As Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates-XRG face up to the toughest bike race in the world and the possibility of winning the Tour de France for a fifth time, what everybody wants to know is how he's going to try to do it. Because while for the last two years, Pogačar already seemed to be streets ahead of the opposition, at the same time, in order to stay ahead, the battle for improvement in performance can never let up.
In part 1 of this two-part interview, UAE Team Emirates-XRG Head of Performance Jeroen Swart already discussed Pogačar's margin for progression, the dangers of mental stress and the specific training for the Tour.
