The French victor lafay knowing the explosive ports of Basque Country they are a good opportunity to add to his first victory on the Tour. He tried it in the first episode on Pikebut it is in the second, in San Sebastianwhere his efforts paid off.
“It’s crazy, yesterday I was very disappointed, today I didn’t look back, I saw that the Jumbo was looking for a sprint and I threw myself into an open grave. I told myself it was good or bad. . I think the anger I got yesterday helped to achieve today’s victory”, he pointed out.
He cofidis corridor he launched after passing the banner of the last kilometer of the stage, which seemed to end in a sprint between a group of about twenty runners of which the Belgian Wout van Aert was the fastest.
But he maintained the distinction and scored his first Tour victory after winning a partial in the Giro d’Italia.
In the first stage, Lafay led the Pike pass with two strong favorites for the final victory, the Dane Jonas Vingegaard and the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, but his efforts were in vain.
“This time, I told myself that I had to attack. I didn’t have the strength to do it on the last climb (Jaizkibel) but I knew that if there was an opportunity I would try,” he said.
“There were 500 meters of euphoria and another 500 of emptying the tank and running with the heart,” said the Cofidis runner, who achieved the first victory since 2008 for the French team.
“For years we have been here to win the stages. We support William (Martin) in general, but winning a stage is always the goal. This will free up the team, although we will continue to try to win others,” he commented.
planned attack
“It was a premeditated attack, yesterday I couldn’t do it, I was with Tadej and Jonas, today I didn’t have the legs to attack on the last climb, I waited for things to calm down and when I was in the group I said. to myself that I can’t wait for the sprint,” he said.
“The dimension of a Tour victory makes everything go faster, but I have to keep a cool head and think that I still have a big margin of improvement,” he said.
He Director of Cofidis, Bingen Fernándezreferred to Lafay as “an artist, an unpredictable person, he can do things like now to you.”
“He won the Giro, last year in ‘itzulia’ they caught him in the last kilometer after a very strong finish. Today he showed that he is an artist,” he said.
“He is a more explosive person, who goes on certain days, he came in great shape, he is targeted at these stages and it seems that the Basque Country is good here, he has short climbing that allows him to get the spark he has,” he commented.
Source: La Verdad
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