{"id":2085487,"date":"2026-08-09T13:57:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2085487"},"modified":"2026-08-09T13:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:57:51","slug":"tadej-pogacar-goes-full-superfan-mode-on-ventoux-and-does-everything-fans-arent-supposed-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2085487","title":{"rendered":"Tadej Poga\u010dar Goes Full Superfan Mode on Ventoux and Does Everything Fans Aren&#8217;t Supposed To"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/zigart-pogacar-femmes-2026.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-wrap fp-contentTarget\">\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"mb-base-loose flex flex-wrap gap-(--spacing-base)\"><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"fp-remove flex items-center justify-start gap-(--spacing-base-tight)\"><span class=\"font-utility-2 font-bold text-primary\">Andrew Hood<\/span><\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-date font-utility-2 text-secondary\">Updated August 9, 2026 11:13AM<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-base-loose\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tadej Poga\u010dar may be the world\u2019s No. 1 cyclist, but on Mont Ventoux he looked like just one more overexcited superfan cheering on the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aspect-video\">\n<p>A video posted on <em>X<\/em> shows Poga\u010dar in full vacation mode, with white T-shirt, bucket hat, sunglasses, and cheering alongside fans waving banners for partner Ur\u0161ka \u017digart.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in the span of a few seconds, the five-time Tour de France winner broke just about every rule on cycling\u2019s unwritten fan-etiquette checklist.<\/p>\n<p>Didn\u2019t the Tour de France issue a public plea before Alpe d\u2019Huez just a few weeks ago?<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t run alongside the riders.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t film riders with your smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t push the riders.<\/p>\n<p>And, in his excitement to support \u017digart, Poga\u010dar briefly became the very fan he usually has to weave around on mountain stages.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it\u2019s all in good fun.<\/p>\n<p>At least he wasn\u2019t setting off any flares.<\/p>\n<p>And luckily the UCI race jury didn\u2019t notice, either.<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">#TDFF2026 \/ \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee Tadej Pogacar (UAD) pr\u00e9sent au bord des routes pour soutenir sa femme \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee Ur\u0161ka \u017digart (AGS). Que du love \u2665\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/4x3n1RtAx2<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Renaud Breban (@RenaudB31) August 9, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-placeholder-wrapper relative w-full border-t border-b border-border-light col-span-full my-3 md:col-span-10 md:col-start-2\">\n<div class=\"mb-[30px] min-h-[30px] text-center\"><span class=\"font-utility-4 font-medium tracking-[1px] text-neutral-500 uppercase\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-placeholder -mt-[30px] mb-[30px] flex min-h-[250px] w-full items-center justify-center\">\n<div class=\"w-full \">\n<div id=\"in-content-leaderboard-in-content-leaderboard-I0-P0-CMI0\" class=\"flex justify-center text-left\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Cycling\u2019s power couple to celebrate in Nice<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI found my favorite tourist by the side of the road,\u201d \u017digart wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Less than two weeks ago, \u017digart went to Paris to celebrate Poga\u010dar\u2019s fifth Tour de France victory on the Champs \u00c9lys\u00e9es.<\/p>\n<p>Poga\u010dar is returning the love this week in a wild edition of the Tour de France Femmes. It\u2019s obvious King Pog is enjoying the vibes of being a superfan.<\/p>\n<p>Poga\u010dar \u2014 aka Mr. \u017digart as he likes to say \u2014 took up roadside duties on Ventoux and then showed up again this weekend in Nice.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Poga\u010dar fully embraced his new role as support crew, sporting a white T-shirt emblazoned with \u201cUr\u0161ka\u2019s HAB\u201d and an arrow pointing directly back at himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u017digart \u2014 racing on AG Insurance-Soudal \u2014 enjoyed a breakout season, finishing sixth at the Vuelta and eighth at the Giro for her best grand tour results.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placeholder-wrapper relative w-full border-t border-b border-border-light col-span-full my-3 md:col-span-10 md:col-start-2\">\n<div class=\"mb-[30px] min-h-[30px] text-center\"><span class=\"font-utility-4 font-medium tracking-[1px] text-neutral-500 uppercase\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-placeholder -mt-[30px] mb-[30px] flex min-h-[250px] w-full items-center justify-center\">\n<div class=\"w-full \">\n<div id=\"in-content-leaderboard-in-content-leaderboard-I1-P0-CMI0\" class=\"flex justify-center text-left\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 29-year-old fractured her jaw in a high-speed crash at the Tour de Suisse in June, but made it back to racing just six weeks later. A stomach illness derailed her Femmes early, and she started Sunday\u2019s finale in Nice sitting 51st overall at 1:18:16.<\/p>\n<p>Cycling\u2019s power couple will be celebrating Sunday after the 2026 Femmes wraps.<\/p>\n<p>Poga\u010dar is already preparing for the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, which starts August 22 in Monaco.<\/p>\n<p>So at least the commute won\u2019t be too long.<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30a6\u30eb\u30b7\u30e5\u30ab\u30fb\u30b8\u30ac\u30fc\u30c8<br \/>\u300c\u6628\u65e5\u767b\u308a\u306e\u9014\u4e2d\u3067\u304a\u6c17\u306b\u5165\u308a\u306e\u89b3\u5ba2\u3092\u898b\u304b\u3051\u305f\u308f\u300d<br \/>1\u679a\u76ee\u306f\u305d\u306e\u89b3\u5ba2\u304c\u64ae\u3063\u305f\u52d5\u753b<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa6\u30dd\u30ac\u30c1\u30e3\u30eb\uff06\u30a6\u30eb\u30b7\u30e5\u30abinsta\u3088\u308a#jspocycle pic.twitter.com\/yiW1RnbZnw<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Den@\u8da3\u5473\u57a2 (@Den95504207) August 9, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- --><span hidden aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"mb-base-loose flex flex-wrap gap-(--spacing-base)\"><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"fp-remove flex items-center justify-start gap-(--spacing-base-tight)\"><span class=\"font-utility-2 font-bold text-primary\">Andrew Hood<\/span><\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-date font-utility-2 text-secondary\">Updated August 9, 2026 11:13AM<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-base-loose\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/tour-de-france-femmes\/tadej-pogacar-goes-full-superfan-mode-on-ventoux-and-did-everything-fans-arent-supposed-to-do\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/zigart-pogacar-femmes-2026.jpg&#8221;] Andrew Hood Updated August 9, 2026 11:13AM Tadej Poga\u010dar may be the world\u2019s No. 1 cyclist, but on Mont Ventoux he looked like just one more overexcited superfan cheering on the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. A video posted on X shows Poga\u010dar in full vacation mode, with white T-shirt, bucket [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,71],"class_list":["post-2085487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-velo-outsideonline-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2085487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2085487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2085487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2085487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}