Tadej Pogačar has announced that he will not be riding his second Grand Tour of the season at the Vuelta a España 2021.
The back-to-back Tour de France winner said in a video that he will instead be focusing on the Bretagne race GP Plouay before the European and World Championships, and the Italian Classics to close out the season.
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