Tadej Pogacar has talent to spare. The best cyclist in the world in 2024, winner of three of the last five Tour de France, is also good with his racket in hand. The Slovenian celebrated his exceptional year during a small tournament of padel in the North of Italy. With his teammate Felix Grossschartner, Pogacar won the tournament. Anecdotal but proof that the runner knows how to adapt to other disciplines. And why not one day take a closer interest in padel or Tennis, who knows?
Video – Winner of the Tour de France, Pogacar tried his hand at padel
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“I should stick to cycling”
Tadej Pogacar is a sportsman who dreams big, in particular of winning as many Grand Tours as possible. So for the moment, padel is not the priority, and we can understand that. “It was fun today, but I should stick to cycling” he commented after his victory. The day was organized by his agent Alex Carerato celebrate a remarkable year on the bike. “On this little part of the globe, in Slovenia, an extraordinary boy was born. In Italy, where I come from, I often hear that it is a shame that he was not born a hundred kilometers further away. the west” commented the latter during the event, for rtvslo.
