His decision came less than 24 hours after he won the Tour de France
‘I think she deserves a spot. She’s the double national champion in road race and time trial.’
‘She’s the only woman cyclist that ever achieved top 10 in week-long World Tour races. She did great in the last two years winning points for Slovenia and, without her, they wouldn’t have two spots in the (Olympic) road race.’
He went on to add: ‘It is what it is, and now we can go on vacation together.’
Zigart and Pogacar first met at a cycling training camp in Slovenia.
The couple now live together in Monaco and announced their engagement in September 2021.
The 25-year-old posted a strong response online when the Slovenian Olympic team was announced earlier this month, writing: ‘I am disgusted by the fact that Urska Zigart, a two-time national champion and the best Slovenian cyclist on the World Tour, has not been selected for the Olympic Games.’
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