the slovenian Tadej Pogacar He said he was “very disappointed” by the collapse he suffered in the seventeenth episode of Tour de Francewhich separates him from the fight for the yellow jersey that he has with the Dane Jonas Vingegaard.
“I don’t know what happened to me, I got to the bottom totally empty. I’ve eaten well but it hasn’t reached my feet yet. I’m very disappointed, I couldn’t fight any more. I want to,” said the uae cyclist, who after losing almost 6 minutes is now 7.35 behind the leader.
The Slovenian said he would now look to recover from the “slut” of the day and try to win Saturday’s stage, the final tape with a mountain, in the Vosges.
“If I can recover from today I will seek victory. I want to offer it to the team,” he said.
He thanked his teammates as they were able to finish the stage and maintain second place overall, while his teammate adam yates secured the third.
The runner attributed the fall he suffered climbing the first port of the day to “bad luck”.
“The breakaway was forming, I was among the first, but the one in front braked and changed trajectory. I grabbed his tire and I fell. I really don’t know what happened.”
Source: La Verdad
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