Tadej Pogacar's training 'back on track' after minor case of gastroenteritis

Tadej Pogacar
Tadej Pogacar (Image credit: Getty Images)

UAE Team Emirates management have played down the reports that Tadej Pogačar has been ill and off training, saying that it was a mild case of gastroenteritis that will not affect his season start.

Italian media claimed that the double Tour de France winner had been off training for a week because of illness.

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.