Tour de France: Pogacar admits wrist not fully healed as Vingegaard resists mind games
Tadej Pogacar has revealed his injured wrist still needs more time to heal, but the UAE Team Emirates star remains confident of his Tour de France chances.
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Tadej Pogacar 'is the man, he will win this Tour de France' – Jens Voigt writes off Jonas Vingegaard chances
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) “is the man” and “will win” the 2023 Tour de France, according to Eurosport expert Jens Voigt. The Slovenian is on a revenge mission after seeing Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) end his two-year streak in the yellow jersey last year. Ad After a brilliant spring yielded wins at Paris-Nice, the Tour of Flanders and Amstel Gold, Pogacar looked to be the clear favourite heading into this summer's Tour.
Five things to know before the 2023 Tour de France
The Tour will kick off outside France for the 25th time. It will the second start from the Spanish Basque Country after San Sebastian in 1992. After two stages entirely in Spain, the peloton heads for Bayonne in France. In 2022, the Grande Boucle started in Copenhagen and in 2024 it gets underway in Florence, Italy. Cities pay dearly for the right to host the Grand Depart, which race organisers ASO insist expands the international influence of one of the biggest sporting events in the world.
Jonas Vingegaard ignoring mind games ahead of Tour de France title defence
Jonas Vingegaard is determined not to fall for any mind games coming from the camp of Tadej Pogacar as the Dane prepares to defend his Tour de France title.
‘Hunted’ Vingegaard buzzing as Tour de France prepares to roll
BILBAO, SPAIN: Cycling’s Tour de France, with its caravan of teams, media, publicity and security, was visible everywhere around Bilbao on Thursday, as champion Jonas Vingegaard prepared to start the defense of his title.
Bone broken, but ambition intact for Pogacar on Tour de France
BILBAO, Spain : It is fair to assume that if someone is going to beat defending champion Jonas Vingegaard at this year's Tour de France they will need to be at their best, yet Tadej Pogacar believes he has a shot at the title despite a far-from-ideal preparation.
Vingegaard mindful of Pogacar's mind games
BILBAO, Spain : Tadej Pogacar has named Jonas Vingegaard as the big favourite for the Tour de France, but the defending champion would not be drawn into mind games two days before the race starts on Saturday.
England 2-0 Germany: Young Lions dump defending champions out of Under-21 Euros with Harvey Elliott on target
England remain perfect in their European Under-21 Championship campaign after beating Germany 2-0 in Batumi, Georgia, a result that eliminated the defending champions from the tournament. First-half goals by Aston Villa striker Cameron Archer and Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott proved decisive, as Lee Carsley’s side made it three wins from three games without conceding a goal. Ad England can now look forward to a quarter-final meeting with Portugal on Sunday.