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Carb ratios, heat training and sprinting: how UAE Team Emirates-XRG plan on getting Tadej Pogačar 'towards perfection'

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Carb ratios, heat training and sprinting: how UAE Team Emirates-XRG plan on getting Tadej Pogačar 'towards perfection'

Now 27 and supposedly at his peak physical fitness, is it even possible to make Tadej Pogačar an even better athlete? His team think it is

By Chris Marshall-Bell

Photography by Zac Williams/SWpix.com

9 FEBRUARY 2026 | UPDATED 11.45 PM BST

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