UAE Team Emirates gave a primary have a look at the rainbow jersey that Tadej Pogačar will likely be carrying for the subsequent 12 months as UCI Road World Champion.
The staff launched a video on TikTok of Pogačar carrying a rack of kits into an elevator after which rising carrying one as he ready to exit on a coaching experience on a equally rainbow-adorned Colnago V4RS.
Pogačar gained the world title in Zurich final Sunday after attacking with 100 kilometres nonetheless to race. He held off the chase, led dwelling by Ben O’Connor (Australia) by solely 34 seconds, with Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) successful the bronze medal.
He will return to racing on the Giro dell’Emilia on Saturday the place he goes in as a favorite to win the Italian Classic which finishes with a number of ascents of the steep San Luca climb in Bologna.
The race will serve him as a build-up together with the mid-week Tre Valli Varesine for Il Lombardia – the ultimate Monument of the season the place Pogačar will attempt to win his fourth version in a row.
It is probably going that he’ll finish his outstanding season in Como, having made historical past as the primary male rider since Stephen Roche in 1987 to win the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and UCI Road World Championships title in a single season.
In 2024 he additionally was victorious in Strade Bianche, the Volta a Catalunya, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Grand Prix de Montréal earlier than turning into World Champion.
