The Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick Step), second overall and white jersey of the Tour, finished the Lioran stage happy, where he hoped to emulate the success of his compatriot Van Avermaet in 2016, but they played. “the two tenors”, Pogacar and Vingegaardwhich is impossible to follow.
“It’s a good stage. Maybe I don’t have the best feelings, otherwise I could react to Pogacar’s attack and Vingegaard’s attack, but I couldn’t. However, it was a very positive day. I’m still second and the rivals behind me have lost more time,” he said at the finish line.
At the time of the leading attacks, Evenepoel did not “become determined” to respond, so he chose to follow his own pace. “I have to be positive and content with the sensations. I try to keep those two featured tenors as brief as possible. “I lost 25 seconds, and that’s less than in Valloire after the Galibier,” he commented.
Evenepoel detailed that after Adam Yates forced the race “Tadej Pogacar is very aggressive in his attack”. “I didn’t even ask myself if I would try to follow him. I chose my own pace,” he added.
After the escape of Pogacar and Vingegaard, Evenepoel chose to join Roglicthat “blow up” when trying to follow them. “We tried to go along, but it didn’t work. Unfortunately, Primoz fell,” he said.
After his fall, he was still given the same time as the 3 kilometer rule. “The rules are part of cycling, there is no problem. I was going to the limit,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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