Tadej Pogačar carried out a shock 160km reconnaissance of the Paris-Roubaix cobbles on Tuesday, in an additional indication that the UAE Workforce Emirates-XRG racer plans to return to the ‘Hell of the North’ in 2026, following his spectacular debut within the race final April.
The World Champion was noticed close to the important thing cobbled sector of Carrefour de l’Arbre of Paris-Roubaix by a neighborhood bicycle owner and the French and Flemish media quickly revealed extra particulars of his day in northern France.
Apparently, images taken by followers and native media indicated that Pogačar examined each his Colnago Y1RS aero bike and the V5RS bike he used at this yr’s Paris-Roubaix. A UAE group mechanic was readily available as riders examined totally different tyre pressures and gear.
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Pogačar educated on the Paris-Roubaix cobbles with Tim Wellens, Gianni Vermeersch and Nils Politt, the core of the UAE Workforce Emirates-XRG Classics squad.
In line with Politt’s Strava information, they educated for 5 hours, overlaying a complete of 160 km, together with eight laps of the usually decisive Camphin-en-Pévèle and Carrefour de l’Arbre cobbled sectors.
Pogačar additionally made a night journey to a hairdresser’s in Waregem, throughout the border in Belgium, earlier than probably travelling on to Spain to the UAE Workforce Emirates-XRG winter coaching camp in Benidorm.
Pogačar will reveal his 2026 targets on Saturday. He’s anticipated to once more goal the Tour de France and World Championships in Montreal, with Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix amongst his spring Classics targets. They’re the 2 Classics Pogačar has nonetheless to win.
