{"id":512146,"date":"2026-04-04T07:40:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/512146\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T07:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:40:21","slug":"is-an-ultra-enthusiastic-tadej-pogacar-fully-recovered-from-his-heavy-crash-at-milan-sanremo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/512146\/","title":{"rendered":"Is an ultra-enthusiastic Tadej Poga\u010dar fully recovered from his \u201cheavy crash\u201d at Milan-Sanremo?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tadej Poga\u010dar spent more than six minutes on Thursday evening as a guest on Vive le V\u00e9lo<\/a>, where the daily programme Leve de Ronde looked ahead to the Tour of Flanders<\/a>, which will be held on Sunday. Poga\u010dar dropped by together with UAE Team Emirates-XRG teammate Florian Vermeersch<\/a> for a short but lively appearance.Still sporting his blond hairstyle, Poga\u010dar looked relaxed and cheerful at the table with the Belgians. He had arrived in Flanders earlier on Thursday and had enough time to preview Sunday\u2019s race, where he will be aiming for a third victory in the Tour of Flanders<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He already won De Ronde in 2023 and 2025, and very few people doubt that he will once again play a leading role this Sunday. In the only two races he has ridden so far this season, Strade Bianche and Milan-Sanremo, the reigning world champion came out on top both times.<\/p>\n

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Poga\u010dar feels good after crash at Milan-Sanremo<\/p>\n

The main question of the evening, however, was how Poga\u010dar is feeling after his crash in Milan-Sanremo. \u201cI think and hope I\u2019m ready, and I\u2019ve been able to train well,\u201d he said. \u201cAfter Sanremo I took it a little easy for a while. It was a heavy crash, but I didn\u2019t have many deep wounds. So they didn\u2019t bother me for very long.\u201d<\/p>\n

That means the world champion appears to be in excellent shape once again. The racer in Poga\u010dar \u201ccan\u2019t wait\u201d for the Tour of Flanders. \u201cFrom the moment I arrived at the airport, I could already feel the enthusiasm of the fans,\u201d he said. \u201cThere were people waiting for autographs and photos. You immediately feel that you\u2019re back in the land of cycling.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Tadej<\/p>\n

Also in Strade Bianche it was already a hit for Pogi<\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar sends Vermeersch a message after every race<\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar said he is especially looking forward to the atmosphere in Flanders, something he had already soaked up in part by watching the previous Flemish races on television. He described both the E3 Saxo Classic, won by Mathieu van der Poel, and In Flanders Fields, won by Jasper Philipsen, as \u201cvery interesting races.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dwars door Vlaanderen also caught his eye, and there was one common thread running through all of those races: Florian Vermeersch was prominent in the finales every time with his attacking style. \u201cFlorian did really well,\u201d said Poga\u010dar, who admitted he had also teased his Belgian teammate with a message afterwards.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat did I send him? \u2018Why don\u2019t you win?\u2019\u201d Poga\u010dar said with a smile. It was clearly meant as a joke, although Vermeersch then revealed that he genuinely receives a message from his team leader after every race. \u201cHe always congratulates me and sends me positive feedback,\u201d said the Belgian. \u201cSo far, he\u2019s been a really nice teammate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, the conversation briefly turned to Remco Evenepoel\u2019s upcoming Tour of Flanders debut. Poga\u010dar admitted that the news had not come as a complete shock. \u201cI was a little bit surprised, but at the same time not really,\u201d he said. \u201cI had already heard rumours some time ago.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tadej Poga\u010dar spent more than six minutes on Thursday evening as a guest on Vive le V\u00e9lo, where…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,123573,101,8782,110664,12183,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-512146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-florian-vermeersch","tag-sports","tag-tadej-pogacar","tag-tour-of-flanders","tag-uae-team-emirates-xrg","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}