Tour de France riders face a "logistical nightmare" in trying to keep their body temperature down from "dangerous" levels amid scorching conditions, reigning champion Tadej Pogacar said.
With temperatures of over 30C at the start of the Tour in Barcelona and potentially pushing up to 40C at the start of the fourth stage in Carcassonne, riders have been taking innovative measures to stay cool.
That has included wearing frozen vests, eating ice lollies or immersing their arms in iced water.
But the task of keeping cool has made riding the Tour much more challenging.
"It's really a logistic nightmare when it's hot like today," Pogacar said after claiming the yellow jersey by winning Monday's third stage when temperatures reached 36C.
