Tadej Pogačar to ride Tour de France and Vuelta a España in 2022

Slovenian also says he is "really excited" to race Tour of Flanders for the first time

Tadej Pogačar
Tadej Pogačar attacks at Il Lombardia last year
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Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar is to ride the Tour and the Vuelta a España in the same season, the Slovenian confirmed on Monday.

It will be the first time that he will target two grand tours in the same season. In 2019 he came third at the Vuelta before he won back-to-back Tours in 2020 and 2021. Fellow Slovenian Primož Roglič has won three Vuelta titles in a row.

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