Pogačar wants to win Milan-San Remo ‘more than anything’
The list of major bike races that Tadej Pogačar has not won gets shorter each year, and UAE Team Emirates sports director (and former pro) Fabio Baldato says the world champ is hungry to check another race off of his list in 2025.
“Tadej wants the San Remo more than anything and we will try to put him in the condition to ride it at his best, even if it is the most difficult race for him,” Baldato told InBici.
“It is a fast and technical race and you find yourself fighting with fast rouleurs, so it is a different race compared to what are his main characteristics, but it is also true that when Tadej sets his mind to a goal he manages to reach it.”
Pogačar was a top contender for Milan-San Remo already in 2024, but he settled for third there with Jasper Philipsen taking the victory, in no small part thanks to his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate Mathieu van der Poel.
Pogačar will again target the first Monument of the season next year, and according to Baldato, he is hoping to complete the Grand Tour trifecta in 2025 as well.
“He won the Giro, the Tour too, he still needs to win the Vuelta [a España] so, knowing his great ambitions, I see him closer to the Spanish race, but we will define all the programs in December in the training camp like every year,” Baldato said.