Tadej Poga\u010dar is in negotiations with UAE Emirates-XRG over another contract extension, his agent confirmed to Velo<\/em> on Wednesday, but denied reports that a new deal has already been signed.<\/p>\n The confirmation comes after journalist Daniel Benson reported that Poga\u010dar had entered negotiations to extend his contract with UAE.<\/p>\n Poga\u010dar\u2019s agent Alex Carera told Velo<\/em> that talks are ongoing between the world No. 1 and UAE, but clarified that the two sides have not yet reached or signed a new agreement.<\/p>\n Carera also said that no decision has been made on whether a new contract would add \u201cone year, two years, or potentially more.\u201d<\/p>\n More talks are expected in the coming days with team boss Mauro Gianetti and UAE team president Matar Suhail Al Yabhouni Al Dhaheri, with Carera saying the sides will sit down in Monaco to work through the details.<\/p>\n Carera said negotiations will not be rushed and that conditions will be agreed upon \u201cstep by step, clause by clause.\u201d<\/p>\n The negotiations also suggest Poga\u010dar is prepared to keep racing beyond his current contract through 2030, when he will be 32 years old.<\/p>\n Talks also give a strong hint that UAE is fully committed to the future of the team. Isaac del Toro recently signed a contract extension through the 2031 season.<\/p>\n Poga\u010dar is already under contract with UAE since 2019, meaning any new agreement would extend one of the longest and most lucrative deals in professional cycling.<\/p>\n The Slovenian is widely regarded as the highest-paid rider in professional cycling, with his salary reportedly worth at least \u20ac8 million per season before bonuses are added on.<\/p>\n Carera did not reveals details about what a potential new contract might be worth.<\/p>\n The Slovenian\u2019s extraordinary run of victories this season \u2014 capped by a record-tying fifth yellow jersey at the Tour de France \u2014 will only strengthen his negotiating position.<\/p>\n Poga\u010dar enters the 2026 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a this weekend as the favorite to complete his career sweep of cycling\u2019s three grand tours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/news\/tadej-pogacar-uae-contract-extension-talks\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Z8D_8515.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated August 20, 2026 05:06AM Tadej Poga\u010dar is in negotiations with UAE Emirates-XRG over another contract extension, his agent confirmed to Velo on Wednesday, but denied reports that a new deal has already been signed. The confirmation comes after journalist Daniel Benson reported that Poga\u010dar had entered negotiations to extend […]<\/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-2102687","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\/2102687","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=2102687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2102687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2102687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2102687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Deal could keep Poga\u010dar racing into his mid-30s<\/h2>\n