‘Tadej would have come if Urška were here’ – Mezgec clear on reason for Pogačar’s Olympics withdrawal

Luka Mezgec has maintained that Tadej Pogačar withdrew from the Paris 2024 Olympics solely due to the exclusion of his partner Urška Žigart from the Slovenian women’s team.

Despite winning the Slovenian national road race title by over ten minutes, Žigart was surprisingly omitted from the Olympic team in favour of Eugenia Bujak and Urška Pintar.