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Roger Vaughan

Tour Down Under tried to lure cycling star Pogacar

Tadej Pogacar was at the heart of an unsuccessful 18-month project to lure the Tour de France champion to Adelaide's Tour Down Under as its headline act.

Race director Stuart O'Grady had the three-time Tour de France winner as his No.1 priority, with negotiations falling over only a few weeks before the event.

The Adelaide race wanted one of the sport's biggest names for the 25th anniversary of the men's Tour.

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