UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s Tadej Pogačar attends the team presentation on the eve of the Milan-San Remo 2025 Tadej Pogačar played down his role of super favourite for Milan-San Remo , and played down his chances of victory, all while refusing to reveal his cards and UAE Team Emirates-XRG race strategy at Friday’s team presentation in Pavia.
Pogačar and UAE were the last on stage at the men’s presentation and naturally got the biggest cheers from the Italian crowd.
Pogačar still has some road rash and even open wounds but seemed ready to race, two weeks after his crash and victory at Strade Bianche .
"I still have some open wounds but I’m feeling OK. Nothing bothers me on the bike," he admitted, carefully wrapped up against the cold that should follow Milan-San Remo all day on Saturday.
"The first few days were pretty rough, but since then I did some really good training, did some nice recons, and came here with the team. There’s a good atmosphere and I’m super prepared and ready to race."
Each rider who passed through the packed and chaotic media mixed zone at the team presentation was asked: "What will Pogačar do?"
Pogačar was asked too but jokingly stayed evasive. "To win you have to cross the finish line first…" he said."To win you have to be the best, it’s as simple as that. In truth, it’s a tough one to crack. You need to have some luck, you need to be prepared, concentrated, have the power, you need […]
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