June 3 (Reuters) - Slovenian Tadej Pogacar said his wrist may not recover fully in time for next month's Tour de France and he could race with a brace as he looks to win cycling's most prestigious crown for a third time. Pogacar fractured his wrist in a crash during the Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day race in April and underwent surgery to treat a scaphoid fracture. For the Tour, maybe I'll still need some soft brace around the wrist, just for a bit of support. Pogacar won the Tour in 2020 and 2021 but failed to complete a hat-trick of wins last year when he was beaten by Jonas Vingegaard. "Normally, I really like to have a race before the important race.

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Persons: Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Rohith Nair, Robert Birsel Organizations: de France, UAE Team Emirates, Slovenian National, Slovenia, Thomson Locations: Liege, Bastogne, Sierra Nevada, Bengaluru