This wasn't the Stage 6 gravel scare, where he ran wide on the Puerto El Bartolo descent and still won the stage. Stage 8 was a genuine crash serious enough to force withdrawal, with Pogačar reported affected and dizzy under race medical care. UAE Team Emirates-XRG now faces an unknown recovery timeline instead of a fatigue-management one, and the fourth-straight rainbow jersey bid in Montreal depends on facts nobody has yet — no official medical statement has been released.