Tadej Pogačar ended the Tour de France with a series of attacks on the Champs Elysees and a new power threshold but has opted to take a break from racing to recover from his testing three-week battle with Jonas Vingegaard.
Pogačar pulled out of the Aalst criterium on Monday evening, preferring to head home and his UAE Team Emirates have confirmed that he won’t ride Sunday’s Championnats d'Europe des Grimpeurs - the new European Climber time trial Championships that are due to be held on the 12.5 km Tremola San Gottardo climb in Switzerland. Felix Großschartner will replace Pogačar in the event.
