the danish Jonas Vingegaardyellow jersey Tour de France and defending champion, ensured that the first week of this edition, which ends this Sunday with promotion to Puy de Domein a special category, is the fastest he remembers.
“I’ve only ridden the Tour three times, but I have the impression that this was the fastest week I’ve ever ridden,” said the 27-year-old Jumbo rider.
Despite this, he pointed out that he is “impatient” to experience climbing the mythical special category port which has not been climbed since 1988 and which has been the battleground of many battles in the Tour.
Vingegaard assured that the Limoges stage stiffened in the heat and his companion was in agony wout van aert did not achieve victory, which was the team’s goal.
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“It’s true that we spent some energy looking for success with Wout, but it wasn’t much, he just worked. Dylan (Van Barle), we haven’t used the whole team on that yet. This is our plan, to find a balance between the different goals we carry,” he said.
Vingegaard answered the accusations of arrogance thrown at him by Former Luxembourgian cyclist Andy Schleck: “It’s the last thing I expected. I’m a quiet person, I wouldn’t say shy. But obviously I’m not the loudest.”
Source: La Verdad
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