The sports director of the UAE Emirates-XRG team leaves doubt after the fourth Tour de France won by Tadej Pogacar.
“It is the perfection of cycling. »» This is how Joxean Fernandez Matxin describes Tadej Pogacar, winner last Sunday in Paris of his fourth Tour de France, after 2020, 2021 and 2024. If he is obviously delighted with the new coronation of his protégé, the sports director of the UAE team Emirates-XRG thinks we haven’t seen anything yet.
According to him, Slovenian can do better. “I have seen an improvement in him so farhe explains in an interview with the AS Journal. He showed us that he was progressing. By talking to Javier Sola (his coach) and the nutritionist, we see that he still has a margin of progression, that he is motivated and that he can get there. »»
Tadej Pogacar ready to give up the Tour de France?
The motivation, “Pogi”, however, had it no longer too much in the last days of this large 2025 loop, which he especially spent managing his advance on Jonas Vingegaard. A strategy defended by his manager: “At La Plagne, we attended a slightly more boring stage, but it is not the leader who must attack. And it’s not a criticism “he lets go.
“What need to attack the Plagne as far away at Hautacam?” He had four stage victories, the general, and perhaps this lack of competitiveness tired us a little. »» Could this boredom push Tadej Pogacar not to line up on the Tour? Joxean Fernandez Matxin leaves doubt: “Everything is possible. Everything in its time. »»
