Tadej Pogacar 'happy to be alive' as UAE Team Emirates rider recalls 'scary' Vuelta crash
UAE Team Emirates-XRG star Tadej Pogacar admits he is just “happy to be alive” as he reflects on the season-ending injuries he suffered at August's Vuelta a Espana. The five-time Tour de France champion was on course to add the race to his palmares – the only Grand Tour he is yet to win – but suffered three fractured vertebrae in a “scary” crash on Stage 8.