{"id":130755,"date":"2026-09-24T18:55:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/24\/uae-locks-in-pogacars-trusted-core-with-six-key-renewals\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T18:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:55:30","slug":"uae-locks-in-pogacars-trusted-core-with-six-key-renewals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/24\/uae-locks-in-pogacars-trusted-core-with-six-key-renewals\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE locks in Pogacar\u2019s trusted core with six key renewals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n            <!-- image --><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cycling.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AFP_C2VV38V.webp\" data-caption=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>            <!-- content --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">UAE Team Emirates-XRG moved quickly on Thursday to secure the backbone of its squad, announcing contract extensions for six riders who have become essential pieces around Tadej Pogacar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vegard Stake Laengen will stay through the end of 2027, extending one of the longest-running partnerships in the team. Felix Gro\u00dfschartner and Julius Johansen both signed until 2028, while Portuguese twins Ivo and Rui Oliveira, along with Slovenian climber Domen Novak, committed through 2029.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These renewals show that UAE is locking in the experienced, battle-tested support unit that has repeatedly delivered at the highest level, ensuring the core around Pogacar remains intact and ready to chase more Grand Tour glory in the years ahead.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cycling.today\/uae-locks-in-pogacars-trusted-core-wwith-six-key-renewals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UAE Team Emirates-XRG moved quickly on Thursday to secure the backbone of its squad, announcing contract extensions for six riders who have become essential pieces around Tadej Pogacar. Vegard Stake Laengen will stay through the end of 2027, extending one of the longest-running partnerships in the team. Felix Gro\u00dfschartner and Julius Johansen both signed until [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130755"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}