The Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogacar (UAE)winner of the two Tours in France and that he will be second this 2022, affirmed the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo) He’s one of the runners he’s “most attentive” to in races, “but not the only one”, adding that he sees that Remco Evenepoel (Quick Step) “can win at Tour“, although this year the Belgian is doing the Turn around and not the gala race.
In a press conference on La Nucia (Alicante)with his team preparing for the season, the Slovenian highlighted the work of the Belgian evenepoelwhere he said he was “on the right track”, after highlighting his achievements in 2022: “If he can win La Vuelta and the World Cupyou can also win at Tour“, he assured.
However, he held on to it the returnwhich according to him is one of the races in which he keeps the best memories, “is quite different from Tour” and confirmed that in 2023 he will seek his third yellow jersey in the French race, where there is “constant stress”.
In this regard, he pointed out that “there is no plan” for “how to win vingegaard” and he admits that “there are other runners reaching the elite, younger, who may be stronger” than the two of them.
“You never know who’s going to be in charge next year,” he said. pogacarwho gave an example to evenepoelwith 2022 “impressive, but in 2023 it can do better.”
LEARNS FROM THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST TRIP AND WANTS TO TRY GIRO
In his second place at Tourwhere he was left alone while the Jumbo Visma carried out attacks on all stages of the mountain to pogacar Left alone and without teammates, the Slovenian said there was “a bit of bad luck” as they only had four cyclists in the team between injuries, illness and covid.
However, he made sure of that vingegaard “He is very strong on the climbs, he is in perfect shape and he is very good with his team”, where he recognizes that “they are better”.
When asked if he learned anything from that second place, he stressed that in every race you learn something new, on and off the road, also that second place “isn’t a defeat”, because “you have to see the whole picture. of the season, not just the Tour“.
He also stressed that he wants to run the Turn around“but the main goal now is the Tour and maybe after Tourwe’ll see what we can do in the future”, although he confirmed that, should he not win the yellow jersey this year, he would try “at least one more time”.
So, he concluded by making sure to do so Giro-Tour and winning both is “very demanding” and he joked that in case of doing it and getting the two victories, “you can end your career because of how tired you will be”.
Source: La Verdad
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