The Slovenian Tadej Pogacaryellow jersey of the Tour and winner of the fifteenth stage, He assured that his more than three minute lead over Dane Jonas Vingegaard gives him confidence but he assured that he will maintain the effort in the six remaining stages until Paris.
“I am very happy with my current form and the way in which, thanks to the team, I got through this stage where it’s very hot and I usually don’t feel well in the heat,” said the UAE runner.
Pogacar achieved his third stage victory in this Tour, the fourteenth of his careerthe second in a row and the seventh in the Pyrenees, consolidating his yellow jersey with an advantage of 3.09 over Vingegaard and 5.19 over Belgian Remco Evenepoel.
“I didn’t think the weekend in the Pyrenees would turn out so well. Visma worked hard to tire me out, but I was able to fight. I was at my limit when Jonas attacked, he had a lot of watts, but I immediately saw that he was not that poor, that he was suffering.“, he pointed out.
“In these mountain stages, with so many slopes, going to the wheel is not that interesting either, I tried to follow his pace. so I decided to launch the attack,” he commented.
Pogacar assured that this year he has changed his preparation, both on the bike and in other aspects and that this work is “paying off”, as seen in the last Giro d’Italia: “All the pieces of the puzzle are starting to fit” .
Source: La Verdad
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