Pogacar: “There is no better way to lose”

“There is no better way to lose the tour than I did. I gave it all And I will leave the race without blaming myself for anything.”

Pogacar is currently 3.26 behind the leader, an unbeatable lead in next Saturday’s 40.7km time trialThe last big date of the raid.

The Slovenian has assured him that he will do everything possible to register for that stage, which will be his fourth victory on this Tour, after Longwy, La Planche des Belles Filles and Peyragudes, and his tenth overall at the age of 23.

Pogacar congratulated the Vingegaard Jumbo team: “He did an excellent job on this Tour, I take my hat off“.”Best win this thursday, Jonas was stronger than me on the last climb“, aforementioned.

“Unfortunately I fell and it cost me a lot of energy. “I tried to follow Jumbo to the end, but they were too strong for me.”

Pogacar was grateful that the yellow jersey was waiting for him after the Spandelles pass fell: “I respect him a lot and I think he respects me too. He was in a position to afford it while waiting for me because he had teammates throughout his career”.

“I wanted to attack on the way down but I went too far and fell‘ he assured.

Vingegaard: “It was a masterpiece of an entire team”

Dane Jonas Vingegaard Punish the Tour de France with victory in Hautacamconsidered as stage it was “a masterpiece by a whole team”Jumbo helped him achieve victory.

“I have to thank everyone. Tadej Pogacar’s attacks were too strong and we were only able to let go of Wout van Aert’s acceleration. That’s when I felt I could win the stage.”

“I’ve increased the advantage overall but I still don’t think about the ultimate victory. I need to stay focused, something can happen every day,” the cyclist assured, with a transition phase ahead and Saturday’s 40.7km time trial.

On the fall of Pogacar and the decision to wait for him, make sure you do it “out of respect” to your opponent: “I got the impression that he was going too fast, he slipped and fell and I thought I should wait for him.”

Vingegaard especially thanked Wout van Aert for his work throughout the Tour. I don’t think there is an internal rivalry between him and the Belgian in Jumbo.

“Van Aert is one of the best in the world in all areas but I don’t think there is competition, I don’t think he has a goal in the overall classification and if he does I will share the lead like me. With Roglic. It’s better to have two leaders in a team,” he said.