Jonas Vingegaard is not throwing in the towel and after losing two minutes in the Pyrenean stages with the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, which kept him more than three in the general classification, he made sure that he will continue to fight because he is not satisfied with the second place . .
“I’ve won the Tour de France twice, I’m not here to finish second,” said cyclist Visma, winner of the French round in 2022 and 2023.
In a press conference on the second day of rest, the Dane set aside the speech he gave this Sunday at the top of the Plateau de Beille and launched a message of fight and hope.
“I think winning the Tour is still possible, I will not give up without a fight (…) I will do everything to win it,” he said.
He admitted that Pogacar was stronger in the two Pyrenean stages, but assured that the Slovenian usually had a bad day in the third week.
“Apparently, he is very strong, but in the past we have seen that he has bad days, maybe it’s only the third week, you never know,” he hinted.
“It’s not that far above me. If I can improve even a little I think we will be on equal terms. In Plateau de Beille I made the best climb of my life, I can’t be disappointed,” he said.
Vingegaard assures that he is morally intact, but he has not given up hope and will continue to fight.
“I have never given up, I am going to continue fighting and we will see if it works in the third week,” said the runner, who sent the same battle message to his entire team.
“We have to keep fighting and believing that it is still possible to win the Tour, I have not lost hope and I still think it is possible. We have proven it in the last two seasons, we have to keep believing in ourselves,” he insisted he. .
The Dane did not run to maintain second place, where he had a profit of 2.10 with the Belgian Remco Evenepoel.
“My mentality is to attack the yellow jersey than to look in the rearview mirror,” he commented.
Source: La Verdad
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