Concern and uncertainty will be two of the words that can completely define this Sunday’s stage, expected like water in May by the organizers and taken with great care by the cyclists themselves and the teams.
Many cyclists and teams have met the 14 sections of sterrato, of dirt tracks, which form the core of the ninth round of the Tour, where the panorama can change significantly if the rain appears.
These are the days when punctures and possible breakdowns can be the order of the day. One of the cyclists who surfs the dirt sections the best is current leader of the Tour de Francehe Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, just remember the exhibition he gave this year at Street Bianche.
The leader of UAE Team Emirates, Like other cyclists, they met the gravel sections, and after the eighth stage was won by Biniam Girmay in the sprint he pointed out that this Sunday could be “decisive.” “I met the stage and it can be very interesting, many things can happen, you will have to be focused from the beginning to the end. You will have to be very careful in every stretch of dirt. There will be wind, probably rain . . , there are many things that can cause us to fall or lose time. Tomorrow we can’t win the Tour, but we can lose it.
Of course, no one sees ‘Pogi’ as a clear favorite for tomorrow. His bet would have been the Dane Mads Pedersen, which did not start this Saturday. He does not rule out a getaway and what is clear to him is that “the winner will be a great cyclist.”
Source: La Verdad
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