Images circulating on social media show the Slovenian megastar wearing a jersey laden with \u201cDo not disturb\u201d and \u201cNo photography\u201d motifs.<\/p>\n
Poga\u010dar\u2019s garish white and pink apparel is as clear a signpost as you can get.<\/p>\n
Even cycling\u2019s perma-grinning meme-lord needs a break from all the selfies and signatures while he digs himself out of post-Tour de France<\/a> fatigue.<\/p>\n Tadej Poga\u010dar shows with his new jersey \u2018Please do not disturb\u2019 that he is not wishing or taking selfies or videos during his calm days at home. pic.twitter.com\/kdvlEJiX7D<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Luk\u00e1\u0161 Ronald Luk\u00e1cs (@lucasaganronald) August 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n The photos taken last weekend show Poga\u010dar enjoying a mid-ride coffee with his partner, Ur\u0161ka \u017digart<\/a>.<\/p>\n His choice of apparel is both a surprise and not.<\/p>\n Poga\u010dar was beset by a sense of boredom and then burnout last month while he closed down on his fourth Tour de France title.<\/p>\n He went on to describe the race as \u201cone of the hardest I\u2019ve ridden,\u201d<\/a> and got all existential with reflections on retirement<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 26-year-old simultaneously abandoned his plans to race the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a with UAE Emirates-XRG in favor of a lighter program in advance of his title defense at the Kigali road worlds.<\/p>\n Poga\u010dar even forwent the easy paychecks of the highly lucrative post-Tour de France criterium circuit. He took one dash around his home event in Komenda and went home.<\/p>\n No escaping the spotlight for Poga\u010dar<\/p>\n Yet fanfare and media frenzy are part of the package for Poga\u010dar.<\/p>\n He is the highest-paid, most wildly successful rider in the sport, after all.<\/p>\n Cycling\u2019s modern GOAT made headlines last weekend simply by being at the Tour de Romandie F\u00e9minin<\/a> to support \u017digart.<\/p>\n Images of him consoling his partner after she lost her grip on GC victory in the final phase of the three-day tour went viral.<\/p>\n @TamauPogi<\/a> aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de sa compagne @urskazigart<\/a> au terme de la derni\u00e8re \u00e9tape du TDRF pic.twitter.com\/T0jpb4yes2<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Tour de Romandie (@TourDeRomandie) August 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Of course, the photo of Poga\u010dar wearing a \u201cdo not disturb\u201d directive is ironic in itself.<\/p>\n Heck, knowing Pogi, the whole thing could be a prank.<\/p>\n Closing down on Canada, road worlds Poga\u010dar won\u2019t be keeping it low-key much longer.<\/p>\n His redesigned roadmap toward road worlds will kick-start at the turn of this month. He will cross the Atlantic for the Canadian GPs<\/a> in early September. A flight to Kigali follows soon after the Qu\u00e9bec-Montr\u00e9al double-header.<\/p>\n Poga\u010dar certainly won\u2019t be hiding from the headlines when he\u2019s got the chance to pad his already historic palmar\u00e9s.<\/p>\n
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Poga\u010dar will finish his season with the Canadian GPs, the world and European champs, and Il Lombardia. (Photo: MARCO BERTORELLO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n