Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates during the podium ceremony after the 9th Tour de France SAITAMA Criterium 2023 a 59.5km one day race from Saitama to Saitama on November 05, 2023 in Saitama, Japan. (Photos by Dario Belingheri & Richard A. Brooks via Getty Images)
Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates during an activity prior to the 9th Tour de France SAITAMA Criterium 2023 on November 04, 2023 in Saitama, Japan. (Photos by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)
Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates during an activity prior to the 9th Tour de France SAITAMA Criterium 2023 on November 04, 2023 in Saitama, Japan. (Photos by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)
Mark Cavendish of Great Britain and Astana Qazaqstan during an activity prior to the 9th Tour de France SAITAMA Criterium 2023 on November 04, 2023 in Saitama, Japan. (Photos by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)
Chris Froome of Great Britain and Israel - Premier Tech & Peter Sagan of Slovakia and TotalEnergies during an activity prior to the 9th Tour de France SAITAMA Criterium 2023 on November 04, 2023 in Saitama, Japan. (Photos by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)
9th Tour de France SAITAMA Criterium 2023 a 59.5km one day race from Saitama to Saitama on November 05, 2023 in Saitama, Japan. (Photos by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)
Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates, Sepp Kuss of The United States and Team Jumbo-Visma, Giulio Ciccone of Italy and Lidl - Trek & Yukiya Arashiro of Japan and Bahrain - Victorious during an activity prior to the 9th Tour de France SAITAMA Criterium 2023 on November 04, 2023 in Saitama, Japan. (Photos by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)