Rider Profile
Tadej Pogacar
UAE Team Emirates
Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2023 - UAE Team Emirates
- 2022 - UAE Team Emirates
- 2021 - UAE Team Emirates
- 2020 - UAE Team Emirates
- 2019 - UAE Team Emirates
Biography:
Slovenian Tadej Pogačar burst onto the professional cycling scene in 2019 after signing to UAE Team Emirates for his first pro season. A winner of the Tour de l'Avenir in 2018, Pogačar further proved his promise for the future by winning the Volta ao Algarve and Tour of California, then taking three stages at the Vuelta a España and third overall in his first Grand Tour.
In one of the most stunning upsets in Tour de France history, Pogačar snatched the overall victory of the 2020 Tour de France from Primoz Roglic on the individual time trial to La Planche des Belles Filles, delivering a stunning performance in his debut race. He won the overall classification and best young rider and mountains classification and three stages.
Pogačar repeated that performance in 2021, dominating the Tour de France with three stage wins and three classifications in a season where he also won Tirreno-Adriatico, the UAE Tour, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, an Olympic bronze medal and Il Lombardia.
In the off-season, he became engaged to partner Urška Žigart.
In 2022, Pogačar started the season with a repeat victory in the UAE Tour, then won Strade Bianche with a stunning 50km solo attack. A repeat at Tirreno-Adriatico followed and top results in Milan-San Remo (5th) and the Tour of Flanders (4th) before he refocused on the Tour de France.
Pogačar took the lead of the 2022 Tour de France on stage 6 to Longwy but lost the lead to Jonas Vingegaard on stage 11 where he uncharacteristically struggled and lost his lead and an additional 2:22. He fought through in the final week.
Key results
Tour de France overall winner (2020, 2021)
Tour de France stages (8)
Liège-Bastogne-Liège (2021)
Il Lombardia (2021)
Tirreno-Adriatico overall winner (2021, 2022)
Strade Bianche (2022)
Other victories
Volta ao Algarve overall (2019)
Tour of California overall (2019)
3x stages Vuelta a España (2019)
Best young rider: Vuelta a Espana 2019
UAE Tour overall (2021, 2022)
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2020)
Tour of Slovenia
Related Articles
Tour de France 2023 – Analysing the contenders
By Andy McGrath published
Analysis As the Tour draws near, here's our latest form ranking for the yellow jersey contenders
Pogacar and Yates head to Sestriere to prepare for Tour de France
By Lyne Lamoureux published
news Slovenian gets green light from doctors
Jonas Vingegaard: I'm under less pressure this year to win the Tour de France
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
news Tour de France defending champion ready for race return at Critérium du Dauphiné
Tadej Pogacar confirms just two race days to prepare for 2023 Tour de France
By Daniel Ostanek published
nEWS No Tour of Slovenia for two-time Tour champion, who says 'the wrist is getting better every day'
Tadej Pogacar back training on the road at UAE Team Emirates camp
By Daniel Ostanek published
News Slovenian part of a 13-man group preparing for the Dauphiné, Tour de Suisse, and Tour de France in Sierra Nevada
Tadej Pogacar to start training on road, UAE to assess Tour de France damage
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'We need to see one week on the road and then make a point of the situation to see how much he lost' says UAE boss Gianetti
Heart irregularities force Jan Polanc to retire from professional cycling
By Akarys Serikbayev published
News The two-time Giro d'Italia stage winner and support rider to Tadej Pogacar hadn't raced in 2023
Tadej Pogacar continues wrist fracture rehab with garden and kitchen training
By Daniel Ostanek published
News Slovenian works out at home and explores Monaco in recovery update
The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!
Thank you for signing up to The Pick. You will receive a verification email shortly.
There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again.
Blogs
-
Nathan Haas blog: We need to talk about the Unbound mud pit
Was it wrong to not re-route the course? -
Ellen van Dijk - Leading by example
'I have the chance to show the world how normal it should be to perform at a top level as a mother' -
Rukhsar Habibzai - The day I left home
'It is a story shared by thousands of Afghans. It is the day we left home, left our souls and left Afghanistan' -
Unbound Gravel - the making of an epic everything race
Nathan Haas on the meteoric rise of the biggest gravel race in the history of the fledgling sport -
Nathan Haas' 2023 gravel guide for new races, toughest races and wild adventures
One-day rides and far-flung adventures stretch from Canada, Finland, Kenya and Kyrgyzstan