"Andiamo" (let's go) - with this single word Tadej Pogacar in a video on the Giro d'Italia's social media channels on Sunday about his participation in the 2024 Tour of Italy. For the Slovenian from UAE Team Emirates, it will be his first start at the Giro.
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On Monday, Pogacar and his team announced his remaining race programme for 2024 as part of the training camp in Spain. Accordingly, the Slovenian will focus on Strade Bianche, Milan-San Remo and Liège-Bastogne-Liège in the spring classics - he will refrain from defending his title in the Tour of Flanders. Before the Giro d'Italia, there is also the Tour of Catalonia. The Giro will be followed by the Tour de France for Pogacar, then the Olympics. After a break, he will head to the Canadian races in the autumn, before the Road World Championships and the Tour of Lombardy await.
Tadej Pogacar will be racing in these races in 2024
- Strade Bianche (2 March)
- Milan-San Remo (16 March)
- Tour of Catalonia (18 - 24 March)
- Liège-Bastogne-Liège (21 April)
- Giro d'Italia (4 - 26 May)
- Tour de France (29 June - 21 July)
- Olympics (individual time trial) - (27 July)
- Olympia (road race) - (3 August)
- Grand Prix Quebec (13 September)
- Grand Prix Montreal (15 September)
- World Cycling Championships (road race) - (29 September)
- Tour of Lombardy (12 October)
By competing in the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, Pogacar will be attempting a historic feat. So far, only seven riders in the history of cycling have managed to win the double of the Giro and Tour - the last was Marco Pantani in 1998. "I think everyone wants to do the double and it's one of the most difficult things to achieve," said the 25-year-old at his team's press conference.
For Pogacar, this is also the first year in his career in which he has competed in more than one Grand Tour. He rode the Vuelta a Espana in 2019 and the Tour de France in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Tadej Pogacar's record at Grand Tours so far
- 2019: Vuelta a Espana - 3rd place
- 2020: Tour de France - 1st place
- 2021: Tour de France - 1st place
- 2022: Tour de France - 2nd place
- 2023: Tour de France - 2nd place
The Giro d'Italia begins next year on 4 May and ends on 26 May. The Tour de France starts on 29 June in Florence. This leaves the Slovenian 33 days to prepare for the "Grand Boucle" after the Tour of Italy.
