Tadej Pogacar's slim hopes of winning a third Tour de France title vanished into thin air as the Slovenian cracked in abrupt fashion in the lung-busting ascent to the Col de la Loze during the 17th stage on Wednesday.
Pogacar, who crashed early in the stage and lost one minute and 38 seconds in Tuesday's individual time trial, trailed overall leader and defending champion Jonas Vingegaard by 1:48 going into the toughest stage of this year's race.
Pogacar, flanked by Soler, crossed the line more than five minutes behind his rival to end up a massive 7:35 behind the Dane in the overall standings four days before the parade on the Champs Elysees. A few kilometres into the stage, the Slovenian crashed after touching wheels with another rider and sustained a cut to his left knee.
"If I recover from today yes, I want my team to get a stage win, we'll try for Adam , anyone from the team. If someone can win we'll try it. I thought about that at the start of the climb."
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