Price: $28.00
Author: Andy McGrath
Hardcover: Yes
Pages: 272
Published: December 9, 2025
Availability: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Target
Winter is the perfect season to dive in and tackle your reading list. Last month, Bloomsbury Sport released a detailed biography of four-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar, authored by acclaimed journalist Andy McGrath.
At just 27 years old, Tadej is regarded as one of the all-time great cyclists. In 2024, he accomplished the Triple Crown of Cycling in a single year by winning the Tour de France, the Giro, and the World Championships. Only two other male cyclists have achieved this honor: Eddy Merckx and Stephen Roche.
This comprehensive biography traces his meteoric rise to the top, recounts his most excellent race wins and rivalries, and reveals the character, motivation, and skills that have led to his dominance in elite cycling.
Experienced cycling journalist Andy McGrath documented the versatile superstar’s development from his 2018 Tour de l’Avenir victory to his successes at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Il Lombardia, and the Tour of Flanders, culminating in his historic 2024 season.
McGrath explores how this diminutive child from the small, mountainous nation of Slovenia first took up the sport, his emerging talent as a teenager, and the role of his UAE Team Emirates coaches and management. He also gets the inside story from those close to him, including trusted teammates and fierce adversaries.
It is not only what Pogačar has won but also the way he wins that makes him so unique and popular. McGrath gets to the very heart of the cycling phenomenon that is ‘Pogi’ – and of the fascinating young man behind the runaway success story.
About the Book’s Author
Andy McGrath is an award-winning freelance sports journalist who has covered professional cycling since 2009. He was formerly the editor of Rouleur magazine and chief reporter at Cycling Weekly, and he has also written about the sport for the Telegraph, the Guardian, and the Financial Times. He is the author of God is Dead, a biography of Belgian star Frank Vandenbroucke, and Tom Simpson: Bird on the Wire, which won the 2017 William Hill Sports Book of the Year. @Andymcgra
Sheri Rosenbaum regularly contributes articles and reviews products for RBR. She’s an avid recreational roadie who lives in the Chicago area and a major advocate for women’s cycling, serving on the board of directors and volunteering with the Dare2tri Paratriathlon Club. Click to read Sheri’s full bio or visit her web site sunflowersandpedals.com.