Tommy Voeckler: If Alpe d'Huez isn't 'The Pogačar Show' then it's over for him

French legend says "mystical" climb is "in the head, not only in the legs"

Tommy Voeckler
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Thursday's Tour de France stage to Alpe d'Huez might be last chance saloon for Tadej Pogačar, according to four-time Tour de France stage winner Tommy Voeckler.

Speaking on Wednesday, ahead of a crucial stage 12, the French legend said: "I think we will have the Pogačar show. If there's no Pogačar show, I think it's over for him. If he doesn't come back tomorrow, he will have lost the Tour. Not that if he doesn't take the jersey, but if he is not good."

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Adam Becket