Overview

• After skipping the Vuelta to recover, Tadej Pogacar resumes racing at the Quebec Grand Prix on Friday and the Montreal Grand Prix on Sunday as his first outings since winning the Tour de France.
• He says the Canadian races are a tune-up for the World Championships, where he will contest the time trial on September 21 and defend his road race title on September 28.
• Pogacar reports doing more sessions than usual on his TT bike as he prepares to challenge two-time defending time-trial champion Remco Evenepoel.
• Race organizers have altered the Canadian finishes to a steady two-kilometre rise to the line, a change Pogacar expects will make the sprint harder.
• Separately, Spanish authorities announced more than 400 extra Civil Guards and 1,100 police for the Vuelta’s final stages after pro-Palestinian protests targeting the Israel-Premier Tech team.