2024-07-22 20:52:07
Three-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar withdraws from Tour de France road race 2024 Paris OlympicsA day later, he became the first cyclist in nearly three decades to win the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in the same season.
The Slovenian Olympic team announced that Pogacar gave up the road test originally scheduled for August 3 due to fatigue. His pro teammate Domen Novak will replace him with reigning Olympic time trial gold medalist Primoz Roglic, who has been left out of the national provisional squad. outside, and is likely still recovering from the accident that caused him to withdraw from the Tour de France.
“Unfortunately, Tadej Pogacar will not be (a cyclist in Paris),” the Slovenian team said in a statement. “He will be replaced by his national team colleague Domen Novak. We wish Domen every success.
Novak will join the Slovenian squad alongside Jan Tratnik, Maate Mohoric and Luka Mezgek.
Pogacar, 25, has said he will not compete in August’s Vuelta a España, the third of three Grand Tours. Instead, he is expected to recover before the world championships in Switzerland in September.
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