{"id":344005,"date":"2025-12-14T04:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T04:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/344005\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T04:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T04:51:09","slug":"tour-paris-roubaix-but-no-giro-tadej-pogacar-shows-off-his-2026-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/344005\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour, Paris-Roubaix but no Giro: Tadej Poga\u010dar shows off his 2026 schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While his rivals <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/you-can-watch-mathieu-van-der-poel-race-cross-even-sooner-than-expected\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">are talking about cyclocross<\/a>, Tadej Poga\u010dar is already plotting out his 2026 season. The reigning world champion released his schedule for the first half of next year.<\/p>\n<p>Focusing on Monuments and defending his Tour de France title, it\u2019s a mix of races he\u2019s won, races <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/tadej-pogacar-clearly-really-really-wants-to-win-paris-roubaix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he really, really wants to win<\/a>, and a couple unexpected events that shake up his run-in to July.<\/p>\n<p>Monument hunting season<\/p>\n<p>Pogacar is, once again, spending his spring hunting for Monument wins. After skipping Australia and the UAE tours, he\u2019ll kick his season off with Strade Bianche in March.\u00a0That\u2019s followed by Milan-Sanremo and Ronde van Vlaanderen.<\/p>\n<p>Pogacar then resumes the quest for a rare race that he\u2019s yet to win: Paris-Roubaix. The Slovenian has <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/tadej-pogacar-clearly-really-really-wants-to-win-paris-roubaix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">already been spotted hunting for any advantage on the French cobbles in his early-season training<\/a>. It\u2019s clear that his 2026 \u00a0Classics campaign will be built around winning the French Monument.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever happens on the cobbles of Roubaix, Pogacar then heads to Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge for one more one-day race before switching to Grand Tour mode.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VingegaardPogacar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VingegaardPogacar.jpg\" alt=\"Could fans pay to watch on Alpe d\u2019Huez in 2026?\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1001\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A fresh approach to the Tour de France<\/p>\n<p>Two notable events where the Slovenian\u2019s yet to race highlight his early 2026 calendar. Tour of Romandie and Tour de Suisse will both offer fresh roads for Poga\u010dar, having not started either stage race yet.<\/p>\n<p>With those being his only two post-Classics events currently scheduled before July, it\u2019s a major shake-up in how the UAE rider approaches his Tour de France preparation.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no word on what his schedule is post-Tour. Since neither the Giro or Vuelta seem interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/does-tadejs-grand-switcheroo-actually-make-a-lot-of-sense\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his plan for the Grand switcheroo<\/a>, it\u2019s unlikely we\u2019ll see him in Spain in August. But he <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/does-tadejs-grand-switcheroo-actually-make-a-lot-of-sense\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has stated that world championships in Montreal are very much on his radar for next season<\/a>, if not yet officially.<\/p>\n<p>Tadej Poga\u010dar 2026 schedule<\/p>\n<p>Strade Bianche \u2013 March 7<\/p>\n<p>Milano-Sanremo \u2013 March 21<\/p>\n<p>Ronde van Vlaanderen \u2013 April 5<\/p>\n<p>Paris-Roubaix \u2013 April 12<\/p>\n<p>Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge \u2013 April 26<\/p>\n<p>Tour de Romandie \u2013 April 28<\/p>\n<p>Tour de Suisse \u2013 June 17<\/p>\n<p>Tour de France \u2013 July 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While his rivals are talking about cyclocross, Tadej Poga\u010dar is already plotting out his 2026 season. 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