'A new challenge' - Tadej Pogacar takes on Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Olympics and Worlds in 2024

Tadej Pogačar at the UAE Team Emirates training camp
Tadej Pogačar at the UAE Team Emirates training camp (Image credit: Getty Images)

Tadej Pogačar has confirmed that his ambition is to compete at the Giro d'Italia, and Tour de France in 2024, squeezing both into a season which is also expected to include an Olympic Games and World Championships start. 

In a round-table interview at the UAE Team Emirates training camp on Monday, Pogačar said that it has always been a dream to compete at the Italian Grand Tour and now he feels the time is right to take on two Grand Tours in a year for the first time, which will enable him to debut at the race in May.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.