej Pogacar vom UAE Team Emirates verzichtet auf einen Start bei der diesjährigen Spanien-Rundfahrt.
The Vuelta a Espana will take place this year without two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar.

This can be seen in a statement from his team UAE-Emirates emerged. The 23-year-old Slovenian Pogacar, who played in the last Tour de France Second behind Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) from Denmark, will instead concentrate on one-day races in late summer and autumn.

Pogacar at the start of the Road World Championships

His next start is on 30 July at the Clasica San Sebastian, after which he is scheduled to take part in several classic one-day races before the Road World Championships.

The racing programme of Tadej Pogacar

30 July: Clasica San Sebastian
28 August: GP Plouay
9 September: GP Quebec
11 September: GP Montreal
25 September: World Championships
1 October: Giro Dell'Emilia
4 October: Tre Valli Varesine
8 October: Il Lombardia

The Vuelta with start in the Netherlands and finale in Madrid lasts from 19 August to 11 September this year. Pogacar was actually scheduled to start in the third grand tour of the country in 2022.

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