The Tour de France is red hot. The tight battle between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar suggests that the final victory could be decided by secondsThat’s why small details can be decisive.
Details such as the accident suffered by this Slovenian Sunday, when a motorcycle from the organization stopped him in his attack to crown Joux Plane in first placethe last port of the day and also has a bonus.
The UAE cyclist, more explosive than his rival, He purposely crossed that port on the head and pocketed the 8 bonus seconds that were on topto file 9 before the stage was rented by the Dane.
But his last attack was stopped by a photographer’s motorcycle. that it was trapped in a tangle of fans living in the ditches of a narrow road leading to the summit.
“It’s like launching a missile into the water“, assured Pogacar, indicating that he gathered all his strength to launch a final blow to his great rival.
The incident took a toll on the Slovenianas he watched as Vingegaard ruthlessly reached him at the top of the pass and scored the bonus.
“It is true that there are many people and the motorcycles are close to us, but no one knows what would have happened without those motorcycles“, Dane pointed out.
At the Morzine finish line, with the pass down, Pogacar was second, behind Carlos Rodríguezso that the difference in the Danish bonus is reduced a little, which in spite of everything has a second more profit than the day before, 10.
At the end of the stage, both teams wanted to sign up for their moral victory that day.
Pogacar was proud that he emerged almost unscathed from a stage in which Vingegaard’s Jumbo worked hard to prepare the ground for his leader, but that he might even lose the yellow if it wasn’t for that poor motorcycle.
“I think if we evaluate it as a good day, we will attack. I would have liked to get that bonus and win the stage, because I think this Tour is going to be close.“, assured Pogacar.
Unlike Pogacar, Vingegaard does not believe the Tour will be resolved in seconds: “I am convinced that one or the other will give one day.”
The next match is scheduled for this Sunday, again in the Alps, arriving at the top of Saint-Gervais, first class, a port that does not contribute much to large differences. The Tour will resume pending in a few seconds.
Source: La Verdad
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