Two-time Tour De France Winner Tadej Pogacar Adds The Giro D’Italia To His 2024 Program – News18

MILAN: Two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar introduced Sunday that he has added the Giro d’Italia to his program for the upcoming season.

The Slovenian bicycle owner made the announcement along with Giro organizers, who mentioned that Pogacar nonetheless plans to journey the Tour in 2024.

“Andiamo (Let’s go),” Pogacar mentioned in a short video posted on social media.

Pogacar gained the Tour in 2020 and 2021 and completed runner-as much as Jonas Vingegaard within the final two editions. He has by no means competed within the Giro.

No rider has gained the Giro and Tour in the identical 12 months since Marco Pantani achieved the double in 1998.

Next 12 months’s Giro begins close to Turin on May 4 and ends in Rome subsequent to the Colosseum on May 26.

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