{"id":376839,"date":"2025-12-28T21:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T21:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/376839\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T21:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T21:31:10","slug":"20-wins-from-only-50-race-days-tadej-pogacars-incredible-2025-season-in-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/376839\/","title":{"rendered":"20 wins from only 50 race days: Tadej Poga\u010dar\u2019s incredible 2025 season in numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025 WorldTour was Tadej Poga\u010dar\u2019s sixth season as part of the pro peloton and saw the Slovenian cement his place as one of (if not the) greatest riders of all time.<\/p>\n

Although only 27, the UAE Team Emirates rider surpassed 100 pro career wins, finishing the season on 108 to date.<\/p>\n

These weren\u2019t the cycling equivalent of a footballing goal poacher\u2019s tap-ins, either, and included three more Monuments, four Tour de France stage wins and a second UCI Road World Championships.<\/p>\n

But his season wasn\u2019t defined only by wins \u2013 it was the manner in which he achieved them, too. Poga\u010dar<\/a> continues to show new ways to come out on top; whether that\u2019s targeting his rivals\u2019 weaknesses over the course of a three-week Grand Tour or launching seemingly kamikaze solo attacks that only he can sustain.<\/p>\n

When he can hold an estimated 442 watts for 40 minutes<\/a>, it\u2019s clear the Slovenian is on another level. But what is his ceiling? From his lofty position in the all-time standings to a record, race-winning 66.6km solo attack, here are the numbers that defined his 2025 season.<\/p>\n

10
\n\"TadejPoga\u010dar won the Tour of Flanders (pictured), Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge and Il Lombardia in 2025. Eric Lalmand \/ Getty Images <\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar took on all five Monuments for the first time as an Elite rider, claiming wins at the Tour of Flanders, Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge and Il Lombardia, while finishing second at Paris\u2013Roubaix and third at Milan\u2013Sanremo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His three victories, including his fifth consecutive Il Lombardia win, took him to 10 Monuments, and he now trails only Eddy Merckx (19) and Roger De Vlaeminck (11) in the all-time standings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Slovenian still needs to win at Paris\u2013Roubaix and Milan\u2013Sanremo to join Merckx, De Vlaeminck and Rik Van Looy as the only riders to complete the set, and both are on his race calendar for 2026.<\/p>\n

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\n\"TadejPoga\u010dar claimed 20 victories from only 50 race days in 2025. Tim de Waele \/ Getty Images <\/p>\n

While he only started 50 race days all year, the 27-year-old made it count when he did, picking up nine stage wins, eight one-day race victories, three general classifications and the mountain classification at the Tour de France.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His 20 wins, including his fourth Tour de France, second world championship and the European championship, were more than half as many as the WorldTour<\/a> teams managed all year. They also took his running tally to 108 pro victories since 2019.<\/p>\n

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\n\"TadejThe 27-year-old Slovenian has now won 21 Tour de France stages. Dirk Waem \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

Four of Poga\u010dar\u2019s most impressive wins came during his defence of his Tour de France title.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His final of this year\u2019s Grand Boucle \u2013 a demolition of yellow-jersey rival Jonas Vingegaard during the Pyrenean uphill time trial \u2013 took his total Tour de France stage wins to 21 from six starts, and he now sits sixth in the all-time standings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Poga\u010dar\u2019s got 14 more to get before he equals Mark Cavendish\u2019s record, few would bet against the all-rounder achieving it.<\/p>\n

66.6
\n\"TadejPoga\u010dar won the World Championships in 2025 with a 66.6km attack. David Ramos \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar displayed a variety of ways of winning in 2025, but none were as explosive as his solo attacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When the Slovenian throws down the gauntlet, no other rider can match his raw power, and the result becomes something of a foregone conclusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He used this tactic to great effect when defending his rainbow jersey at the Road World Championships in Rwanda, pulling away with 66.6km to go and time-trialling all the way to the line. His rainbow-jersey winning effort not only clinched him a second world title, though, but also the record for the longest winning attack of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

8,635
\n\"TadejPoga\u010dar celebrates as he wins Strade Bianche 2025. Dario Belingheri \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar’s 50 race days still saw him accumulate a total distance of 8,635km during the 2025 season, with 3,302km alone coming at the Tour de France<\/a> \u2013 his only Grand Tour of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This total is more than 1,000km less than 2024, where he did the triple crown (Giro d\u2019Italia, Tour de France, world championships), but isn\u2019t his shortest season yet, which came during 2020\u2019s Covid-ravaged year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 WorldTour was Tadej Poga\u010dar\u2019s sixth season as part of the pro peloton and saw the Slovenian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-376839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}