Tadej Pogañar did not attend the presentation of the 2024 Giro d'Italia, but as the hopes and expectations of being able to ride the 2024 Corsa Rosa increased, we could feel his presence at the main theatre in Trento, where the route was revealed. .

Poganyard has always said he wants to target the Giro d'etalia one day in his career, and there are growing signs that he may try to win the Giro d'etalia and the Tour de France in 2024. He and his UAE team Emirates Squad have not yet confirmed their plans for 2024, but have not ruled out the idea of going double.

Marco Pantani, the last rider to win the men's Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in the same season, was disqualified from the Giro d'Italia in 1998 at the height of his career in 1999 after blood tests revealed high blood hematocrit levels. He never returned to his best and died in 2004 after a fatal overdose of cocaine and drugs.

Like all Slovenians, Poganyal grew up traveling to Italy often to race as a young rider and now often rides in Italy during training rides from his Monaco base.

The 2024 Giro d'Italia route seems to fit the shot at the Grand Tour Double, the most prestigious in Pogagnal and cycling.

An early mountain finish and 2 time trials give Pogagnard a chance to earn time with different rivals, but a 20% reduction in altitude and a similar reduction in stage length will certainly make 3 weeks less of the race, so Pogagnard will recover and be ready for the Tour de France. You can take Jonas Vingegaard and all the other GC contenders because he is at his best.

"Only the best riders may be able to do a double in 2024," race director Mauro Begni told Trento's Cyclingnews, but insisted that negotiations with UAE team Emirates are not ongoing to secure Poganyar's presence in 2024.

"This route was not designed for Poganyar, it just changed the philosophy of how to design the Giro Route. But this route gives Poganyal the opportunity to do a double.

2023 Giro d'Italia winner Primo Logric was a special guest of the presentation, but it was unlikely to defend his victory.Instead, he is fully focused on the Tour de France with Bora Hansgrohe after his transfer from Jumbo Visma.

He chose to ride the Giro and Vuelta in 2023, winning the Corsa Rosa at the Montelussari Climb, close to Slovenia, and thousands of Slovenians cheered him on.

He suggested that Poganyar should also ride the Girodetalia sometime in his career.

"Sure, he should ride the Giro one day," Logric told cycling News.

"For us Slovenians, the Giro is something special, the closest grand tour to Slovenia, and sometimes we even visit there. It is always beautiful to ride it for us because we feel it is also our race.

UAE Team Emirates team Managers Mauro Gianetti and Andrea Agostini were present at the route presentation, but tried to dispel expectations that Poganyar would ride the 2024 Giro d'Italia.

The Tour de France has always been a major goal for the team and its sponsors, so any change of purpose and decision to go to the Giro Tour double must be carefully considered and agreed upon by everyone on the team.

"There's a lot of speculation that Tadej can ride the Giro d'etalia, but nothing has been decided yet," Gianetti told cyclingnews.

"I want to look at the Tour de France route and think carefully about things during the first team gathering and talk as a team. Only then will we determine and announce our plans and targets for 2024.”