Is Tadej Pogačar Really Skipping the 2026 Tour de France? | THEMOVE+

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🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Spencer Martin and Johan Bruyneel break down the latest news in professional cycling, including rumors that Tadej Pogačar could skip the 2026 Tour de France and the stunning suspension of Red Bull–BORA–Hansgrohe's Oier Lazkano. Johan shares his theory on why good—but not truly elite—riders often run afoul of the UCI's Biological Passport system, and the duo debates whether this is ultimately a positive or negative development for the sport. They also discuss Isaac Del Toro's recent comments about his decision not to follow Simon Yates at the Giro d'Italia, before taking a few listener questions from the live Members' chat.

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0:00.0	This sport in Mexico needs a guy like D'Otoe, so they obviously took advantage of his popularity.
0:06.7	And now he's the Mexican champion for the whole year.
0:10.2	So I think it's only going to come to the benefit of the sport of cycling in Mexico and South America.
0:17.6	Sorry, Mexico is not South American.
0:19.8	North America.
0:20.7	North America. Isaac D'Otoos American. North America. North America.
0:21.8	Isaac Deltore is the best North American cyclist right now, I think is safe to say.
0:29.0	Everybody, welcome back to the Move Plus.
0:30.8	I'm Spencer Martin.
0:31.6	I'm here at the Johan Bernille.
0:33.3	We are running down our weekly roundup of news stories and professional cycling as well as taking a few questions.
0:41.3	And if you want to ask a question, you can send it to info at wedo.com.
0:44.5	If you want to make sure we see your question, you can become a we do member link in the show notes and ask it live on.
0:52.3	We broadcast live to members.
0:53.6	If you go to our private YouTube stream, you'll see it. It's in the members portal. You should get an email if you remember, not reach out and ask us what that's going on. But Johan, before we get it, we have some serious stuff to get into. Before we get into that, I'm going to start with some silly stuff. The Tour de France, 2026, We did the root reveal last week. I think we thought,
1:13.5	well, that's pretty good for Tad de Pagachar. Spencer, Spencer, sorry, before you start, we have to,
1:22.4	sorry to interrupt you, off the top of the show, I want to talk about the hottest topic
1:27.7	in the cycling world,
1:29.6	in the offseason, Spencer.
1:30.7	It's our Strava battle.
1:33.2	I was going to do this at the end.
1:38.2	So I've said, you know,
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