29 days after the fateful fall of La Vuelta Pogacar gets back on the bike: “First day back, last day with the rainbow jersey”
24 hours before the road test of the Cycling World Championship in Montreal (Canada), Tadej Pogacar He was getting back on the bike after the serious fall suffered on August 29 in the eighth stage of La Vuelta, which he was comfortably leading, and as a result of which he suffered a concussion, a fractured collarbone and a fractured vertebra. The leader of UAE Team Emirates He dressed in the world champion jersey, which he brilliantly achieved last year in Kigali (Rwanda) and for whom this year he started as the top candidate if it were not due to the mishap of the Spanish round.
‘Pogi’ He went out filming with a small group, which included his partner Urska Zigart, rider of the AG Insurance-Soudal Teamalso recovering from a serious fall that prevented him from competing in the World Championship, and the Irish Eddie Dunbar.
“First day back, last day with the rainbow jersey,” Pogacar wrote on his Instagram.
Both in the video and in the Instagram photos, the smile appears again on the face of Pogacar, but this happy face is not synonymous with Tadej going to return to competition soon.
Even though in recent days there have been those who have commented that there was a possibility of seeing Pogacar on October 4 at the starting line of the European Championshipboth he and his team already made it clear that after the fall of La Vuelta they considered the season over and that they were not going to take risks and were focused on recovering well first and then on preparing the next season in the best way possible.
Pogacar was especially excited to compete in the European Championship, both because it was held in Ljubljanathe capital of his country, Slovenia, and for defending the continental title achieved last year in Drôme-Ardèche (France).
