Sept 16 (Askume) – Tour de France champion Tade Pogacar is trying to win his first title at this month’s road cycling world championships but the 25-year-old said on Sunday he is feeling even more confident after winning the Montreal Grand Prix.
Pogacar, who won the Giro d’Italia and his third Tour de France title in July , is hoping to become only the third man to win cycling’s “treble” after Belgian Eddy Merckx in 1974 and Irishman Stephen Roche in 1987.
The Slovenian finished third at last year’s World Championships in Glasgow.
“Of course I felt a lot of confidence and motivation today,” Pogacar told reporters.
“You can’t do much in two weeks in terms of fitness, just a few more training sessions, some long, some intense, but not too many. Then I think we’ll be ready for the World Championships. ….
“There is always a chance, there always has been. I had a chance last year and I finished third on a route that wasn’t the best for me. But this year things are much better, so it’s a better chance for me.”
“But the World Championships is the World Championships, and if everything doesn’t go well, it’s going to be hard to win it.”
The 2024 World Championships will be held in Zurich, Switzerland from September 21 to 29.
