the danish Jonas Vingegaardwho confirmed his yellow jersey in the Tour de France after the first alpine stage, He described his fight with Slovenian Tadej Pogacar as a “battle of leaders” and he was satisfied with the overall classification gain of one second.
“It is being a great fight, we are both giving our maximum, it is a true fight of leaders and in that match I added a second“said the head of Jumbo.
Vingegaard did not let go of Pogacar, who attacked climbing the Joux Planethe last port of the day, and he eventually managed to catch and attack him in the final leg, where he added 8 bonus seconds, compared to the Slovenian’s 3.
“I preferred to climb at my own pace, I didn’t want to enter the reserve and make it difficult for me. Luckily I caught him“said the Dane, who was third at the finish line behind Spaniard Carlos Rodríguez, winner of the day, and Pogacar.
Source: La Verdad
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