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Pogačar says 2027 is open: three options, December decision
Pogačar said on a MyWhoosh community ride that the team gave him three calendar options for 2027 and he still needs time to decide. The Vuelta a España now sits in his own list of objectives next to the Tour de France and the World Championships, not alone as the settled goal. The decision falls in December at a team training camp.
What this means
The Vuelta is now one of three stated objectives, not the settled goal, and the calendar decision is due in December at the team training camp.
Our last card carried his October line that the Vuelta would be next year's goal, and his agent's view that it was more likely than the Giro d'Italia. Now Pogačar himself calls the calendar «a big decision» and lists three main objectives: the Tour de France, the World Championships and the Vuelta a España. He says there is a «big chance» he returns to the Classics and the UAE Tour, and «obviously» the Tour de France. The UAE Tour is the option most discussed, and the Tour Down Under organisers say they are doing everything to bring him to Adelaide in January. He has also not yet studied the 2027 Tour de France route, presented on 22 October, and was not at the announcement. The 2027 Vuelta starts in Galicia on 4 September, a week later than usual.
Sources
‘I still need some time to analyse what I really want’ - Tadej Pogačar to return to the UAE Tour, but 2027 race calendar still undecided with Tour de France the main targetUAE Tour, Classics, then Tour – Pogačar lays out likely early-2027 plansPogačar, conti in sospeso con la Vuelta: nel 2027 il ritorno in Spagna è più probabile del GiroPogačar targets Tour, Worlds and Vuelta in 2027
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