{"id":897101,"date":"2026-09-15T21:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/897101\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T21:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:42:15","slug":"tadej-pogacar-has-released-a-recovery-progress-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/897101\/","title":{"rendered":"Tadej Poga\u010dar has released a recovery progress update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guess who&#8217;s back, back again? Tadej Poga\u010dar has posted a series of photos and videos on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DdUPHFCIpkb\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;stkn=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram channel<\/a> documenting his road to recovery after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/cycling\/tadej-pogacar-withdraws-after-a-hard-crash-on-the-eighth-stage-of-the-vuelta-a-espana\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">crashing out<\/a> of the 2026 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a. The Slovenian World Champion posted a montage of photos from his hospital visit and surgery alongside videos of him riding on Zwift. While some of the images are tough to look at, his progress will make cycling fans everywhere smile.Poga\u010dar has not been standing still after his crashAlongside training on Zwift, Poga\u010dar also shows pictures of his partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/urska-zigart\" title=\"Urska Zigart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Urska Zigart<\/a>, who also suffered a crash recently. &#8220;Not quite how we planned to spend September.&#8221; read the caption on Poga\u010dar&#8217;s post, &#8220;At least we have good company. A big thank you to our teams, families, friends and all of you for the amazing support. We are very grateful \ud83e\udef6&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Both Poga\u010dar and Zigart will miss the rest of 2026<\/p>\n<p>Slovenia will host its first major road cycling championship, the European Championships, in Ljubljana in October, but the event will miss its planned headliners. Defending European champion Tadej Poga\u010dar is out for the season after injuries from a Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a crash, and Ur\u0161ka Zigart is likely done for the year after refracturing her jaw at the Faun Tour Femmes.<\/p>\n<p>The course, designed to suit Poga\u010dar with the steep Mo\u017ejanca climb, had been expected to echo his dominant 2025 win. With Zigart also absent from both the European and World Championships, Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d becomes Slovenia\u2019s main home hope following his second place at the Vuelta.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the setbacks, the championships will proceed from October 2\u20137, featuring more than 40 nations and around 800 athletes, with routes across the Gorenjska region and all finishes in \u0160en\u010dur.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/cycling\/slovenia-built-its-european-championships-around-pogacar-and-zigart-but-neither-will-now-race-in-ljubljana\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a>. The question of who will succeed Poga\u010dar as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/cycling\/2026-world-cycling-championships-route-schedule-road-time-trial-teams-are-starting-to-be-announced\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">men&#8217;s World Champion<\/a> is the one being asked now.<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Guess who&#8217;s back, back again? 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