"A course that is interesting, open and dynamic": Organizers expect Pogacar to face tough competition at home European Championships

It's mentioned only occasionally that Tadej Pogacar, the reigning world champion, holds the European title as well after a dominant performance in Ardeche last October.

"A course that is interesting, open and dynamic": Organizers expect Pogacar to face tough competition at home European Championships. It's mentioned only occasionally that Tadej Pogacar, the reigning world champion, holds the European title as well after a dominant performance in Ardeche last October. Moving to the current season, Pogacar is faced with an opportunity to equal Peter Sagan's record of three consecutive world titles on a familiar course in Montreal, but perhaps even more intriguing to the 27-year-old will be the home European Championships in Ljubljana. The course's distinctive feature will be a steep 2.1-kilometer climb with an average gradient of over 10% which will be contested multiple times in the decisive segment of the race. Definitely up Pogacar's alley-way, but it doesn't make the race so hard that other favourites...