{"id":109650,"date":"2025-09-10T16:13:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/tadej-pogacar-heads-slovenias-world-championships-team"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:24:08","slug":"tadej-pogacar-heads-slovenias-world-championships-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tadej-pogacar-heads-slovenias-world-championships-team","title":{"rendered":"Tadej Poga\u010dar Heads Slovenia&#8217;s World Championships Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Four-time Tour de France winner and reigning UCI men\u2019s road race champion Tadej Pogac\u030car will lead Slovenian national team roster set to compete at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships, scheduled to take place in Kigali from September 21-28.<\/p>\n<p>The unveiled Slovenian team will field eight riders only in the men\u2019s elite category, while it won\u2019t have any representatives in the women\u2019s elite, under-23, or junior categories.<\/p>\n<p>The announced squad includes Roglic\u030c Primoz\u030c, Matej Mohoric\u030c, Domen Novak, Luka Mezgec, Matevz\u030c Govekar, Gal Glivar, Jaka Primoz\u030cic\u030c, and Matic Z\u030cumer.<\/p>\n<p>Slovenia becomes the seventh nation to unveil its roster, following Germany, the United States, France, Australia, New Zealand, and host nation Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>Pogac\u030car, who won the 273.9 km men\u2019s elite road race at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland, will defend his title in Kigali. The upcoming race covers 267.5 km, with 5,475 metres of elevation gain, and will be contested at an altitude of 1,850 metres\u2014the elevation at which Kigali sits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Four-time Tour de France winner and reigning UCI men\u2019s road race champion Tadej Pogac\u030car will lead Slovenian national team roster set to compete at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships, scheduled to take place in Kigali from September 21-28. 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