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.
Tour de France 2023 Stage 1: How to watch, TV and live stream details, route profile, on-air time
The wait is over! The 2023 Tour de France kicks off on Saturday and the roads of Bilbao look set to serve up a treat on Stage 1. There’s no prologue or rudimentary bunch sprint for the first day of this Tour. Instead, a hilly opener to and from Bilbao features 3,300m of vertical gain and includes the spiky Pike Bidea climb 10km from the finish, with an average gradient of 10% over 2km.
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.
Adam Yates named UAE Team Emirates co-leader due to Tadej Pogacar fitness concerns
UAE Team Emirates have named Adam Yates as their co-leader for the Tour de France due to fitness concerns of two-time champion Tadej Pogacar.