COURCHEVEL, France : Tadej Pogacar's slim hopes of winning a third Tour de France title vanished into thin air as the Slovenian cracked in abrupt fashion in the lung-busting ascent to the Col de la Loze during the 17th stage on Wednesday.Pogacar, who crashed early in the stage and lost one minute and 38 s
COURCHEVEL, France : Tadej Pogacar's slim hopes of winning a third Tour de France title vanished into thin air as the Slovenian cracked in abrupt fashion in the lung-busting ascent to the Col de la Loze during the 17th stage on Wednesday.
"I'm gone, I'm dead," an out-of-breath Pogacar said in his team radio as yellow jersey holder Vingegaard was disappearing in the distance. It was the day when Pogacar was expected to strike back after being humiliated in Tuesday's solo effort against the clock, but it quickly appeared the 24-year-old would struggle to deliver.
He is, however, already looking ahead, hoping to win Saturday's penultimate stage, a hilly trek that favours the attacking riders.
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