🎥 Pogačar steals the show at Tour de France Femmes after Del Toro supports girlfriend
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Follow us on GoogleIsaac del Toro and Tadej Pogačar certainly earned some points with their partners, the women’s peloton and cycling fans this week. The two UAE Team Emirates-XRG leaders decided to head to Nice and the surrounding area for the Tour de France Femmes, where they could cheer on their partners. Friday and Saturday had already produced
some great footage, but what happened on Sunday was even better.
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Del Toro has been in a long-term relationship with Romina Hinojosa, who rides for Lotto-Intermarché. The 23-year-old Mexican crossed the finish line in Nice completely exhausted on Sunday, eventually completing the Tour de France Femmes second-last in the general classification. Along the way, she had already accepted some welcome cooling assistance from her Isaac.
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Del Toro welcomes Romina at Tour de France Femmes finish
After helping out during the race, Del Toro headed to the seafront, where the riders continued towards their team buses after crossing the finish line. The rider who finished third in the men’s Tour de France, while also winning the white young rider’s jersey, was there to welcome Romina, who was visibly relieved to have reached the end of the race. It was a little awkward, perhaps, with a camera following their every move. Later that evening, there was time for pizza.
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Pogačar steals the show in Sporza video
Pogačar was also in Nice for the final weekend of the Tour de France Femmes. The Slovenian Tour de France winner had already been spotted at the roadside on Friday, supporting his fiancée Urška Žigart on Mont Ventoux. He had already attracted plenty of attention there with a shirt carrying the letters ‘HAB’ — short for ‘Husbands and Boyfriends’.
That, however, was not even Pogačar’s highlight of the weekend. Fresh from becoming a joint record holder with five overall Tour de France victories, he happily played along for a hilarious video with Sporza. In the sketch, the presenter pretended not to recognise Pogačar, resulting in some excellent footage.
“I’m a lucky guy,” Pogačar says at one point while talking about being Žigart’s fiancé. “I ride with her sometimes and she drops me sometimes, so I just let her go.” The joke continues from there, with Pogi earning a definite 10 out of 10 for his acting skills.
Žigart, meanwhile, finished the Tour de France Femmes in 48th place overall and took 19th in the final stage. The Slovenian had faced a race against time simply to make the start of the Tour after breaking her jaw in a crash at the Tour de Suisse. Given that difficult build-up, challenging for the major results was never really a realistic prospect.
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Latest Comments
- Hate to break your clickbait bubble of a headline, but unless an accident (or a landslide) intervenes, Tadej will be so far ahead of his closest 'competitor' prior to the flag drop for stage 20, he'll likely be coasting to the finish line, saving his energy for the Worlds. But if he decides to take on the climbs, for the utterchallenge, then he'll do so at the head of the pack, as far ahead as he wants to be.rjb07-08-2026
- 45:49? Good for you! ...and Pogi just around 3 minutes faster, 42 minutes something? Even better for you... because his personal Krvavec best is 31 something ;)FauDrei06-08-2026
- I appreciate the need for rigorous drug testing, especially given the sports' abusive and extensive history with banned substances. But, and allowing for the fact that I'm not knowledgable about sophisticated drug use and masking, and how illegal substances might be employed, and mindful of the statement that publicly testing cycling's two greatest stars sends the loudest possible message to team directors, sponsors, and riders, I'm not convinced that it was necessary, or fair, to wake Jonas at 2AM, while allowing three extra hours of sleep to Tadej, and no testing at all for their closest competitors during cycling's most important race. If such testing is thoiught to be necessary, than administer the tests to ALL top competitors, at the same exact time, and that time should be around 5AM, not 2AM. Testing is important, but not more so than the health and safety of the riders.rjb03-08-2026
- Winng by Losing, Pogi gives back while paying it forward.. Chapeau!rjb02-08-2026
- I suggest that the contract discussions have been put off not because Del Toro and his representitives expect UAE to sign Seixas, which I consider highly unlikely, but rather because he and his reps don't want to set a ceiling on a new contract until they see the size and length of Seixas' deal. That, or so it seems to me, is the actual reason for Del Toro putting off talks on an extension. Because the idea that Seixas would sign with a team that already has three young world-class GC contenders, including the G.O.A.T., seems far-fetched, if not completely ludicrous.rjb31-07-2026
- No disrespect toward Jonas, but his problem, vis-a-vis Tadej, may not be solvable. Tadej didn't only excell in explosiveness, he also demolished Jonas on a crucial descent. And, lest we forget, Pogi didn't have any trouble winning both the Giro and the Tour last year. Moreover, his explanation regarding poor planning by the Visma team, also strikes me as questionable, given all the experience and expertise in the Visma group. Again, no disrespect toward Jonas, a valid champion and a fine human being.rjb31-07-2026
- The headline mentions a 'menstruation debate,' but the article doesn't mention the debate or even what the issue is. The writer and the editor need to do better.rjb29-07-2026
- - Vamos Tadej! Poetry on wheels. C’est magnifique, bravo campione!robert6528-07-2026
- - Merckx saying no competition feels off—what about Vingegaard in full form, and Roglic on the Giro/Vuelta blocks? There’s competition, just inconsistent due to crashes and form peaks. Still, Tadej is the most versatile since Indurain.breakawaybikerd28-07-2026
- - So Pogacar has five Tours already, but why is that a bigger deal than, say, winning the World Championships? Are the Grand Tours ranked differently?samanthak28-07-2026
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