Tadej Pogacar He is a star and during his visit to Colombia he has realized the great love that exists in the country for cycling and he has been disturbed by the love that exists for the country’s culture.
The number one in the world, the best cyclist on the planet today is in the country, as it is the main attraction of the Giro de Rigo, a recreational race organized by Rigoberto Uran and that this year has its headquarters in the department of Meta.
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Pogacar was received for what he is, number one in the ranking of the International Cycling Union (UCI), the man who has distinguished himself for his victories in the last two years on the planet.
was received in Bogota by Urán himself, who waited for him at the capital’s airport and with him undertook a trip to Villavicenciohost city of the recreational competition.
In the event’s “concentration” hotel, Pogacar and Urán met with more stars of sports and entertainment. the champion in France of 2020 and 2021 met the Colombian singer Carlos Vives and his wife, Claudia Elena Vásquez, just as he had the opportunity to meet the country’s Olympic medalist, Mariana Pajón, and her husband.
Hours later, the Pueblito Llanero del Parque Las Malokas, in Villavicencio, was adorned, as the traditional dinner of the Giro was held, in which the special guests chat with the public who paid the entrance to share with them. And it was a party.
immense joy
The organization of the event, together with the government of the department under the command of Juan Guillermo Zuluaga, devised a different form for the act. The special guests entered Las Malokas mounted on horseback. Urán, his wife, Michelle, and the idea was that Pogacar and his girlfriend, Urska Zigartdid the same, but at the beginning the issue was complicated.
the team leader UAE Emirates he refused to get on the horse, but was later convinced. The one who encouraged him the most was Urán himself.
“How is it that you get on a steel horse and go down to more than 100 kilometers per hour and now you are afraid to get on an almost still horse!” Urán told Pogacar, who finally got on the horse and entered the dinner.
But the party went much further. Pogacar, Urán and other guests went up to the main stage and to the sound of the joropo played by Maria Alejandra Castillo he was measured to keep up with others. The enthusiasm of the Governor of Cundinamarca, Nicolás García, was also evident, and he was delighted as never before.
“This is crazy. I’m happy to be here, to get to know part of Colombia.”
Vives sang a duet with Orlando Valderrama, better known as ‘El cholo’, a singer born in Boyacá, but who spent his childhood in the department of Casanare, which helped him to become one of the most important interpreters of music in that region. The public vibrated with the interpretation of the theme Patria, a beautiful letter dedicated to Colombia.
“With the truth of a child, the clarity of dawn, with my simple verse, I want to sing to my country. Because I owe her a lot, and I have not given her anything, because she healed my sorrows and she is wounded by my bullets, ”was the chorus that was heard.
On stage, Urán was the figure. He teased Vives, saying that when he was invited to the samarium concert in Bogotá a few weeks ago, people began to chant his name, so the 2017 Tour de France runner-up got off the stage “so as not to Throw the concert away”, he said.
Pogacar was the center of attention and shared those moments with cyclists of the stature of Sergio Higuita and with former cyclist Víctor Hugo Peña.
On stage, everyone danced, including the Slovenian, to the sound of the joropo played by María Alejandra Castillo, who led the rhythm.
Then, the moment of the food. The guests were delighted with hayacas and mamona, the traditional dish of the Colombian plains region.
It was prepared by Camila, owner of the Bastimento de Villavicencio restaurant, where typical food is the main course.
Camila is famous in the region and in the country, as she was in charge of the menu when Pope Francis visited the city in 2017.
On Saturday, around 3:30 in the afternoon, Pogacar, Urán, Pajón, and Higuita were part of a discussion about cycling.
“There are five runners who win everything and what we do is what we can. It’s that they don’t leave us anything”, said Urán, when asked about the victory options in the races.
“This is crazy. I am happy to be here, to get to know part of Colombia. We have felt very comfortable. The truth is, thank you very much for the love, ”said Pogacar, when he entered the stage and received the applause of an audience that showed him his love at all times.
Tadej Pogacar is a world figure. There is no one like him. Despite the breakthrough in the last part of this season by the Belgian Remco Evenepoel, what the Slovenian has won is unmatched, as he has done it in a short time.
The star
He was born on September 21, 1998 in Komenda, Slovakia. She weighs 66 kilos and measures 1.76 meters. He already has 46 victories in his career, 33 of them in the World Tour, of which 21 are stages and 12 titles, an impressive statistic that speaks of his conditions.
Speaking of the big three, Pogacar has only competed four times. He was champion of Tour de France in 2020 and the 2021 Tour and this year he was stripped of that status by the Dane Jonas Vingegaard, who relegated him to a fair second place, because the Jumbo Visma cyclist was much more.
The first time in a three-week competition occurred in 2019, when he ran the Vuelta a España, in which he finished third overall, behind Roglic, the champion, and Alejandro Valverde, second.
His first victory on the Tour was somewhat of a surprise. He knew about his conditions, but the leader was his compatriot primoz roglicthe penultimate stage was a time trial that benefited him, but Pogacar knocked him down, made him kneel, won and adjusted his first title in the most important competition in the world.
“I did not intend to turn the situation around. Roglic has lapped well throughout the race, today he has had a bad day, but no one could have known. Only when he arrived and greeted me did I realize that he had won the race”, said the young runner from the UAE Emirates on that occasion.
And he added: “I don’t realize it yet, I’m not going to assume it soon, I’m going to need time. I was happy with second place overall and now I see myself in the yellow jersey, I still don’t know how it happened”.
He has been a professional cyclist since 2017 and arrived at the UAE Emirates in 2018, a group to which he has given everything and the one that has been in charge of taking him to the top of the ladder.
“My head is going to explode, I can’t say anything,” assured a Pogacar convinced of what he could do at the end of his first major Tour title.
Joxean Fernández, the man who took him to the ‘big top’ cannot be happy, because he knows about the conditions of his pupil, the man who can make a great history for cycling in the world and in his country.
“He is an excellent runner and a good person. Surely he will continue to earn more than we can imagine. His progress is enormous”, said the Spaniard.
In good company
Pogacar, as was said, is in Colombia with his girlfriend, Urska Zigarta Slovenian cyclist from the BikeEchange team, who tries to accompany him everywhere.
Zigart has been active in the Giro de Rigo. She also danced on stage and has ‘taken advantage’ of her visit to Colombia.
She is not one of the leaders of the group, but she does stand out for being a great companion, who helps the others to be winners.
“Having her participate in the women’s Tour de France is also important to me and I know how important it is to her. Urska follows me in the races and there is no problem when she comes and she supports me. I am very happy to be here supporting her in her first Tour de France,” Pogacar said last July.
Žigart is two years older than Pogacar and studying law alongside cycling, but the priority for now is her boyfriend and the Slovenian cyclist. He has more than 40,000 followers on Instagram.
Pogacar and Zigart arrived in Colombia on Thursday night and she will also take part in the competition.
“We have felt in the best way and I highlight the affection of the Colombian public. They have a beautiful country”, commented Zigart.
Today, Pogacar will have the opportunity to pedal in the Meta, alongside the Giro de Giro participants, who will have two routes to demonstrate their conditions as cyclists. Will they beat it?
The Slovenian enters the list of world-class cyclists who have competed in Colombia, as they once did Fausto Coppi, Felice Gimondi, Miguel Indurain, Marco Pantani, Chris Froome, among others.
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