“I will be running four Monuments this year but that does not mean that I am set on winning them all. One day, I would like to try my hand at all five, so at Paris-Roubaix as well. But not immediately“. Last January, Tadej Pogacardouble winner of the Tour de France, had unveiled its program for the 2022 season. A program in which Paris-Roubaix does not appear. Since then, water has flowed under the bridges.
After missing out in the final of the Tour of Flanders, the Slovenian let go of a little tweet that had the gift of exciting cycling fans. “See you in Paris-Roubaix“, responded “Handsometo his companion Urska Zigartprofessional rider at Bike-Exchangeon the social network Twitter. It didn’t take more for feed the rumor of a participation in the queen of the classics.