The Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar says the Slovenian federation’s decision not to select his girlfriend, Urska Zigart, for the Olympics was one of the reasons behind his 11th-hour decision to withdraw from the Paris Games.
On Monday the Slovenian Olympic Committee said in a statement that Pogacar had not been selected because of fatigue, less than 24 hours after he had won his third Tour title in Nice. However, Pogacar flew to the Netherlands to compete in a criterium race on Tuesday evening.
