Tadej Pogacar follows up TT national title with first gold in Slovenian road race

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) (Image credit: Getty)

Tadej Pogačar has claimed his first-ever Slovenian elite road race title after the UAE Team Emirates star dropped Jayco-AIUIa veteran Luka Mezgec late on to clinch the victory.

Pogačar had already taken a dominating win in the Slovenian Time Trial Championships prior to following that with a triumph in the road race. It is the 60th win of his career and the 14th of this season.

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.