Tadej Pogacar reveals fresh details of 2027 race calendar as team presents three options

Speaking during a virtual community ride on MyWhoosh, which attracted almost 10,000 participants, Pogačar revealed that his team has already drawn up several possible schedules for his return to racing following the crash that prematurely ended his 2026 season at the Vuelta a España.

"There's like three options that I can do. The team gave me three options of my calendar, but it's a big decision to do," Pogačar explained.

"I think I still need some time to really analyse what I really want for next year. And I think the final decision will be done in December, where we have another training camp."

Although his complete programme remains undecided, the five-time Tour de France winner gave a strong indication of which races could feature on his calendar.

"There's a big chance I come back to Classics for sure, and also UAE Tour, and obviously Tour de France. There's no hiding in this, I think, so we will see."

The mention of the UAE Tour is particularly notable. Pogačar has previously won the race in 2021, 2022 and 2025, and a return would give the Slovenian another opportunity to compete on the home roads of his UAE Team Emirates-XRG squad.

It would also provide an early-season objective as he builds towards another ambitious campaign, although Pogačar stressed that nothing has been finalised.

"The really final decision, I think, will be in December training camp, where all the team is together," he added.

Whether the UAE Tour would mark his first race of 2027 remains uncertain, however. Pogačar has also been linked with a return to the Tour Down Under in January, where race director Stuart O'Grady recently revealed he is doing everything possible to bring the Slovenian to Australia. 

"Of course, I'm doing everything we can to get the likes of Tadej here," O'Grady told the Stanley St. Social podcast. Pogačar last competed in the Australian race in 2019, when he made his WorldTour debut.

The latest comments follow Pogačar's earlier revelation that the Tour de France, World Championships and Vuelta a España are his three principal targets for 2027.

Speaking to Slovenian broadcaster RTV SLO earlier in October, he outlined his ambitions for the coming season.

"The goal for next year would obviously be the World Championships, combined with the Tour and the Vuelta," he said at the time.

"Even though I'd rather ride the Giro, I'll have to tick off the Vuelta at some point too. I think that will be the goal for next year."

The Vuelta remains the only Grand Tour missing from Pogačar's palmarès. His attempt to complete the set in 2026 ended abruptly when he crashed on stage eight, sustaining a fractured and dislocated collarbone, a cervical vertebra fracture and a concussion.

If his plans remain unchanged, Pogačar faces a demanding second half of 2027. After targeting a record sixth Tour de France victory in July, he would turn his attention to the World Championships in Haute-Savoie on August 29, before the Vuelta begins just six days later on September 4.

The mountainous World Championships course around Sallanches, featuring approximately 5,700 metres of climbing, could be particularly well suited to the Slovenian.

During the MyWhoosh ride, Pogačar reiterated that the Tour de France remains firmly on his agenda, although he admitted he had barely studied the newly announced 2027 route.

"I didn't check a lot the route yet of the Tour. I was not there for the announcement," he said.

"Obviously the Tour is always three weeks long, and there's always big mountains, flat stages, tricky stages, some crosswinds, time trials. So you always have sorts of everything."

"No matter which cities host the start or finish, it's always more or less the same and the toughest race in the world. So you need to be ready for everything."

Pogačar also provided an update on his recovery, revealing that he had resumed training approximately two weeks before the virtual ride.

"I just restarted training like two weeks ago, and just sort of get back in shape," he explained.

He described the community event as a welcome change from his regular training routine, joining participants from his home in Monaco.

"These community rides also help a little bit to just break the routine of training and do something nice and different."

Despite the serious injuries suffered in Spain, Pogačar insisted that his crash had not fundamentally changed his views on race safety.

"My crash really is not so much connected to race safety. It was just an accident on the race," he said.

However, he acknowledged that professional cycling still has work to do to make racing safer.

"We've been asking ourselves this question for a long time, if our racing is safe enough for the next generations also. If the races are well organised and prepared for these high speeds that we do. So there is some work to do on that area for sure."