{"id":707271,"date":"2026-07-23T15:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/707271\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:22:14","slug":"hes-experiencing-the-most-relaxed-tour-of-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/707271\/","title":{"rendered":"He’s experiencing the most relaxed Tour of his life"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\u201cHe has an incredible feeling with his teammates and the whole team. He’s experiencing the most relaxed Tour of his life. He’s very happy,” Carera told Marca. <\/a><\/p>\n

Noting a conversation with his top client on Monday’s rest day, Carera noted that a riders’ pyhsical condition goes a long way towards determining their perspective. Right now, it’s plain sailing for Pogacar in his opinion.<\/p>\n

Carera on Pogacar’s mindset and Urska Zigart<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are days when you win and days when you lose. It\u2019s part of the sport. He\u2019s very calm. I spoke with him during the rest day and everything is fine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re not physically well, it\u2019s normal to be worried and take every situation more seriously. When you feel good, everything looks different.”<\/p>\n

One pre-Tour worry was the broken jaw suffered by Urska Zigart, Pogacar’s partner, at the Tour de Suisse. Causing family concern, Pogacar tweaked his plans before La Grand Boucle to spend extra time with her.<\/p>\n

In turn, she had planned to visit Alpe d’Huez this weekend for the finale mountain stages. However, she’ll instead re-join Pogacar in Paris on the final day.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe wanted to come to Alpe d’Huez , but the logistics were a bit complicated. Now she’s fine and will see Tadej in Paris,\u201d Carera confirmed.<\/p>\n

\"Tadej<\/p>\n

Tadej Pogacar<\/p>\n

Pogacar faced boos amid success<\/p>\n

Pogacar has openly talked about being booed during this edition and it’s his talent and clear head that makes it easy for Carera to work with him. His agent insists that his success will inevitably invite marginal criticism.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIt\u2019s not just because of his results, which are incredible. He always has a clear idea and a way of dealing with situations. That makes it much easier to work together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re a public figure, you know you can\u2019t please everyone. People are free to write and express their opinions. He can\u2019t change to try to please everyone, because he\u2019ll never succeed. He knows that 90% of the fans applaud him.<\/p>\n

“And those who aren\u2019t applauding him now might do so next time. It\u2019s normal. Often, when someone wins so much, people prefer to support the underdog, the one who starts with fewer chances.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an admission about Pogacar’s salary and earnings, while Carera didn’t give any exact numbers, admitted that 35 percent of his earnings come from personal sponsors.<\/p>\n

\u201cTadej is number one in the world and, of course, he has the highest salary. The difference between him and the second or third-ranked rider is enormous.” He added: \u201c65% comes from his salary and 35% from personal sponsors.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cHe has an incredible feeling with his teammates and the whole team. He’s experiencing the most relaxed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,8782,6549,12183,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-707271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-tadej-pogacar","tag-tour-de-france","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\/707271","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=707271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}