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CyclistHow are the Big Four faring heading into the final week of the Tour de France 2024?The third week of the Tour de France is upon us. The Big Four of Primo Rogli (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep), Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Tadej Pogaar (UAE Team Emirates) have all suffered different fates, but how do they look as we enter the final week of racing?Primo Rogli (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe): AbandonedMARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)Primo Rogli hasnt had much luck at the Tour de France, and unfortunately for the Slovenian, this year is no different. Having lost out to Pogaar at the last minute in 2020, abandoning after crashes in 2021 and 2022, then not contesting the race in 2023, this year felt like a clean slate with his new Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team.Unfortunately for Rogli, on Stage 11s descent of the Col de Font de Cere, he followed Evenepoel into a sharp corner and crashed in the process. He crossed the line 30 seconds down on Evenepoel but was ultimately awarded the same time due to the modified 3km rule.The following day would be even worse for the 34-year-old. An Astana Qazaqstan rider hit the central reservation on Stage 12 and crashed into the right side of the peloton. Rogli was among the many riders to hit the deck. Surrounded by his Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team, he was paced to the finish but ultimately lost two minutes, finishing with a ripped jersey and bloodied shoulder. His GC dream was effectively over as he tumbled down to sixth overall, more than four minutes behind Pogaar. He abandoned the next day.There is always the Vuelta a Espaa, a race he has won three times, but the yellow jersey feels as if it is slipping further from his grasp. Related Posts The winners and losers of the second week of the Tour de France 2024 Cyclists Tour de France predictions 2024 The climbs that will decide the 2024 Tour de France Who are the favourites for the mens Tour de France 2024? Mens Tour de France 2024: Route, how to watch and all you need to know Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep): 3rdA.S.O./Billy CeustersThe Big Four has felt as if it has been split into two groups at times, with Vingegaard and Pogaar as the Big Two, and Evenepoel and Rogli as the Not Quite So Big Two. Thats not to say Evenepoel hasnt been featuring at the front of the race he won the individual time-trial on Stage 7 and rode hard with Pogaar to force splits on the roads to Pau. But while he has experience in winning Grand Tours with a Vuelta a Espaa victory in 2022, he has admitted that Pogaar right now is too strong to beat.That said, Evenepoel is still looking good for a podium place. He may currently be more than two minutes behind Vingegaard, and more than five minutes behind Pogaar, but there is a five-and-a-half-minute gulf between him and the next man on GC, Joo Almeida (UAE Team Emirates). That third spot looks fairly safe.Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike): 2ndA.S.O./Billy CeustersAfter Vingegaards horrendous crash at the Itzulia Basque Country, its remarkable he is even at the Tour de France at all, let alone currently sitting second on GC with a deficit of 3min 9sec. But thats exactly where the Dane finds himself as we head into the third week the week where he usually excels.It was in the final week last year, on the Col de la Loze, where Vingegaard finally cracked Pogaar. The Slovenian muttered to his teammates, Im gone, Im dead, and the Dane piled on the pressure to finish the day 7min 35sec ahead of his rival.Look back another year and the Alps hit Pogaar hard in 2022 too albeit on Stage 11 when he cracked on the Col du Granon and the Tour was all but decided in Vingegaards favour.Vingegaard has proved himself to be strong and steady in the final week of Grand Tours, and while he was dropped by Pogaar on the summit finish of the Plateau de Beille on Stage 15 this year, he has shown how resilient he can be when he managed to claw back his attacking rival with a steady tempo on Stage 11 and then outsprint him for victory.Anything can happen in cycling, especially with the stages to come. And its only three minutes.Tadej Pogaar (UAE Team Emirates): 1stA.S.O./Billy CeustersThere seems to be no stopping Pogaar as we head full speed into the culmination of the Tour. He is firmly in the maillot jaune by 3min 09sec and has been taking time on his rivals wherever possible, most notably with recent back-to-back stage victories in the Pyrenees.Even though super-domestique Juan Ayuso has had to go home with Covid, the likes of Joo Almeida and Adam Yates ensure he has perfect protection around him in the mountains. Whats more, if Visma Lease-a-Bike are hoping to catch them out on Stage 19s final climb to Isola 2000, UAE Team Emirates will be ready for them. This is exactly the climb Pogaars team were training at altitude on just prior to the Tour.Pogacar got his fueling wrong today he wanted a gel from neutral service and not water. He was pedalling with cadence in that sprint, which shows he had lost power@LeTour Brian Smith (@BriSmithy) July 10, 2024 Pogaar did show a moments weakness on Stage 11 when it looked like poor fuelling was responsible for his capitulation to Vingegaard, but assuming the team dont make that mistake again, Pogaar looks odds on to cement his place as the first rider to complete the Giro-Tour double since Marco Pantani in 1998. Related Posts The winners and losers of the second week of the Tour de France 2024 Cyclists Tour de France predictions 2024 The climbs that will decide the 2024 Tour de France Who are the favourites for the mens Tour de France 2024? Mens Tour de France 2024: Route, how to watch and all you need to know The post How are the Big Four faring heading into the final week of the Tour de France 2024? appeared first on Cyclist.

Tadej Pogacar has beaten Jonas Vingegaard in the three high mountain stages of the Tour de France so far(Col du Galiber, Pla d'Adet and Plateau de Beille). He has not been able to beat Jonas Vingegaard in the hilly days but at the time being it his his race to lose. We take a look at what it would...

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