Pogacar, first big star confirmed in the Volta 2024
December 19 th 2023 - 10:53 [GMT + 1]
The Slovakian cyclist, one of the best and most charismatic cyclists of the moment, includes the Volta Ciclista Catalunya in his 2024 calendar. According to his team UAE has confirmed to the organization of the Volta, Pogacar will face next year the double Giro d'Itàlia and Tour de França and will race the Volta from March 18 to 24.
Tadej Pogacar, double Tour de France winner, and the cyclist who has broken records of precocity in the cycling world in recent years will debut in the Volta Ciclista Catalunya 2024. As confirmed by his team, UAE Team Emirates, the youngest cyclist to win a stage race on the UCI World Tour calendar, the second youngest cyclist to win a Tour de France at just 21 years old, has chosen the Catalan event to prepare for one of the most ambitious challenges in the world of cycling: winning the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in the same year. A feat that has not been repeated since 1998 when Pantiani, considered one of the best climbers in the cycling world, won the two most important events in the professional calendar.
Tadej Pogacar one of the most popular cyclists of the moment and with an enormous track record. The Slovenian rider has always shown great professional ambition and announced a few months ago that he wanted to win races in which he had never participated before. Now, at the age of 25, he will take on the Volta Ciclista Catalunya for the first time, in a 103rd edition that has been unraveling part of his career.
Between March 18 and 24 Catalunya will live a historic edition of the Volta, which will bring together the best cyclists in the world. A total of seven stages among which we will find 3 high altitude finishes. A guaranteed success that will bring prestige to the Volta and will become one of the main dishes of the next edition. The arrivals at the FGC mountain resorts of Vallter and Port Ainé, and a third one in Queralt (Berguedà), promise to make us live a fascinating and promising edition, where the hardness will allow us to experience the best cycling in the world.
While waiting for the 25 teams that will take part in the Catalan race to confirm the cyclists who will participate, the presence of the Slovenian star becomes great news for cycling fans in our country. After living a high-level Volta 2023, where precisely his compatriot Primoz Roglic won, we lived a great edition that will be remembered for the great moments lived, with a brilliant duel with the Belgian cyclist Remco Evenepoel.
With the presence of Pogacar, the Volta Ciclista Catalunya 2024 is positioned as one of the events of the UCI World Tour calendar of reference, a key event for the best cyclists in the world as part of their training.