SO SAD: He may not finish the 2024 Tour de France, Tadej Pogačar has been suspended today because of…

The Slovenian spent a week at home in Monaco after winning the Giro d’Italia before travelling to Isola 2000 on June 4. He will remain there until Monday, as per the plan outlined by his team at the start of the season.

No rider has won the Giro-Tour double since the late Marco Pantani in 1998, and the few riders to attempt the feat since fell short in July after digging too deep into their reservoirs at the corsa rosa. UAE Team Emirates sports manager Matxin Joxean Fernandez, however, insisted that Pogačar emerged relatively fresh from a Giro that he dominated from start to finish.