Vingeggard destroys Pogacar and ties the Tour on a day that left a picture for history

There are many ways to earn a Tour de Francebut few can be better than this stamped Danish Thursday jonas vingegaardcareer leader since he doubled in finishing atl Col du Granon on the eleventh day until a Tadej Pogacar that it did not reach the level of the last two editions and it had a lower performance against a Vingegaard who already gave a warning to sailors last year, when he finished 2nd on the podium in Paris afterwards Pogacar.

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Despite Jonas’ tyranny in the race, there is always hope, the desire for Pogacar to pull an ace up his sleeve and at least put an unbreakable leader in the race. Queen of the Pyrenees stagebut one day the yellow racing jersey took all the blows of the applicant without hardly moving, on a day when the team Jumbo-Visma he showed muscle again and showed that from the bus and then in the car they design tactics to use in the race like no other.

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And proof of this is that the Belgian is one day away Wout Van Aert, not measured another day, he was the first to attack and work to form the breakaway of the day, and he did it as soon as he started, with a very difficult day ahead of him, 153.2 kilometers of climbing the three colossi of my dear sir , in this order, Col d’Aubisque (17.1 km at 7%), Col de Spandelles (10.2 at 8.5%) and the outcome at Hautacam (12.6 km at 7.8%).

As on the previous day, the Tour has designed a stage from less to more, where the first 50 kilometers are ‘flat’ to gain intensity as the kilometers progress. A stage, the last in the mountains, where Enrique More wanted to be the star, but the Balearic and Head of Movistar neither could he cope with the best ascent nor could he follow them down, already in the descent ofl Aubisque.

Pogacar tries ad nauseam without reward

The climb race will be tense spandexwith a Brandon McNulty who, as he had done the day before, stood in front of a group of celebrities to tighten the rope, looking for tickles aun Vingegaard that did not move. The climb was becoming difficult, until Pogacar thought he had to act. He did it a thousand times on the climb to the Spandelles, but Vingegaard did not notice the blows and the Slovenian did not gain a meter and like the day before, after the coronation, Pogacar accelerated again, facing a descent that brought them, along. a narrow road with gravel on the sides. Tadej thought that if he tried up to four times on the climb and didn’t let go of the leader, he had to try it on a descent where the two best riders in the Tour would struggle.

First is Vingeggard the one who lost control of his bike in a curve, miraculously survived the fall, and kilometers later was unable to avoid it was Pogacar. Vingegaard Seeing what had happened, he slowed down and waited for Pogacar, who gave a thumbs up in thanks and immediately offered his hand for a handshake that will go down in cycling history, showing that sportsmanship should be first

Pogacar and Vingeaard They put direct towards the outcome hautacamwhere the first escape ends in destruction, to be overtaken by two colossi, and where there is a fighter Charles Verona. As he does this Tour on several occasions, Van Aert waits for Vingegaard and Pogacar looks again cornered by Jumbo. Cuss moved to one side and Van Aert accelerated even more, until less than five kilometers away a overtaken Pogacar remained, caught by the fall, and a little further Van Aert opened up, left. Vingegaard for an amazing achievement.

One victory out of ten after that he could be said to have sealed the victory in the Tour, adding two victories, and the two victories, in Col du Granon and in Hautacam, against a Pogacar who, as he did every time Vingegaard beat him or passed him, sought him out in the arrival area to greet his great rival and his heir in Paris. thumbs up