Pogacar talks about his possible retirement and points to Evenepoel as a major threat in 2026

Tadej Pogacar has already started his season, regardless of the cold and rain that has been hitting the Brescia area in recent days, where the first pre-season training camp is taking place while he continues to attend various events such as a friendly Padel tournament that featured other cycling figures. It is a time of year of tranquility for the Slovenian, who spoke to various media present about his plans for the coming year.

Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix, the major goals for Tadej Pogacar in 2026

The eighth season as a professional cyclist for Tadej Pogacar, who continues to show as ambitious as on the first day, always with the desire to progress and keep giving the best version of himself.

However, the last two seasons have been an enormous quality balance for Tadej Pogacar, in which he has practically won everywhere he has competed, with Monuments, the Tour de France, and both World Championships shining brightly in an excellent palmarès. A leap in quality that Pogacar attributes to his new coach Javier Sola, whom he describes as a great guide and a person with whom he connects perfectly; and above all, to Gorka Prieto, the nutritionist of the UAE Team Emirates-XRG, who attends to an aspect that, according to the Slovenian, makes the difference in performance.

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That is to say, it is crystal clear that the rumors about a possible retirement of Tadej Pogacar in 2028 after the frustration with which he concluded the Tour de France were nothing more than that, rumors. Tadej himself, when asked about it, confirmed that he had signed a contract until 2030 with UAE Team Emirates-XRG because he intends to continue racing at least until that date and that yes, after 2030, if he continues racing, he would do so with the same team although in reality it is something he does not think too much about "I am having fun and there are no problems", Pogacar pointed out.

Having made these clarifications, it was time to talk about the 2026 season in which he will have to surpass a bar that he himself has placed at the highest level. Although we will still have to wait a few weeks for the team's first official training camp to know his race calendar, Tadej Pogacar practically confirmed what many wanted to hear "I want to fight again for the Milan-San Remo and the Paris-Roubaix", so his calendar could resemble much to that carried out throughout this season.

A Milan-San Remo in which Remco Evenepoel will debut, whom Pogacar pointed out as one of his biggest threats "The team change could suit him very well. It will be interesting to see if he can step up another level, although I hope he doesn't because he already seems very strong and dominant to me. It scares me to think that he could still improve. I'm sure it will go well for him".