Tadej Pogačar lost vital wingman and UAE Team Emirates-XRG teammate João Almeida during stage 9 to Châteauroux, admitting he could now ride more defensively on the stage 10 and that the intensity and long transfers of the 2025 Tour de France are leaving him without even time to shave.
“This Tour is growing me old, because there’s no time to shave, we have so many transfers,” Pogačar said half joking and half serious when asked if he was growing a beard.
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