A Slovenian cyclist, Tadej Pogacar, currently cycles for UCI World Team UAE Team Emirates, know about his net worth salary, winnings, awards and bike
He has now become the youngest cyclist to have won a UCI World Tour Race during the 2019 Tour of California at the age of 20. His current net worth is 610,770 euros.
He made his debut in the Grand Tour, which was held in 2019 Vuelta a Espana and went on to win all the three stages and finished on the third place. During the 2020 Tour De France, he made his debut and went on to win all the three stages and the race, the mountain and the young rider classifications and became the first rider to win all the three classifications together.
Net worth, salary and prize money of Tadej Pogacar
Pogacar had earned a total of 610,770 euros. He had won three stages and had earned 11,000 euros and had also won prizes for all the days. The prize for winning the whole race was 500,000 euros. During the race, he earned 500,000 euros and the prize money that he got was 500 euros for spending the solitary day as a leader in the race. Tadej also earned 26,000 euros for getting the first position in the young riders classification, which consisted of 12 stages.
He had also earned 25,000 Euros additionally for winning the Polka dot kings of the mountain title in 2020. When he had won the three stages, he went on to earn 33,000 euros and had even won 11,800 euros between the 2nd and 20th position in the race. Since cycling is a team sport, Pogacar won’t be able to make any individual purchases, since the prize money would be distributed among his team mates as well.
Tadej Pogacar Bike And Shoes
Tadej had used the Colnago V3Rs capsule collection bike which helped him win the 2021 Tour de France, general classification stage, the young rider competition, and the king of the mountain’s competition.
This bike is the third version of Colnago’s flagship road bike and also matches the colour of the jersey which Tadej had worn during the race. The cycle also has a black frame with the UAE team Emirates logo.
Nationality of Tadej Pogacar
Pogacar is now the youngest winner of the three week race, which was first held in 1904 and also became the first Slovenian to wear the yellow jersey, which is considered the most prestigious prise in the cycling as a sport. Tadej Pogacar is a slovenian cyclist.
Family, parents and girlfriend of Tadej Pogacar
He was born and brought up in Komenda, which is located 20km North of Ljublana, the capital of Slovenia. Marjeta, his mother is a French teacher and Mirko, his father used to work as a manager of the chair factory and has now joined Ljublana Gusto Santic, which is Tadej’s former team as a manager. Tadej has three siblings.
He is currently living in Monaco with his girlfriend, Urska Zigart, who is also a cyclist. He looks upto Alberto Contador, since he is Tadej’s role model. While growing up he used to admire, Frank and Andy Schleck. Tadej can speak Slovenian, English and Italian fluently.
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