Pogačar ends season after crash and extends UAE Team contract through 2032

Tadej Pogačar’s season is over, but his long-term future with UAE Team is settled. The cycling superstar has extended his contract through 2032, while turning his attention to recovery after a serious crash at the Vuelta a España.

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Recovering properly and giving my body the time it needs is the most important thing.

The Slovenian will not return to racing this year, his team said. He suffered a broken left collarbone and a concussion in the crash a week ago. That ends any possibility of competing in the world road race championships in Montreal on Sept. 27, where Pogačar had been hoping to defend his title.

“Recovering properly and giving my body the time it needs is the most important thing,” Pogačar said. He added that this was “not the way I wanted to end my season.”

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Of course, this is not the way I wanted to end my season.

Pogačar won the Tour de France for the fifth time this summer, but he has never won the Vuelta. The two-time world champion also still lacks Olympic gold and a victory in the one-day classic Paris-Roubaix. Speculation had grown that he might retire when his previous contract, which ran through 2030, expired. His new deal has put that speculation to rest.

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From the beginning, this team has felt like a home to me. We have grown together over the years and experienced incredible moments.

“From the beginning, this team has felt like a home to me,” Pogačar said. “We have grown together over the years and experienced incredible moments.” He said he still wanted to achieve much more in cycling and believed UAE Team was the right place to do it.

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In this sport, I still want to achieve a lot, and I am convinced this is the right place to do it.