The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar He assured that his goal in the fourteenth stage of the Tour was to win the stage but he was happy to have achieved a good advantage over his rivals in the general classification, where he strengthened his leadership.
“The team’s tactic is to win the stage in the last sprintbut We have increased the advantage and I am very happy with it“said the UAE cyclist.
“I felt very good and that’s why we changed the team’s plans. Almeida cannot shoot much more so I talked with Adam (Yates) who told me if I could go for the victory and I gave him permission,” he said.
“We have to run in a different way, because now Juan and I are gone (Ayuso, who retired this Friday due to covid) and other tactics should be used,” he added.
“I wanted to leave the stage to Adam, but instinct told me I could get an advantage. That gave me a lot of motivation. When I was with Adam I saw that we could change. “It’s a victory for the whole team and especially for Adam,” he said.
Pogacar said the nearly 2-minute advantage he has over Vingegaard in the general classification is “significant” but he doesn’t consider the Tour closed: “In a race you never know, the Tour is very long and many things can happen. “If I have the same feelings as now and the team stays strong, I think we can win.”
Source: La Verdad
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