Tadej Pogačar says Tour de France is 'more or less decided' — 'Today the best man won'

UAE Team Emirates rider conceded a minute to Jonas Vingegaard on stage 18 of the Tour de France

Tadej Pogacar
(Image credit: Getty)

It must be a difficult time to be Tadej Pogačar. After two years of it being widely thought that he was unbeatable, especially at the Tour de France, he cracked once again on stage 18, all but ending his defence of the yellow jersey.

Not that the Slovenian showed it, still beaming as he stood on the podium for what seems like the millionth time this race, this time for just the white jersey presentation.

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Adam Becket