Pogačar says knee pain left him doubting whether he would finish the Tour
Tadej Pogačar said on RTV SLO's podcast Tour 202 that knee issues – assumedly in the aftermath of his crash on stage 11 – left him uncertain of whether he would finish the Tour de France earlier this year, a surprising revelation in light of the final result. The UAE-Team Emirates XRG star ultimately took his fourth career Tour win by a margin of more than four minutes.
"One day after Ventoux I had problems with my knee and there were doubts whether I would be able to continue at all. The weather was bad, it was very cold," he said.
"My body was in shock, I didn't feel my best. But a three-week race is not easy, every cyclist has problems. We are often tired after the first week, and then you have two more." [RTV SLO]
