Cycling: Roglic in prime position but Pogacar ready to go for the throat


  • Cycling
  • Monday, 14 Sep 2020

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 15 - Lyon to Grand Colombier - France - September 13, 2020. Team Jumbo-Visma rider Primoz Roglic of Slovenia, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium Pool via REUTERS/Christophe Petit Tesson

GRENOBLE, France (Reuters) - The Tour de France is Primoz Roglic and his Jumbo-Visma team's to lose after defending champion Egan Bernal imploded in spectacular fashion on Sunday, but his fellow Slovenian Tadej Pogacar lies in wait ahead of the final week.

Roglic leads by 40 seconds ahead of Tuesday's mountain trek between La Tour du Pin and Villard de Lans. Second-placed Pogacar appears to be the only credible threat to the Vuelta champion after Colombian Bernal dropped out of contention when he cracked in the ascent to the Col du Grand Colombier.

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