Cycling: “Everything else is pure invention”, Tadej Pogacar reveals the reasons for his terrible fall in the Vuelta

An explanation. Finally. During the 8th stage of the Vuelta (Tour of Spain) on August 29, Tadej Pogacar suffered a terrible fall which forced him to abandon. While he was in the peloton with the leader's red jersey, the five-time winner of the Tour de France lost control of his bike. Cruel for the man who was on a formidable path to winning the only Grand Tour missing from his immense record. Without trying to leave, he finally got into the ambulance. Premature end of competition.

After this fall, the Slovenian runner reluctantly put an end to his season, even though the idea of ​​returning did cross his mind. “I haven’t ridden a bike in five weeks. After my shoulder dislocation, I started training on an exercise bike and was quickly tempted to participate in the European Championships in Slovenia, but the fear of another fall dissuaded me. I have now been training regularly for a week, a month earlier than in previous years,” Pogacar explained to RTVSLO. Frustrated at not having been able to win the Vuelta, “that will be my goal for next season,” he confided.

The fall caused by… a stone on the road

A stone, everything that is most classic. Far from the Hollywood hypotheses which circulated on this subject such as a flash which would have distracted the leader of UAE, or the camera that the riders wear on their helmets which would have fallen and would have unbalanced him. None of that. “It was a big stone, everything else is pure invention,” confirmed Tadej Pogacar.