Cycling-Pogacar crashes into Vingegaard's team car before Tour stage start


Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 18 - Vif to Courchevel Col de la Loze - Vif, France - July 24, 2025 UAE Team Emirates XRG's Tadej Pogacar wearing the yellow jersey before the start of stage 18 REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

COURCHEVEL, France (Reuters) -Tour de France overall leader Tadej Pogacar suffered a big scare on Thursday when he bumped into the team car of his chief rival Jonas Vingegaard before the start of the 18th stage, a brutal mountain trek from Vif to the Col de la Loze.

"We were going to the start line and the cars were also going... we were cruising behind the (Visma-Lease a Bike) car, maybe a bit too close and he suddenly... maybe I don't know if he wanted to brake check me, to check my brakes," Slovenian Pogacar said with a smile.

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