Tadej Pogacar "couldn't be more proud" of girlfriend Urška Žigart after brave breakaway performance at the Tour de Suisse

In what must have been an agonising finale for Urska Zigart on stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse, the Slovenian rider of Team Jayco AlUla was caught by the peloton with just 100m to the line.

"It was a headwind all the time, which completely drained me," the 26-year-old Slovenian lamented to her team's official Twitter account post-race. "All in all I see it as a good attempt, there will be more opportunities. It was tough enough, but after such a hot day it only got harder."

The stage was eventually won by Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini. Nevertheless, Žigart feels there is nothing more her or her team could've done. “As a team, we did well. You often see on TV that things just go wrong, but now I also know how it feels," she says. "Next time I'll kick a little harder."

Watching at home was her boyfriend, Tadej Pogacar. Posting a picture of Žigart on his Instagram story, the former two-time Tour de France winner captioned, "Inspiration, my hero Urška Žigart. Couldn't be more proud."