{"id":650494,"date":"2026-06-21T11:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/650494\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T11:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:47:16","slug":"mcnulty-on-pogacar-if-he-says-to-ride-you-can-assume-hes-probably-going-to-win-the-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/650494\/","title":{"rendered":"McNulty on Poga\u010dar: ‘If he says to ride, you can assume he’s probably going to win the stage’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"McNulty<\/p>\n

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Tadej Poga\u010dar is not the only UAE star who has used the Tour de Suisse to show off his pre-Tour de France form this week.<\/p>\n

\"Dane<\/p>\n

Cor Vos<\/p>\n

Tadej Poga\u010dar isn’t the only UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider putting on a show at the Tour de Suisse, where UAE has won three of four stages so far. The five-star favorite for the upcoming Tour de France has two of those wins himself and stage-hunting expert Jhonatan Narv\u00e1ez has the other, although UAE will surely be just as happy with how everyone else on the squad has ridden this week.<\/p>\n

Brandon McNulty, Tim Wellens, and Nils Politt are all expected to join Poga\u010dar at next month’s Tour, and this week’s Alpine appetizer has shown them to be in fine form as the task of backing Poga\u010dar for an even bigger objective looms.<\/p>\n

For McNulty in particular, that fine form was not a given. The 28-year-old American spent two months away from racing after he pulled out of the Itzulia Basque Country in April.<\/p>\n

“All spring was rocky, and then I ended up having a virus. I found out after Basque Country,” McNulty told Escape Collective from Switzerland this week. “From there, three weeks off, and then from May 2 or 3 I was able to start riding, and then just training full for the Tour, and I’ve trained the well, and came back well, so I’m back in shape.”<\/p>\n

Indeed, he has made that clear in four days of Tour de Suisse racing so far. On the very first stage in Switzerland, McNulty’s pace-setting at the front on an uncategorized climb shelled the field in classic UAE mountain leadout style, setting Poga\u010dar up to solo clear for a stage win<\/a> that would put him more than two minutes ahead of the nearest rival in the race. Further support efforts through the ensuing stages and a top 10 finish in the stage 4 time trial \u2013\u00a0won by Poga\u010dar with a total of three other UAE riders in the top 10 \u2013\u00a0confirmed that McNulty and the other members of the Tour de France supporting cast are ready for July.<\/p>\n

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Poga\u010dar’s singular dominance may lead some to wonder how important his team really is, but as McNulty points out, taking on three weeks of high-stress racing alone would be a challenge even for the world’s best rider.<\/p>\n

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\n News & Racing<\/a>
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