Tadej Pogacar was knocked to the canvas by the Tour de France's overall leader Jonas Vingegaard in Tuesday's time trial and will be forced to go all-in on Wednesday's punishing final Alpine stage, but it might be lights out for the two-time champion.
Defending champion Vingegaard crushed Pogacar over 22.4 kilometres on Tuesday, extending his overall lead to one minute and 48 seconds to leave his rival and his team dumbfounded.
This time, he alone did the damage with a mind-boggling performance in the individual time trial, again forcing Pogacar to risk everything in the final block of racing. Wednesday's 17th stage from Saint Gervais is the perfect opportunity for Pogacar to strike back, with the climb up to the Col de la Loze and a short, brutal uphill finish up to Courchevel."With this gap, it's complicated now. But tomorrow, the mindset of the team will be 'attack'. We have two opportunities, tomorrow and in the 20th stage .
It will, however, only work if he has the legs to do so and questions will resurface about whether his hampered preparation for the Tour, after he sustained a fractured wrist in April, will have a bearing on his final week.
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