Vuelta 2025, Pogacar will be there. Confirmation of UAE Team Emirates XGR

Rome, 1 February 2025 - There is no confirmation from the person directly concerned, just as there is no press release from his UAE Team Emirates XGR, but now the presence of Tadej pogacar to the 2025 lap it's a done deal: word of Joxean Fernandez Matxin.

Pogacar at the Vuelta: Matxin's confirmation

 The chances of seeing the Slovenian at the tournament have therefore definitively faded away. Giro d'Italia 2025 to try to confirm last year's success: in the end the desire to try to complete the Triple Crown from the one who has already won 3 editions of the Tour de France (in 2020, in 2021 and in 2024) to 1 note of the Corsa pink (in 2024). The consolation for Italian fans is that the Return will start next August 23th da Turin and, therefore, the possibility of admiring your favourite up close exists. Then it will be the turn of the hunt for the entry pass into that restricted elite of runners who have won all the Grand Tours which for now only includes the following Eddy Merckx, Happy Gimondi, Vincenzo Nibali, Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault, Chris Froome e Alberto counter: all with the additional difficulty of dealing with the Return immediately after the umpteenth assault on the Tour de France, the cornerstone of every season for pogacar and for all the other big names in cycling. For now, the '98 class, who had announced his choice immediately after the presentation of the route of the Giro d'Italia 2025, he is silent, but he speaks for himself Matxin, which on the columns of the Spanish portal At the Peleton Cola confirmed the choice of his pupil and of the entire UAE Team Emirates-XGR, which will probably seal everything with an official statement in the next few days. However, there will be no dramatic changes: the duel between the world champion, in 2019, as a new professional, third in Spain, and jonas vingegaard, therefore, it will be consumed within a few weeks before the Tour de France and then to the Return.

Kristoff's statements

 Then there are those who like alexander kristoff at his 2025, via the microphones of the Norwegian broadcaster TV2, asks for very different objectives. "I am stuck at 96 victories in my career and I would like to get to 100 before I retire. I think it's an achievable goal. Of course I could say I want to win a stage at Giro d'Italia or Tour de France, but I know it would be difficult to beat the champions at the start. However, I think I can do it: there are still some missing 4 victories and last year I rejoiced 8 times higher, so it's possible". Despite the passing of time, the runner of the Uno-X Mobility, who however also thinks about what to do after retirement. "I feel like I want to do something other than cycling. Maybe I'll change my mind later because I'll miss this world, but for now I don't think I want to be a sports director or anything else. I just like being a rider and after the end of my career I might want to dedicate myself to my other hobbies and passions".

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