Also known as: the four-time Tour de France winner · the 27-year-old Slovenian
Slovenian cyclist who won the 2026 Tour de France and abandoned the 2026 Vuelta a Espana after a fall.
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The Namibian
Tadej Pogacar pulled off the road to take shelter in a hotel amid severe weather conditions
“Riders, including red jersey-wearing race leader Tadej Pogacar, pulled off the road to take shelter in a hotel amid the severe weather conditions in the Pyrenees.”
Vuelta stage three abandoned in dangerous weather conditionsThe Namibian
Pogacar called for the peloton to turn off route and head into a nearby hotel
“Pogacar called for the peloton to turn off route and head into a nearby hotel.”
Vuelta stage three abandoned in dangerous weather conditionsThe Namibian
Tadej Pogacar won the individual time trial and claimed the leader's red jersey
“Tadej Pogacar stormed to victory in the individual time trial to claim the leader's red jersey after the first stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday.”
Pogacar wins Vuelta a Espana opening stageThe Namibian
Tadej Pogacar romped to another dominant Tour de France victory
“Tadej Pogacar romped to another dominant Tour de France victory but cycling fans were treated to a glimpse into the future with the battle for the best young rider's white jersey.”
Del Toro, Seixas show glimpse into Tour de France futureThe Namibian
Tadej Pogacar became five-time Tour de France winner
“The 27-year-old Slovenian made history on Sunday by joining an elite band of four other riders to have won the Grande Boucle five times.”
How does Pogacar compare to other five time Tour de France winnersThe Namibian
Tadej Pogacar broke Marco Pantani's 31-year-old Alpe d'Huez record
“He then surged clear with 800m left and in doing so broke late Italian Marco Pantani's 31-year-old record for the Alpe d'Huez ascent.”
Pogacar breaks Alpe d’Huez record to extend Tour de France leadThe Namibian
Tadej Pogacar extended his overall lead at the Tour de France
“Tadej Pogacar stormed to victory in a record-breaking time on Alpe d'Huez amid a "crazy atmosphere" on Friday's 19th stage as he extended his overall lead at the Tour de France.”
Pogacar breaks Alpe d’Huez record to extend Tour de France leadThe Namibian
Tadej Pogacar came home safely in main peloton, nearly nine minutes after Philipsen
“Race leader and defending champion Tadej Pogacar came home safely in the main peloton just under nine minutes later.”
Philipsen snaps ‘horrible’ drought with Tour de France stage 17 victoryThe Namibian
Tadej Pogacar finished second in the stage 16 time-trial, 28 seconds behind Evenepoel
“Belgian Evenepoel, 26, blasted over the stage 16 course along the shores of Lake Geneva 28 seconds quicker than reigning champion Pogacar in second.”
Evenepoel wins ‘special’ Tour de France individual time trialThe Namibian
Tadej Pogacar finished second in the 15th stage
“Evenepoel edged out the reigning champion at the end of the tough 11km-long climb to the finish.”
Olympic champ Evenepoel wins Tour de France 15th stageBrandon McNulty, 28, became the first American man to win the UCI road race world championship in 33 years, breaking clear with 32km remaining in Montreal and holding off Michael Matthews and Mathieu van der Poel to win by 13 seconds. McNulty said he did not believe he could win until the final 100 metres, describing the victory as a "miracle."
28 September 2026 · The Namibian →
Brandon McNulty, 28, became the first American man to win the UCI road race world championship in 33 years, breaking clear with 32km remaining in Montreal and holding off Michael Matthews and Mathieu van der Poel to win by 13 seconds. McNulty said he did not believe he could win until the final 100 metres, describing the victory as a "miracle."
28 September 2026 · The Namibian →
Belgian Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel won his fourth successive world time-trial championship in Montreal, becoming the first rider to achieve the feat and equalling the overall record for world time-trial titles held by Tony Martin and Fabian Cancellara.
20 September 2026 · The Namibian →
Belgian cyclist Remco Evenepoel is the overwhelming favourite to win the time-trial at the World Championships in Montreal beginning Sunday, which would be a record fourth-consecutive world title. Evenepoel, a double Olympic champion, also hopes to become the first man to win both the road race and time-trial at the same championships.
19 September 2026 · The Namibian →
Enric Mas, 31, won his first Vuelta a Espana title on Sunday in Granada, finishing 2mins 15sec ahead of Primoz Roglic to become the first Spaniard to win the race since Alberto Contador in 2014.
13 September 2026 · The Namibian →
Home favourite Enric Mas extended his lead over Primoz Roglic on stage 20 and is set to win his first Grand Tour on Sunday in the final stage at Granada. Mas, who has been runner-up at the Vuelta three times, leads Roglic by 2min 15sec and would become the first Spaniard to win the race since Alberto Contador in 2014.
12 September 2026 · The Namibian →
Bastien Tronchon won the bunch sprint on stage 10 of the Vuelta a Espana, with Enric Mas retaining the red jersey in the general classification ahead of Primoz Roglic and Felix Gall.
1 September 2026 · The Namibian →
Enric Mas won Sunday's mountainous ninth stage of the Vuelta a Espana and extended his overall lead to 1min 18sec over Primoz Roglic, a day after five-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar crashed out of the race with a broken collarbone.
30 August 2026 · The Namibian →
Race leader Tadej Pogacar abandoned the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday after suffering shoulder and face injuries in a fall 31km from the stage-eight finish, handing overall lead to Spaniard Enric Mas. The Slovenian's withdrawal marks his first failure to finish a Grand Tour.
29 August 2026 · The Namibian →
Norwegian cyclist Andreas Leknessund won stage seven of the Vuelta a Espana on a day when Norway's King Harald died aged 89. Leknessund broke away with seven kilometres remaining to finish 31 seconds ahead of compatriot Tobias Johannessen, with both riders wearing black armbands in tribute.
