Overview
- UAE Team announced on Monday that Tadej Pogačar will start the Vuelta a España, which begins on 22 August in Monaco.
- The team named a largely refreshed Vuelta roster built around fresh helpers such as João Almeida and Pavel Sivakov to support a three-week bid.
- Pogačar arrives off his fifth Tour de France win and is widely viewed as a pre-race favorite given his recent form and his 2024 Giro victory.
- At a fan event on the Krvavec climb, the Pogi Challenge, German amateur Frederik Nießen beat Pogačar and the rider said poor sleep, a big jam and a crash helped explain his eighth-place finish.
- If he wins the Vuelta, Pogačar would become the ninth rider to claim victories in all three Grand Tours and his late-season plan — including the World Championships in Montreal — will put a premium on recovery and team management.