This Wednesday, July 19, during the 17th stage of the Tour de Francethe slovenian Tadej Pogacarsand certainly communicated the victory to the general of ‘Big Boucle’. After the exhibition of vingegaard in the time trial the day before, pogacar He had no choice but to try to go on the attack to try to reduce the 1’48” that the leader had at the start of the stage.
Pogacar was a shadow of Vingegaard all day, until they took more than two kilometers up the difficult. Col de la Loze the Slovenian dropped from the group of the best in the race. Opened the jersey and found himself unable to keep up with the rhythm of a Jumbo-Visma who the other day worked like clockwork in steamroller overalls.
Marc Soler stayed with him and the differences in vingegaard They just grew up. When they reached 2’40” Pogacar opened up about his conversation in his team car: “I’m gone, I’m dead”, while giving a free hand to adam yates, who was first, so that he could try to fight for the third place on the podium that he had and tie him somehow, which the British did. Pogacar and Adam Yates continue to 2nd and 3rd on Tour.
Source: La Verdad
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