It may be Tadej Pogačar's ninth month of racing this season, but this Friday the leading favourite for the UEC Road European Championships men's road race delivered a ominous, if familiar, warning to his rivals that he's feeling very good and he's not ruling out one of his trademark devastating long-range breakaways.
Fresh from taking his second straight road race title in a World Championships, where he attacked from so far out only a rider with Pogačar's previous track record could be sure of going the distance, the Slovenian cut a confident and relaxed figure as he talked to media about Sunday's upcoming European equivalent event.