29 August 2026 · The Namibian →
Matthew Brennan claimed his second stage win of the Vuelta a España in stage five, holding off Jordi Meeus in a bunch sprint finish. General classification leader Tadej Pogacar maintained his red jersey and a 3min 21sec lead over compatriot Primoz Roglic in second place.
27 August 2026 · The Namibian →
Stage three of the Vuelta a Espana was abandoned in the final kilometres on Monday after a dangerous hailstorm in the Pyrenees forced riders, including race leader Tadej Pogacar, to seek shelter. The 174-kilometre stage from Gruissan was cancelled while riders were approaching the penultimate climb with around 25km remaining.
24 August 2026 · The Namibian →
Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogacar won the individual time trial opening stage of the Vuelta a Espana, beating Briton Ethan Hayter by 0.09 seconds to claim the leader's red jersey. Pogacar, competing for the first time in the Vuelta since 2019 and aiming for a career Grand Tour treble, clocked 10 minutes 57 seconds on the 9.4-kilometre course in Monaco.
22 August 2026 · The Namibian →
Mexican Isaac Del Toro, 22, won the white jersey for best young rider at the Tour de France, narrowly edging 19-year-old French rider Paul Seixas to third place overall. Seixas became the youngest rider to start the Tour since 1937 and finished fourth, mounting a close challenge that saw just 24 seconds between them before the final alpine stage.
26 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Tadej Pogacar, 27, became the fifth cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, joining Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Indurain. His rivals Vingegaard and Evenepoel have called him the greatest cyclist of all time, though debate remains over how he compares to predecessors like Merckx.
26 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Tadej Pogacar won stage 19 of the Tour de France on Friday with a record-breaking time of 35min 26sec on Alpe d'Huez, breaking Italian Marco Pantani's 31-year-old record and extending his overall race lead.
24 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Jasper Philipsen won stage 17 of the Tour de France on Wednesday, ending what he described as a "horrible" run of near misses at the race. The 28-year-old won his 11th Tour stage victory overall, and has now won at least one stage in each of the last five editions of the Tour.
22 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel won the 26.1km individual time-trial stage 16 at the Tour de France, finishing 28 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogacar and cutting the reigning champion's overall lead to 4min 32sec. The victory marked Evenepoel's second successive stage win and came on Belgium's national day.
21 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel won the 15th stage of the Tour de France, outsprinting race leader Tadej Pogacar at the finish of an 11km climb. Vingegaard, who was second overall, crashed out 20km from the finish.
19 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Tadej Pogacar won the mountainous 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, extending his overall lead to four and a half minutes over Jonas Vingegaard. It was Pogacar's fourth stage win in the 113th edition of the race and his 25th Tour stage victory since his 2020 debut.
18 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Swiss rider Mauro Schmid overcame cramps to beat Colombian Harold Tejada in a two-man sprint finish to win the 13th stage of the Tour de France on Friday. Briton Tom Pidcock finished third and moved up to fourth overall, now 4 minutes 15 seconds behind race leader Tadej Pogacar.
17 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Soren Waerenskjold of Norway won the 11th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday at an average speed of 50.91kph, the fastest road stage in the race's 113 editions. Dutchman Olav Kooij finished second and Belgian Milan Fretin third.
15 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Mathieu van der Poel claimed his third Tour de France stage win on Sunday in the ninth stage, which was shortened due to intense heat, beating Tobias Johannessen and Tom Pidcock in a sprint amongst breakaway companions. Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar maintained his overall lead, six seconds behind the stage winner.
12 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Tour de France organisers have shortened the ninth stage by 30km for the first time in the race's history due to an intense heatwave in central France, following Belgian sprinter Tim Merlier's victory in the eighth stage.
11 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Belgian Tim Merlier won the Tour de France seventh stage in a sprint finish over 175km from Hagetmau to Bordeaux on Friday, with Norwegian Soren Waerenskjold second and Eritrean Biniam Girmay third. Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar retained the race leader's yellow jersey.
10 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar won the mountainous sixth stage and reclaimed the race leader's yellow jersey, now leading Jonas Vingegaard by 2min 42sec. Pogacar achieved his 23rd Tour stage victory and broke the record for fastest time up the Tourmalet.
9 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Dutch 24-year-old Olav Kooij won the fifth stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday in a chaotic sprint finish after a crash five kilometres from the line disrupted teams' lead-out strategies. Norway's Torstein Traeen retained the yellow jersey despite being brought down in the crash.
8 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Torstein Traeen of Norway claimed the Tour de France race leader's yellow jersey while Mads Pedersen of Denmark won the fourth stage, a 182km stage from Carcassonne to Foix. Pedersen, the 2019 world champion, also took the green points jersey with his victory in the sprint finish.
7 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Tadej Pogacar won the third stage of the Tour de France to take the leader's yellow jersey from rival Jonas Vingegaard. The reigning champion and world champion finished two seconds ahead of Vingegaard and earned bonus seconds to overtake his six-second deficit from the start of the day.
6 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Mexican Isaac Del Toro won the second stage of the Tour de France in Barcelona on Sunday, ahead of reigning champion Tadej Pogacar, while Jonas Vingegaard maintained his overall lead.
5 July 2026 · The Namibian →
Jonas Vingegaard's Visma-Lease a Bike team won the opening team time-trial in Barcelona, giving the 29-year-old Dane the Tour de France yellow jersey. Vingegaard finished 8 seconds ahead of Filippo Ganna, with reigning champion Tadej Pogacar placing third.
4 July 2026 · The Namibian →