Tadej Pogacar (24 years old) adds in this 2023 six days of competition, all in Spain, cSpecifically in the south: one in the Clásica de Jaén (winner) and the five stages of the Vuelta a Andalucía (three stages and overall). In other words, there are already five victories in what is just the start of the season, a total of 51 since he debuted in 2019 with the colors of the UAE on the World Tour. Among these numerous successes is the 2022 Strade Bianche, one of the classics that has continued to grow the most in recent years and in which it was the strongest after an attack with 50 kilometers to go. Second, by the way, was Alejandro Valverde, already retired. In this 2023, the race will be held on March 4, and although there was the possibility that Tadej would return to the Italian event, this year he will not be part of the game.
“The next race on my calendar is Paris-Nice”, said the Slovenian this week in a statement in Sporza. His next race will be Paris-Nice, from March 5, so even though he considered being in the Strade Bianche, The short margin of time between the two races meant that Pogacar finally decided to speed up his preparation for his debut in the French race. In addition, this edition will have an important novelty: the Times will be recorded for the first runner from each team to cross the finish line. This decision forces the teams to come up with a good strategy to take your leader in the final leg.
Pogacar’s next calendar
Later, the classics will come, in which the Slovenian shows a lot of ambition, both for Milan-San Remo, which is usually for sprinters, and the Tour of Flanders, in which he already debuted last year with a great performance despite the fact that the outcome, for his interests, was not what he wanted. In both races he finished 5th and 4th, respectively, last year. This aims to be the finish of one of his peaks of forming this season. Afterwards, he will follow a long road map until he returns to the Tour de France again, the race in which he aspires to regain his crown after Jonas Vingegaard won last year.