Pogacar's Tour de France performance 'huge' in light of spring injury, says coach

Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar on the podium of best young rider after stage 18
Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar on the podium of best young rider after stage 18 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

UAE Team Emirates performance coach Iñigo San Millán has said that the main reason why Tadej Pogačar cracked so badly on the Col de la Loze was due to his badly affected training schedule after he crashed and fractured his wrist in Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

In an interview with L'Equipe, the Basque doctor and head of performance said that his Liège-Bastogne-Liège injury had prevented Pogačar from doing his second key block of training.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.