The superstar of global cycling Tadej Pogacar enters “classic” mode: he finds the Bianche Strade and their gravel paths on Saturday March 8, already thinking of the Milan-Sanremo monument, one of the rare races that refuse to appetite for Ogre. After the appetizer of the Tour of the United Arab Emirates, which he won at the end of February for the third time by offering himself in passing the two mountain stages, Pogacar, 26, goes to serious things. Two weeks from Milan-Sanremo (March 22), one of the two cycling monuments that he has not yet won (with Paris-Roubaix) and which is his big goal of the start of the season, the Slovenian, winner of 25 races in 2024, is the great favorite of the 19th edition of the Strade Bianche where he was already imposed on it, in 2022 after a lonely raid, Last year, by hitting the spirits even more since he had distorted company to his rivals … 80 kilometers from the finish on the Piazza del Campo in Siena. “This is the first classic that I played once became a professional,” he reminded the Gazzetta dello Sport, organizer of the event via his parent company RCS Sport. I always have a lot of fun (…). It’s pure pleasure, I find my child’s soul there. »»
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Cycling: with the Strade Bianche, serious things start for Tadej Pogacar
