Vingegaard: “This year it’s stronger”

the danish Jonas Vingegaardwinner of the Tour de France for the second consecutive year, assured that in this edition he is “stronger” than the last and acknowledged that his great rival, the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar“he is the best cyclist in the world, because he is more complete”.

“I think this year I’m a bit stronger than last year. I did better preparation, I didn’t get sick or injured before the Tour. I feel better than last year,” said the Jumbo cyclist.

vingegaard He congratulated himself on the rivalry he has with Pogacar: “We’re rivals, but I’m happy to have a rival of his stature, he’s a good runner. We don’t talk much, but we respect each other.”

And he added that Slovenian is “the best in the world”. “He knows how to do everything, from the classics, on the flat or uphill, the one-week races, the Tour,… I don’t. That’s why I think he’s better than me. But in a race like the Tour I could have been the best these last two years,” he said.

Vingegaard once again assured that he was not doping: “I understand the suspicions, I think it’s good to be skeptical about cycling because of what happened. You have to keep being critical, but it doesn’t mean that people do doping, I don’t”.

“But if we stop doubting, people will start again. It’s a positive thing. I know there are many websites that calculate the watts that I develop. Sometimes they are right, but not this time,” he added.

“I tell everyone that I run clean, that I don’t take drugs, I don’t dope, I don’t take anything illegal. I know what runners said 20 years ago, but I know that’s how it is,” he said.

vingegaard He reiterated that he will participate in the Tour of Spain with the Slovenian Primoz Roglic: “We will be a pair of leaders and I am very happy.”