Pogačar is recovering from a sore throat and sinus issues
Soon after celebrating the stage 15 victory of teammate Tim Wellens, Tadej Pogačar admitted that he's been feeling under the weather and is still recovering from a cold that has hampered many within the Tour de France peloton.
"I think half the bunch is with sore throat, coughing, blowing the nose, but I think I’m at the end of it," Pogačar said after stage 15. "We’re putting ice everywhere in the heat, and I think it’s not the best for the throat, and then there’s all the AC and the podium duties and so on."
The peloton now has a day to rest before the final week of the Tour, starting with Tuesday's run to Mont Ventoux. Pogačar takes with him a buffer of four minutes 13 seconds over second-place Jonas Vingegaard.
