Pogacar returns in Canada

As planned, Tadej Pogacar will end his vacation next weekend at the two Canadian races of the World Tour: the GP Quebec and GP Montreal seeking to regain competition rhythm in preparation for his appointment with the World Championship in Rwanda and with the added bonus of getting to know the environment where the next World Championship will be held in 2026.

Canadian races will steal attention from La Vuelta with Pogacar's return

Despite taking place during the course of La Vuelta, the two Canadian classics of the World Tour: Quebec and Montreal, once again attract the attention of the cycling world by bringing together an important cast of the best names in the peloton, including the current World Champion Tadej Pogacar who returns from his break after the Tour de France as part of his preparation for the World Championship in Rwanda where he will try to defend his rainbow jersey.

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As a precedent, last year, after winning the Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar followed the same program in his approach to the World Championship in Zurich. The result is well known: victories in both Quebec and Montreal and, a few weeks later, an exhibition in Zurich to win the rainbow jersey that he has been wearing with such success this season.

A list of names in which we will also find some illustrious ones like Wout van Aert, giving the final touches to his season; Arnaud de Lie, Biniam Girmay, Julian Alaphilippe, Tim Wellens, Florian Lipowitz or Michael Woods, in other words, practically all the stars who are not in La Vuelta.

Furthermore, in this 2025 edition, the Montreal race has an extra interest as the Canadian city will host the next World Championship in 2026, so it will serve to take note and get an idea of what the layout of this event could be, a route that will surely bring a change of style after two years of extremely tough courses.