Cycling and coffee have long been inseparable. Whether you’re a weekend warrior or the best rider in the world, a cup of joe goes a long way.
Tadej Pogačar and his UAE Team Emirates–XRG teammates certainly enjoy coffee. During the 2023 Tour de France, the team’s love of the bean even inspired a nice little prezzie for each of his teammates.
On Danish former pro Jakob Fuglsang’s new podcast Fuglsang i Feltet, Pogačar explained that his teammates loved to talk about coffee before races. After Jonas Vingegaard took back the yellow jersey, Pogi decided to do something nice for his équipiers. He said that he ended up buying every rider on the team a La Marzocco machine. Basically, Pogi said that the team’s pre- and post-stage ritual was just nonstop talk about beans, brews, and technique.
Pogačar uses a La Marzocco Micra at home (which costs just under $6,000 Canadian) and says he can steam milk “pretty decently,” though his attempts at latte art still fall short.
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Of course, despite the cost of the presents, Pogi can definitely afford it. Plus, teamwork makes dreamwork — something that UAE Team Emirates–XRG has certainly proven these past few years. The WorldTour squad has been incredible in helping the Slovenian win just about everything he enters.
What a year for Pogačar
The 2025 season was another remarkable chapter. Pogačar claimed another Tour de France title, his fourth, putting him just one win shy of the all-time record held by Miguel Indurain, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, and Jacques Anquetil (not counting a certain Texan).
He also won three Monuments — Ronde van Vlaanderen, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and Il Lombardia. He also took a bunch of Tour stage victories (as well as the polka dot jersey), wins in races like La Flèche Wallonne and Strade Bianche, another rainbow jersey, and the European championship. For another incredible season, he was recently honored with the Vélo d’Or trophy on Friday — for the third time.
On the women’s side, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won the award after an outstanding year on the road — her first in a decade after focusing on MTB. The Frenchwoman also won Paris–Roubaix and dominated at her first Tour de France Femmes.