List of career achievements by Tadej Pogačar
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This is a list of career achievements by Tadej Pogačar, a Slovenian professional racing cyclist for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG.
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After a successful junior career, which included winning the 2018 Tour de l'Avenir, Pogačar debuted as a professional with UAE Team Emirates XRG in 2019. Pogačar won the 2020 Tour de France, also taking the young rider and mountains classification, an unprecedented combination; he repeated this feat in 2021. He won further Tours in 2021, 2024 & 2025 as well as the 2024 Giro d'Italia and 2024 UCI Road World Championships road race to complete the Triple Crown of Cycling.
Career highlights
- 2019
- Wins his first National Cyclo-cross Championship title.
- Wins his first National Time Trial Championship title.
- Wins his first Grand Tour stage, Vuelta a España Stage 9.
- 2020
- Wins his second National Time Trial Championship title.
- Wins his first Grand Tour, Tour de France.
- 2021
- Wins his first Monument, Liège–Bastogne–Liège.
- Wins his second Grand Tour, Tour de France for the second time.
- Claimed his first Olympic medal, winning the bronze in the Road race at the Olympics in Tokyo.
- Wins his second Monument, Giro di Lombardia.
- 2022
- Wins his third Monument, Giro di Lombardia for the second time.
- 2023
- Wins his fourth Monument, Tour of Flanders.
- Wins his third National Time Trial Championship title.
- Wins his first National Road Race Championship title.
- Wins his fifth Monument, Giro di Lombardia for the third time.
- 2024
- Wins his sixth Monument, Liège–Bastogne–Liège for the second time.
- Wins his third Grand Tour, Giro d'Italia.
- Wins his fourth Grand Tour, Tour de France for the third time.
- Wins his first UCI Road World Championships title, winning the Triple Crown of Cycling in the process.
- Wins his seventh Monument, Giro di Lombardia for the fourth time.
- 2025
- Wins his eighth Monument, Tour of Flanders for the second time.
- Wins his ninth Monument, Liège–Bastogne–Liège for the third time.
- Achieved 100 professional wins with victory on Stage 4 of the 2025 Tour de France.[1]
- Wins his fifth Grand Tour, Tour de France for the fourth time.
- Wins his second UCI Road World Championships title.
- Wins his first European Road Cycling Championships.
- Wins his tenth Monument, Giro di Lombardia for the fifth time becoming the first rider to win a monument 5 consecutive times.
- Becomes the first rider to stand on the podium in all 5 monuments in the same season.
- 2026
- Wins his eleventh Monument, Milan–San Remo for the first time.
- Wins his twelfth Monument, Tour of Flanders for the third time.
- Wins his thirteeth Monument, Liège–Bastogne–Liège for the fourth time.
- Becomes the first rider to win 2 separate monuments 3 consecutive times.
- Becomes the first rider to finish on the podium of all ten major stage races.
Career achievements
Major championships timeline
| Event | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Olympic Games |
Road race | Not held | 3 | Not held | — | Not held | |||||
| Time trial | — | — | |||||||||
 World Championships |
Road race | — | — | 18 | 33 | 37 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Time trial | — | — | — | — | 10 | 6 | 21 | — | 4 | ||
 European Championships |
Road race | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Time trial | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | ||
 National Championships |
Cyclo-cross | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Road race | — | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| Time trial | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | ||
Cyclo-cross
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- 2018–2019
- 1st
National Championships - 2021–2022
- Slovenian Cup
- 1st Ljubljana
- 2022–2023
- Slovenian Cup
- 2nd Ljubljana
Road
- 2015
- 8th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
- 2016
- 1st Time trial, National Junior Championships
- 1st
Overall Giro della Lunigiana
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2b Course de la Paix Juniors
- 3rd
Road race, UEC European Junior Championships - 3rd Tf GD Dorigo
- 3rd Montichiari–Roncone
- 6th Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
- 7th G.P. Sportivi Sovilla-La Piccola SanRemo
- 7th Trofeo Emilio Paganessi
- 2017
- 2nd Raiffeisen Grand Prix
- 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de Hongrie
- 4th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
- 5th Time trial, National Championships
- 5th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 5th Overall Carpathian Couriers Race
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 7th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
- 8th GP Laguna
- 9th GP Capodarco
- 9th Croatia–Slovenia
- 10th Giro del Belvedere
- 2018
- National Under-23 Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour de l'Avenir - 1st Overall Grand Prix Priessnitz spa
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st Overall Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 1st Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- 2nd Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
- 3rd Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
- 4th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 4th Poreč Trophy
- 4th Raiffeisen Grand Prix
- 5th GP Laguna
- 7th Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 8th Giro del Belvedere
- 2019 (8 pro wins)
- 1st Time trial, National Championships
- 1st Overall Tour of California
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 6
- 1st
- 1st Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 9, 13 & 20
- 1st
- 4th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 6th GP Miguel Induráin
- 7th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 2020 (9)
- National Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour de France
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 9, 15 & 20 (ITT)
- 1st
- 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 1st
- 2nd Overall UAE Tour
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 9th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2021 (13)
- 1st Overall Tour de France
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 5 (ITT), 17 & 18
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 1st
Overall UAE Tour
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 3rd
Road race, Olympic Games - National Championships
- 3rd Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Tre Valli Varesine
