The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar He confirmed with confidence in the second week of Tour de France, which he considered to be “decisive”, which was found as best of favorites and believed that his rivals had to go to attack, putting him in a varied position.
“The only negative point is the removal of (Joao) Almeida,” said the UAE cyclist, referring to his Portuguese squire that he abandoned after the fracture of a ribs on the Brittany wall.
Pogacar, second from the general 29 seconds from the Irish Ben Healy, who did not count on the candidates for the first position of the Paris podium, had a 1 minute income with the Belgian Remco evenpoel, third last year, and 1.17 with Danish Jonas Vingegaard, whose last five tour was distributed.
“My rivals are behind, this is what we should attack,” said the title defender, convinced that, despite Almeida’s denial, they have a solid block.
“We are ready to fight the mountain,” said the Slovenian, who said that on the day of the Middle Massif, this Monday, his team showed that he had controlled the career.
“We have shown our strength despite Joao’s casualties and that Pavel Sivakov is a bit sick. We have seen the level of each of the promotions. Although it is not yet accurate indicator of where each one is. The purpose of everyone is to be this week, with a good mountain phase and the Chrono -Scarce,” said the winner of the tour of the editions of 2020 and 2021.
Pogacar said the second week, with a day lower for the delay of rest day (since Monday, a usual day for the stoppage, it is July 14, France’s national festival), “it will be quite decisive” in the fight for the general, with “three very poor mountain days” and “a counterretaj in the middle.”
“They will not be stages for good escape, it will be as difficult as other weeks. I think we will find good differences in general in the coming days,” Slovenian said.
The Slovenian emphasized the counterreloj of Peyragudes next Thursday, which he considered him a key.
Source: La Verdad
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