Pogacar Ends 2026 Season Early After Vuelta Crash
The five-time Tour de France winner will miss the world championships after surgery on a fractured collarbone and a concussion, his team said.
- On Saturday, UAE Team Emirates confirmed Tadej Pogačar will miss the remainder of the 2026 season following a stage-eight crash at the Vuelta a España that required collarbone surgery.
- Pogačar suffered a concussion, cervical fracture, and collarbone break during the stage-eight fall with 30km remaining. Medical director Adrian Rotunno said, "Tadej is progressing well following surgery," but confirmed no return this year.
- Amid recovery news, UAE Team Emirates announced Pogačar extended his contract through 2032. "From the beginning, this team has felt like home," Pogačar said, signaling long-term commitment despite the season-ending injury.
- The 27-year-old will miss defending his World Championships title in Montreal, the European Championships, and Il Lombardia this season. Pogačar had been favored to complete a historic career clean sweep of all three Grand Tours.
- Visma-Lease a Bike rider Sepp Kuss called Pogačar's exit "sad for the race," but noted it opened the door for a "really open battle" among remaining Vuelta contenders. The dynamic shift benefits competitors seeking their first Grand Tour victory.
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UAE Team Emirates-XRG Extends Tadej Pogačar Contract Through 2032
ABU DHABI: UAE Team Emirates-XRG announced that Tadej Pogačar has extended his contract with the team through to the end of the 2032 season, reaffirming the long-term commitment between the team and one of the defining riders of his generation.Pogačar has been an integral part of the team since joining in 2019, growing alongside the organisation and achieving some of the greatest successes in the history of the sport.Tadej Pogačar said: "From th…
Tadej Pogacar will no longer run in 2026, but will do so in 2027 still on a bike of the UAE Team Emirates .XRG and so until 2032. A week after the fall at the Vuelta of Spain that forced him to retire while he was firmly in charge of the general ranking, the Slovenian rider 28 years old [...] The article Pogacar will no longer run in 2026, now it is official: "This is not how I wanted to close the season" comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.
The five-time winner of the Tour de France broke the collarbone and will not be able to compete at the World Championships in Montreal on September 27.
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