- 4th Milano–Torino
- 5th Road race, UEC European Championships
- 7th Strade Bianche
- 10th Time trial, UCI World Championships
- 2022 (16)
- 1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 4 & 6
- 1st
- 1st Overall UAE Tour
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 4 & 7
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- 1st
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Strade Bianche
- 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 2nd Overall Tour de France
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 6, 7 & 17
- Held after Stages 6–10
- 1st
- 2nd Giro dell'Emilia
- 4th Tour of Flanders
- 5th Milan–San Remo
- 6th Time trial, UCI World Championships
- 10th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2023 (17)
- National Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 4, 7 & 8
- 1st
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
- 1st
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
- 2nd Overall Tour de France
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 6 & 20
- 1st
- 2nd Giro dell'Emilia
- 3rd
Road race, UCI World Championships - 3rd E3 Saxo Classic
- 3rd Coppa Sabatini
- 4th Milan–San Remo
- 4th Giro della Toscana
- 5th Tre Valli Varesine
- 2024 (25)
- 1st
Road race, UCI World Championships - 1st Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stages 4, 14, 15, 19, 20 & 21 (ITT)
- Held after Stages 11–18
Combativity award Stage 11
- 1st
Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stages 2, 7 (ITT), 8, 15, 16 & 20
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stages 2, 3, 6 & 7
- 1st
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Strade Bianche
- 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 3rd Milan–San Remo
- 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 2025 (20)
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
Road race, UEC European Championships - 1st Overall Tour de France
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stages 4, 7, 12 & 13 (ITT)
- Held after Stages 5 & 7
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 6 & 7
- 1st
- 1st Overall UAE Tour
- 1st Stages 3 & 7
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Strade Bianche
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- 2nd Amstel Gold Race
- 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 3rd Milan–San Remo
- 2026 (18)
- 1st Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1, 2, 4 & 5
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 4 (ITT) & 5
- 1st
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Strade Bianche
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 3, 6, 10, 14 & 19
- Held after Stages 3 & 6–
- Held after Stage 3
- Held after Stages 1 & 6–18
- Combativity award Stage 6
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
 Tour de France |
— | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
 Vuelta a España |
3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Major stage race general classification results | ||||||||
| Major stage race | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
 Paris–Nice |
— | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
 Tirreno–Adriatico |
— | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
 Volta a Catalunya |
— | NH | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country |
6 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tour de Romandie |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
 Critérium du Dauphiné |
— | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Tour de Suisse |
— | NH | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Classics results timeline
| Monument | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | 12 | — | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | NH | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | 18 | 3 | 1 | — | DNF | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Classic | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| Strade Bianche | 30 | 13 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Milano–Torino | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| E3 Saxo Bank Classic | — | NH | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | |
| Amstel Gold Race | DNF | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | |
| La Flèche Wallonne | 53 | 9 | — | 12 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | DNF | NH | — | DNF | — | — | — | |
| Bretagne Classic | — | — | DNF | 89 | — | — | — | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | Not held | 24 | — | 7 | 29 | ||
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | |||
| Giro dell'Emilia | — | — | DNF | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | |
| Tre Valli Varesine | — | NH | 3 | 1 | 5 | NR | 1 | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not Held |
| NR | No result |
| IP | In progress |
Grand Tour record
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | 1 | DNE | DNE |
| Stages won | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — |
| Points classification | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — |
| Mountains classification | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Tour de France | DNE | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Stages won | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| Points classification | — | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| Mountains classification | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Young rider classification | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 3 | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | |
| Stages won | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Points classification | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Mountains classification | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Young rider classification | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Winner |
| 2–3 | Top three-finish |
| 4–10 | Top ten-finish |
| 11– | Other finish |
| DNE | Did not enter |
| DNF-x | Did not finish (retired on stage x) |
| DNS-x | Did not start (not started on stage x) |
| HD-x | Finished outside time limit (occurred on stage x) |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| N/A | Race/classification not held |
| NR | Not ranked in this classification |
Awards and nominations
- Vélo d'Or: 2021,[2] 2024,[3] 2025
- Eddy Merckx Trophy: 2024,[3] 2025
- International Flandrien of the Year: 2021,[4] 2022[5]
- Laureus World Sportsman Award (nomination): 2025,[6] 2026[7]
- L'Équipe Champion of Champions: 2025