{"id":10877,"date":"2023-06-25T03:17:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T03:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/tour-de-france-tadej-pogacar-injury-came-at-perfect-time-for-third-title-bid\/"},"modified":"2023-06-25T03:17:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T03:17:17","slug":"tour-de-france-tadej-pogacar-injury-came-at-perfect-time-for-third-title-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/tour-de-france-tadej-pogacar-injury-came-at-perfect-time-for-third-title-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar injury came at ‘perfect time’ for third title bid"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Tadej Pogacar has already won two Tours de France but could only finish second last year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar says a crash in which he fractured his wrist came at the “perfect time” for the 2023 Tour.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 24-year-old Slovenian, who rides for UAE Team Emirates, was injured at the Liege-Bastogne-Liege race in April.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But the timing of the accident meant he was able to rest before his bid for a third Tour victory. <\/span><\/p>\n

“I’ve already been back on the road for a few weeks now,” Pogacar told the <\/span>UAE’s National newspaper<\/span>external-link<\/title><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Actually you could say it happened at a perfect time. Naturally I didn’t want it to happen like that, but I was due a long break and I guess the injury just forced me to rest a bit more,” he explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pogacar had originally planned a four-week break in preparation for the Tour, which starts in Bilbao, Spain, on 1 July.<\/span><\/p>\n

He had already won the Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race and La Fleche Wallonne before the crash in Belgium.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s been an unconventional preparation with the wrist injury, but it’s been really good overall,” Pogacar said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Slovenian won the Tour de France in 2020 and 2021 but was denied a third title in a row last year by Dane Jonas Vingegaard.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, he said he was “excited” about his chances this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We have a great team and understand each other well. There will also be strong competitors so it won’t be straightforward, but we’ll give it a good crack,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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