MADRID, 26 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), who has just finished second in the Tour de France, will not compete in the next edition of La Vuelta a España, from August 19 to September 11, as announced by his team on its website official.
Tadej Pogacar, 23, could not add his third consecutive Tour in this edition and will return to competition next weekend, on July 30, in the Clásica de San Sebastián before taking a rest period to face the end of course
However, Pogacar will not be at La Vuelta, where he finished third in 2019, and will prepare the Plouay Grand Prix, in France, on August 28 and those of Quebec and Montreal, on September 9 and 11, as a prologue to the Championship of the World in Australia, on September 25.
He will close the season at the Giro de Lombardía, where he achieved victory in 2021, at the beginning of October.