No Giro d'Italia title defence for Tadej Pogačar, confirms Gianetti

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Rad-Ass Tadej Pogacar renounces the Giro d'Italia this year. Mauro Gianetti, the sports director of the UAE Team Emirates, confirmed this to the newspaper L'Equipe. In 2024 the Slovenian won the Giro and the Tour de France, but left out the Olympic Games and the Vuelta with a view to the World Cup in Zurich.Whether Pogacar will also drive the Vuelta this year, besides the Tour de France, is not yet certain.

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Tadej Pogacar could very well end up in a duel with Jonas Vingegaard in both the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España.

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The UAE Emirates team's sports director announced on Wednesday that his leader Tadej Pogacar would not take part in the Tour d'Italie this season.

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The head of the UAE Team Emirates-XRG cycling team, Swiss Mauro Gianetti, confirmed in a statement to the French sports newspaper L'Equipe that the team's Slovenian ace Tadej Pogačar will not defend last year's victory at the Tour of Italy this year.

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Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogačar will not defend last year's title at this year's Giro d'Italia. Mauro Gianetti, the sporting director of his UAE Emirates stable, announced the decision by the 26-year-old, who celebrated a rare hat-trick last season when he dominated the Tour de France and the road race at the World Championships after the Giro.

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No Giro d'Italia title defence for Tadej Pogačar, confirms Gianetti

Triple Crown winner likely to target Tour-Vuelta double instead depending on early season results