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Pogacar to defend world and Tour de France titles
The Straits Times
|December 12, 2024
BENIDORM - Tadej Pogacar insisted on Dec 10 he would not ease off after a record-breaking 2024, declaring that he was hungry for more success with a plethora of one-day classics and two Grand Tours on the 2025 menu.
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The 26-year-old Slovenian dominated the 2024 season - winning two one-day monuments, the Italian Giro, the Tour de France and the world title on his way to 25 wins in total for the year. He was not selected for the Olympics owing to fatigue after his Tour victory.
He will get his 2025 season underway at the UAE Tour. He will race the Strade Bianche, Milan-San Remo, the E3 Grand Prix, Gent-Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders before the Ardennes classics.
One race off the agenda is the Paris-Roubaix, suited to heftier riders due to its harsh old cobbled mining roads.
"I wanted to get back on the cobbles and I'll do it again in the future. I'm saving Paris-Roubaix for later. But I love racing the classics," he said in Benidorm, Spain, on Dec 10.
Dit verhaal komt uit de December 12, 2024-editie van The Straits Times.
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