Tadej Pogacar eyes Vuelta a Espana crown and Grand Tour clean sweep
Tadej Pogacar seeks the only Grand Tour missing from his resume after winning six of seven World Tour races this season.
- Tadej Pogacar begins his quest for a historic Grand Tour clean sweep at the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday, starting with a 9km individual team-trial in Monaco.
- The Slovenian rider has enjoyed an extraordinary 2026, winning six of seven World Tour races and capturing the Tour de France just 27 days ago.
- To ensure Pogacar's freshness for this late-season target, UAE Team Emirates-XRG head of performance Jeroen Swart prioritized mental recovery over altitude training.
- Four-Time champion Primoz Roglic leads Red Bull-BORA-Hansgrohe's charge, while Jonas Vingegaard remains absent after sustaining a broken collarbone at the Tour.
- If Pogacar claims victory in Granada on September 13, he will conquer a challenging 3,275km route with more than 58,000m of climbing across 21 stages to become the ninth rider to win all three Grand Tours.
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Already a winner of five Tour de France and one Tour d'Italie, the Slovenian rider returns to the Tour d'Espagne to become the ninth rider to have won each of the major stage races. It is difficult to imagine who could prevent Tadej Pogačar from going on Saturday in Monaco to conquer the Tour d'Espagne, with the aim of winning and becoming the ninth runner of history to complete the trilogy of the Grand Tours, which would further consolidate his…
Less than a month after his fifth Tour victory, Tadej Pogacar will compete in the Vuelta a España, which begins on Saturday
It is the Vuelta in España, where this year because of him all the other cyclists compete to arrive seconds
The peloton will simmer for three weeks of racing on Saturday on the occasion of the Tour d'Espagne. Tadej Pogacar, present less than a month after his victory on the Grand Loop, starts to conquer the only big lap that is missing on his list.
Everything is ready for the start of La Vuelta a España 2026. The competition starts this Saturday, August 22. The first stage will start in Monaco with a very explosive individual clock. The cyclists will have to give the maximum possible performance for 9.4 kilometers. The test will be marked by the powerful influence of ... Continue reading "La Vuelta busca rey: Pogacar a por la triple corona, sin final en Madrid y a surrá el shock of last ye…
The Slovenian cyclist wants to continue making history and complete the collection of great races of three weeks. More information: This will be the route of the time of La Vuelta in Monaco: "We share the Formula 1 circuit by 70%"
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