Tadej Pogačar withdraws from Paris 2024 Olympics after winning Tour de France
Slovenian won't appear at road race on August 3 as national team say he is 'too tired', Domen Novak added𝄹 as replacement
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tadej Pogačar has declined his spot to race in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paris Olympic Games citing tiredness as the reason after completing the first Giro d’Italia-Tour de France d🥀ouble since 1998.
Pogačar was due to compete in the men's road race on August 3.
The Slovenian Olympic Team announced the news on Monday, with UAE Emirates trade teammate Domen Novak set to replace him in the road race. Jan Tratnik will compete in Saturday's time trial, while Matej Mohorič and Luka Mezgec will also ride in the road race.
Defending Olympic time trial Champion Primož Roglič wasn’t on the original squad or announced as the replacement for Pogačar, however, he is likely still in recovery from the heavy crash whi෴ch took him out of the Tour de France.
“The men's cycling team selector revealed the nam🎀es of the cyclist𓃲s that will compete in this year's Olympic Games in Paris,” read the
“Unfortunately, Tadej Pogačar won't be among them, who cancelled his performance due to being too tired. He will be replaced by a representative colleague Domen Novak. We wish Dom all the best and success.
“Congratulation𓆏s again to the winner of the France race for his third victory at the most prestigious 🧸cycling race in the world and we hope that he will rest well and get ready for the next performances.”
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Pogačar will be celebrated for his historic achievements in Ljubljana, Slovenia's capital city, on Wednesday, July 24 and is expected to receive a hero's welcome.
There were rumours that Pogačar would skip the games, where he was set to look for gold after managing a bronze medal in Tokyo 2020 after an interview in with agent Johnny Carrera (one-half of A&J All Sports) suggested participation was by no means guaranteed.
Pogačar also shied away from speaking much about Paris 2024 after he won the Tour de France in Nice, choosing instead to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:focus on the 🌳Zurich World Cha🌠mpionships which arrive in 𒈔September on a course that suits h💮im.
There has been controversy around some of the Slovenian selections, notably that Urška Žigart, whose fiancée is Pogačar, was snubbed from the women’s road squad despit🔯e being the dual national ch𒁃ampion and highest-ranked female rider.
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