‘I’m not really sick’ – Tadej Pogačar brushes off minor illness at the Tour de France

Tour de France leader Tadej Pogačar has revealed that he’s been dealing with illness at the race, though he insisted it’s “nothing” and that he’s coming to the end of a minor cold.

The Slovenian has won four stages of 15 so far and currently leads the race by 4:13 from Jonas Vingegaard. He hasn’t shown any visible signs of weakness so far, and, indeed, he made another six seconds on his rival in the final metres of Saturday’s multi-mountain stage to Superbagnères.