The danish Jonas Vingegaard (Visma Lease a Bike), second overall in the Tour, he failed to claim victory against Pogacar in la Couillolebut increased income in the third place, the Belgian Remco Evenepoel, 2.50 minutes before the time trial this Sunday.
“I’m mainly worried about having a finishing time, more than winning the stage. I feel better than yesterday. On Friday, I had one of my worst cycling days. On the last climb I was completely exhausted, but today I feel better,” said the double winner of the Tour de France.
Vingegaard took advantage of the work of Evenepoel Soudal and responded to the first Belgian attack on the last climb to La Couillole.
“I felt very good when Remco Evenepoel attacked. With his first hit I decided that I would counterattack with his next acceleration and I did. After that, I mainly focused on gaining time, than on the stage victory,” he explained.
In the classification, Vingegaard has a 2.50 minute advantage over white jersey Remco Evenepoel.
“Evenepoel is the best time trial, so I don’t know if it will be enough of an advantage. Three minutes seems too much to me, but last year I achieved 1.40 in the time trial. So you can easily lose a lot of time . I’m happy that I got so many seconds today “, said.
Vingegaard had to give up the victory that day Tadej Pogacar, higher in the last hectometer.
“Everyone has their own tactics, I will not judge them. I could have done the same thing as him in that situation. I didn’t have to shoot. I’m happy with how I ran and how I recovering. Recovery like this. is really good for me,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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