Roglic, Pogacar braced for Slovenian showdown on Tour finale

[ASFN Admin]

There is just one big question left to be answered at the Tour de France: which Slovenian will stand on top of the podium come Sunday on the Champs-Elysees. Baring a crash, or an unexpected event event like a positive COVID-19 test, the final week of racing should offer a showdown between the Jumbo-Visma team leader Primoz Roglic and his young challenger Tadej Pogacar, who rides for the UAE Emirates team. After defending champion Egan Bernal cracked during Sunday's grueling ascent to the Grand Colombier to lose more than seven minutes in the Jura mountains, the pair's closest opponent is another Colombian, Rigoberto Uran, who is lagging one minute and 34 seconds behind Roglic overall.

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