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James Moultrie

'When we started, I had a full headache' – Tadej Pogačar lets Tour de France yellow jersey go to the breakaway after uncomfortably hot stage 4

Tadej Pogacar at 2026 Tour de France.

After a sweltering day in the heat at the Tour de France, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) was able to let the yellow jersey go to the breakaway on stage 4, now sitting fourth overall, 7:53 behind new leader Torstein Træen (Uno-X Mobility).

Even Pogačar isn't invincible against the boiling temperatures that have been beating down on the peloton throughout the opening four days, admitting how at the start in Carcassonne, where the temperatures were pushing 40° C, he had a headache.

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