Pogacar: I could be my own biggest rival at the Tour de France

Tour de France 2021 - 108th Edition - 8th stage Oyonnax - Le Grand-Bornand 150,8 km - 03/07/2021 - Tadej Pogacar (SLO - UAE Team Emirates) - photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2021
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) recuperates after stage 8 in Le Grand-Bornard (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

After dominating the first mountain test of the 2021 Tour de France on the Alpine stage 8, UAE Team Emirates leader Tadej Pogačar conceded that he might be his own biggest rival going forward, such is his mammoth advantage over his general classification rivals.

He stormed into the yellow jersey after attacking 32 kilometres out, detonating the GC group and putting over three minutes into rivals such as Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers), Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-Nippo), and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma).

Dani Ostanek
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