Strade Bianche 2025, Pogacar: "It will be an exciting race for everyone"

Rome, 4 March 2025 – For now the count is stopped at 2 hits, with last year's result being the result of a sensational long escape 80 km: Tadej pogacar, Saturday March 8, 2025 Roads will go hunting for a hat-trick in the race that will open the calendar World Tour in Italy.

Pogacar's statements

"This is a race I have great memories of. My haul is quite good and I hope to be in the thick of the action again on Saturday. We can expect some strong rivals because the entry list is always top-notch in these big races and this should make the race more exciting for us and the public." Once again, the Slovenian will be heading to the signature sheet as the favourite: a burden that he also had at theUAE Tour 2025, his first race of the season won without any particular problems. "It's nice to start the year in the United Arab Emirates and the result obviously made everything better. The team is going through a very positive period, with many successes, and we hope to continue like this in the next races". Not only the world champion: at the start of Siena l'UAE Team Emirates XRG you will be present with Filippo Baroncini, Isaac Del Toro, Felix grossschartner, Domen Novak, Florian Vermeersch e Tim Wellens, a group of lieutenants and gregarious who, in theory, have everything it takes to command the race from start to finish, obviously waiting for the man to beat to make his mark.

The statements of Landa and Bramati

Then there are those who, at the 'tender age' of 35 years, will debut on Saturday at Strade Bianche: It is the case of Mikel Landa, who in this second part of his career is trying to open up more and more to Classics. "It's a new race for me and I'm excited to be able to run it, because even just watching it on TV has always excited me. I know it will be completely different to be there on the course, in the thick of the action, and I will be very nervous, but I will try to do my best to start my season off right and enjoy this experience". The lieutenant of the Soudal Quick Step, if not something more, will be Mauri Vansevenant, with Louis Vervaeke e Mattia Cattaneo in a hypothetical third row: they will complete the roster of the Belgian team Pieter Serry, Gianmarco Garofoli e Pepijn Reinderink.

"It's a beautiful race, but also one of the most difficult of the season and we are motivated to do our best": these are the words of the sports director David Bramati, aware that his team will not be the one to beat. "We will not be the favorites, but we are going to the start strong of the excellent results collected last week. We are confident in our possibilities and we hope to be involved to the maximum to collect the best possible".