“It is better to try other races to expand your track record,” he explained. Joxean Fernández ‘Matxín’ to AS last October, amid a wave of rumors about whether his greatest discovery, Tadej Pogacar, would choose to test in the in 2024 Italy is spinning. Before I clarify a possibility that seems complicated because the The start of the Tour de France is the most demanding And that could rule out the idea of the double, the Slovenian will have to draw up a route plan for the first months of the competition, which is already taking shape.
In the absence of one official confirmation that we will have next December 18th, as part of the preseason “Media Day” organized by the team United Arab Emirates organized in La Nucía, Pogi He had already defined his plan for the month of March. As AS learned, it would be very similar to the one from two years ago, having changed slightly to debut in last year Paris-Nice.
Next year the Slovenian would return to two events that he did not attend in 2023, such as the Strade Bianche (March 2nd), indispensable as a contact person for the stage of Sterrato What will the next tour include? The Tyrrhenian Adriatic (from 4 to 10), a race he won in his only two appearances; And Milan-San Remo (Day 16), monument still resisting, next to a Paris-Roubaix in which he has not yet debuted.
Return to origins
Before that, however, in line with the diversity that Matxín pointed out, Pogacar would start his season in February, just like this year, that is, he would try a new goal. If it were the Jaén Classic in 2023, The start of the next course would take place in Portugal, at another modest category 1.1 event like that Figueira Champions Classic (February 10th). After this soft start, the Slovenian took the opportunity to take advantage of his stay in Portugal and took over the start of the season Return to the Algarve (February 14th to 18th), Curiously, a career in which he achieved his first two victories as a professional (stage and general). A lot has changed since he landed on Portuguese soil in 2018 after winning the Tour del Porvenir. From unknown to future legend.
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