Tadej Pogachar is looking to make more history in 2024 and become the first rider since Marco Pantani in 1998 to complete the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France double.

The Slovenian superstar will need to maximize both his physical and equipment performance to beat defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard in July, and according to Spanish media, "time trial preparation He was seen working on "various issues related to.

Pogachar was spotted in a skinsuit, full aero setup, and new blonde hair at the Luis Puig Velodrome in Valencia (popular with professionals in training camps in Spain) on Tuesday afternoon ahead of his road racing campaign at Strade Bianche in March.

"Some of the UAE team were working on aerodynamic issues, sanding carbon, processing data on computers, and taking measurements," Marca reported.

It is odd to think that Pogachar needed to improve his time trial ability given that he won the 2020 race in the final TT, but Vingegaard's dominance was evident in the only time trial of last year's Tour. He was 1:38 ahead of the second-placed Slovenian not only in the Côte de Domaincy section, but also in the early flat sections.

His debut at the Giro d'Italia will feature two individual time trials, a 37.2 km climb to Perugia on stage 7 and a flat 31 km race to Desenzano del Garda on stage 14.

The Tour de France also features a 25 km individual time trial to Jouvre-Chambertin on stage 7 and a race against the clock to Nice on the final stage. 1989 saw Greg LeMond steal victory from Laurent Fingon, winning the Tour by the smallest margin of 8 seconds This is the first time that the Tour has concluded with a time trial since the famous race in 1989, when Greg LeMond took the win from Laurent Fingon, winning the Tour by the smallest margin of eight seconds.

Pogachar has stated in previous interviews that targeting time trials is not the best way to win the Vingegaard, and that mountain stages and high altitude are still the key battlegrounds.

"I think it's a good idea because Vingegaard is very good and it's hard to beat him there," he said.

Until the 2022 Tour de France, the two had a 6-2 record against each other in time trials in favor of the Slovenian, but Vingegaard was faster in the last two races, including a dominant ride in last season's Tour.

Pogachar lost significant time on stage 17 of the Tour, but the Dane's time trial ended a close battle that had played out in a thrilling opening two weeks of racing.

The Slovenian broke his wrist in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, hampering his preparation for the grueling three-week test.

He will make his debut at the Giro d'Italia in May after a much shorter Classics season. Pogachar will not return to the Tour of Flanders to defend his title, and after Strade, he only has Milan-San Remo, Volta a Catalunya, and Liege-Bastogne-Liege scheduled.

A busy summer continues, starting with a combination of the Giro and Tour, and he will represent Slovenia at the Paris Olympics.