🎥"Vingegaard close to win!" UAE has special motivation for Pogacar, who is also revealed as sponsor of continental team
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In Spain, UAE Team Emirates is preparing for the upcoming season. The first workouts have been completed to ensure they follow up on a superb 2024. That will be tricky, but the Emirates team has unique ways to motivate their leader, Tadej Pogacar. Meanwhile, the world champion is expanding his influence in Slovenian cycling: He sponsors his old continental team.
A video on TikTok shows Pogacar chasing the camera car. The world champion moves his hands to the handlebars and begins an impressive sprint. They added a techno song over the video, but thanks to automatic subtitles, it is still possible to decipher how the people behind the camera manage to motivate him. "Go, go! Bravo Pogi! Attack, attack! Vingegaard is close to win! And Remco, they're dropping you!" No wonder Pogacar is pulling out all the stops in the video.
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Pogi Team now also continental: "It's an honor"
Pogacar is making an even greater impact on cycling in Slovenia. Earlier, it was announced that he and his fiancée Urska Zigart would establish youth teams, Team Pogi and Team Pika, for boys and girls, respectively. Now, Team Pogi will no longer be featured only among youth. The Ljubljana Gusto continental team, a regular name in the Tour of Slovenia, will have a new name starting this season: Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana.
"At first, the Pogi team was only for riders in the youngest cyclist classes up to senior youth for a few years, but now this will be transferred to the continental team," he says on the team's Instagram profile. "I rode there for two years, and I have a lot of good memories. It's an honor for me that the Pogi team is now also part of the continental teams."
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Latest Comments
- This was very informative! Luiz Antonio Duarte Ferreiraluizantonioduarteferreira02-01-2025
- Well explained, thanks for the clarity! Daniel DantasDanieldantas20-12-2024
- This is the kind of 'news' that belongs in a cheap tabloid. No matter how boring the offseason gets, nobody wants to read this.
santiagobenites19-12-2024 - I wish we could have seen him try. He'd absolutely get dropped before Pogi overtakes his domestiquesVeganpotter10-12-2024
- Talk is cheap! Next year barring crashes with a healthy team... all well be on track! Some need to talk to make a headline!mootman27-11-2024
- I do not see this event listed on HBO Max Sports Online? Can anyone confirm? Thanks!
MrYuck23-11-2024 - It seemed that he was focusing forward at the time of the crash, after seeing a quick video snippet. But one thing I think he should focus on more intently is breaking a bad habit he has, right now. And that is his constant looking over his shoulders. He does that so much, that I am very sure it is not good for him. Simply watch videos of the greats of CX and you will see very little of that constant looking over their shoulders. That is a behavior that betrays a bit of insecurity on his part. He shouldn't be so concerned, incessantly, about what is over his shoulder. He needn't worry they didn't all disappear. He neds to keep his focus more ahead of himself, and he needs to pay a bit more attention to himself, in a confident manner. It is very frustrating to watch, because it is apparent that he has a lot of potential, and is in much better shape thwan many of his competitors, but the mental game needs to be sharpened more, because that part of strategy plays a huge part in the final results
reemmo022-11-2024 - hahahaha love this shit! I didnt even watched the race, but reading all the gossip articles of how stupid this is!Zatoichi19-11-2024
- Van Aert is really handsome. He can influence me all day! Ditto for Philipsen. Why do you think many of us love cycling?: to see heroic attempts at climbing mountains at high altitudes or to watch speedsters sprint for the finish line or to watch a human being ride at break neck speed down a tricky descent? No, it's all about their lean physiques and muscular legs. (apologies for objectifying these dedicated and amazing athletes).BarwonHeadsUp25-10-2024
- It is unfortunate that the author can't feel the joy that Pogacar brings to the sport and his fans who are legion and I for one feel lucky to have watched such a memorable performance and historic season From the Strada until yesterday with multiple wins in stages in both tours and beyond dominance in the World's. He is proud to wear the Rainbow stripes, shows his leadership to protect his fellows and is as courteous and sportsman-like as the sport allows. He goes early to not have to respond to each attack as all the rest would make him do it. Any racer who could would do the same. Don't "grow tired" of greatness as it is always fleeting.ccrider13-10-2024