The fall of Pogacar scares his team and sponsors

Despite the hard fall that Tadej Pogacar suffered last Saturday during the Strade Bianche 2025, which resulted in no physical damage beyond the usual abrasions, it may have consequences on the Slovenian's calendar. His team does not want to even consider racing the Paris-Roubaix due to the risk that this race always entails.

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Although everything ended in the best possible way, with Tadej Pogacar once again reaching the finish line at the Piazza del Campo in Siena like a true champion, the hard fall he suffered earlier in the day with the race already selected has led his team to want to protect the cyclist to the maximum and avoid risks that could jeopardize his season and the participation in the Tour de France as what happened two years ago when he broke his hand during the Liege-Bastogne-Liege.

And this brings up what seemed like an open secret and has been confirmed by the team director Mauro Gianneti "Tadej wants to try his luck in Roubaix, but I repeat that he has to wait. He should not take risks because he could get hurt. A serious fall could jeopardize the Tour de France and maybe the entire season. I hope he doesn't think about it this year, he still has time in his career to do the Paris-Roubaix".

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For his part, Tadej Pogacar did not give more importance to the incident in his usual carefree attitude, stating that his intention was to show his skills to Olympic mountain bike champion Tom Pidcock. "I showed that I am pretty bad" joked Tadej Pogacar, whose next goal is the Milan-San Remo in two weeks, more than enough time to fully heal the multiple abrasions he suffered in his fall during the Strade Bianche.

In any case, the final decision on participating in the Paris-Roubaix, which would also mean making adjustments to the intense classics calendar that Pogacar has scheduled, will be made after the Milan-San Remo and based on the cyclist's feelings at the end of the race.