Mont Ventoux, Tadej Pogačar and Tour de France
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Tadej Pogačar is once again the man to beat in this year's Tour de France. His bike of choice has been Colnago's radically aero Y1Rs
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Cycling Weekly on MSNJonas Vingegaard’s all-out attack to combat Tadej Pogačar will make the last days of this Tour special, even if the time gap is a chasmThe only issue was, Pogačar stuck with him all the way up the climb, and ended up taking two more seconds on his rival in the final sprint atop Ventoux. While Pogačar was on the back-foot, responding to attacks, this ended up being a comfortable place for him to be.
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Cyclingnews on MSN'Jonas can be confident as well' – Tadej Pogačar having fun but not switched off heading into Tour de France third weekSlovenian looking forward to key Mont Ventoux and Col de la Loze stages despite saying course was 'designed to give me a bit of scaredness'
Tim Wellens wins Tour de France’s 15th stage, teammate Tadej Pogačar maintains grip on yellow jersey
CARCASSONNE, France — Tim Wellens raced clear on the descent toward Carcassonne to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France on Sunday while three-time champion Tadej Pogačar tightened his hold on the yellow jersey.
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Cycling Weekly on MSNNo paint, no bar tape, no bottles: take a look at the bike that Tadej Pogačar rode to Tour de France stage 13 gloryShaved paint, no bar tape and 140mm rotors - UAE Team Emirates XRG went all in to make GC leader, Tadej Pogačar's Colnago Y1RS as light as possible for the 16% pitches of Stage 13
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Cyclingnews on MSN'I'm not really sick' – Tadej Pogačar brushes off minor illness at the Tour de FranceTour de France leader Tadej Pogačar has revealed that he's been dealing with illness at the race, though he insisted it's "nothing" and that he's coming to the end of a minor cold. The Slovenian has won four stages of 15 so far and currently leads the race by 4:13 from Jonas Vingegaard.
The brutal effort in the Pyrenees mountains was all about strength and stamina. It was a painful experience offering no respite after 12 grueling stages of racing.
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VELO on MSNMatteo Jorgenson Defends Visma's Full-Throttle Tour Tactics: 'You're Obligated to Try to Beat Pogačar'Jorgenson slaps back at critics of Visma's Tour de France playbook: 'We were looking to see if we could find a weak spot.'
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Cyclingnews on MSN'He's complaining about something that's not there' – Wout van Aert hits back at Tadej Pogačar's criticism of Visma's race tacticsIf Tadej went back to the peloton, where Jonas was, he could have shown real sportsmanship' says Belgian as he hunts for a stage win