Tour De France Champion Pogacar Targets Spanish Vuelta Victory to Complete Grand Tour Hat Trick
The Slovenian aims to become the ninth male rider to win all three Grand Tours after his fifth Tour de France title.
- This weekend, the 81st Vuelta begins in Monaco, with Tadej Pogacar aiming to complete a career Grand Tour sweep. The Slovenian seeks to become the ninth male rider to win all three Grand Tours.
- Pogacar already secured his fifth Tour title this year, adding to a 2024 Giro triumph. He also dominated earlier this year, winning stage races at the Suisse and the Romandie.
- Riders face a grueling 3,300-kilometer route through France, Andorra, and Spain, featuring six mountain stages and four mid-mountain stages. The race concludes Sept. 13 at the Alhambra fortress in Granada.
- Top rival Jonas Vingegaard will miss the race after crashing out of the Tour's 15th stage. Vingegaard fractured his collarbone and cannot compete in the Vuelta this year.
- Pogacar, 27, returns to the Vuelta for the first time since his 2019 debut. "Spain is a country I love to visit and race in," Pogacar said after his team's lineup was announced.
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Tour de France champion Pogacar targets Spanish Vuelta victory to complete Grand Tour hat trick
Tadej Pogacar’s pursuit of the Grand Tour hat trick will highlight the Spanish Vuelta that begins this weekend in Monaco.
A few steps away from his apartment, Tadej Pogacar will start the Spanish Tour on Saturday. He still lacks the victory on the third Grand Tour.
Tadej Pogacar has never won the Tour of Spain before. Now he enters and meets his conqueror from the past – but the balance of forces has shifted.
With the participation of Tadej Pogacar in the Vuelta a España, the Tour of Spain will be upgraded to a new level, points out race leader Javier Guillén in advance. However, he does not expect the five-time Tour de France winner to drive his competitors in the ground for the next three weeks.
Five-time winner of the Tour de France (2020, 2021, 2024, 2025 and 2026) and two-time runner-up (2022 and 2023), as well as winner of the Giro d'Italia (2024), Tadej Pogacar has yet to add La Vuelta to his palmarès of Grand Tours.......
Tadej Pogacar is about to take part in the Vuelta. Not without some apprehension.
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