“Not quite how we planned to spend September. 😅❤️ At least we have good company. A big thank you to our teams, families, friends and all of you for the amazing support. We are very grateful,” he wrote.
“First time back, collarbone strong, head strong, heart rate high, super happy. Let’s go!” a visibly pleased Pogačar says in a video clip in the reel.
Pogačar won three stages of the Vuelta and had accumulated a lead of 3:50 over eventual winner Enric Mas (Movistar) before his crash brought his race to an end. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Gandia before being transferred to Barcelona.
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After his surgery, UAE Team Emirates-XRG confirmed that the injuries meant he would not be defending his title at the UCI Road World Championships in Montréal but also announced he had extended his contract through 2032.
While he was recovering at home in Monaco, Žigart joined him in ending the season on Saturday after re-fracturing her jaw, originally broken in a horrific crash on stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse in June.
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