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Pogacar targets Vuelta win to complete Grand Tour set
Tadej Pogacar heads toward the Spanish Vuelta aiming to add the one Grand Tour missing from his recent run of major wins.
Pogacar sets his next Grand Tour target
Tadej Pogacar is aiming at Spanish Vuelta victory when the race begins this weekend in Monaco, with the clear storyline being the chance to complete a Grand Tour hat trick.
That matters because this is not simply another start for the Tour de France champion. Pogacar won a record-equaling fifth Tour de France title in July, and that result came on top of his 2024 Giro d'Italia triumph. Within the facts available, the Vuelta is the remaining piece of that Grand Tour picture.
Why it matters
For a serious cyclist, the significance is in the sequence. A rider coming off a Tour win already carries the largest possible benchmark of form and pressure. Layering that onto a previous Giro victory turns the Vuelta into more than a standalone objective - it becomes the race that could define the scope of this phase of Pogacar's career.
The start in Monaco also means the target becomes immediate rather than theoretical. The question now shifts from ambition to execution: whether Pogacar can turn a season already marked by major Grand Tour success into a completed set.
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Bron: Yahoo Entertainment