Gravel Chaos at Tour de France: Tadej Pogačar Claims “I Think Vingegaard Is Afraid of Me”
Following the difficult day on the seat, there were a lot of zesty and fascinating remarks from the “Enormous Four.”
“I think Vingegaard fears me,” said Tadej Pogačar (UAE Group Emirates) after the race. Regardless of prior remarks that the most intelligent ride in front of an audience 9 would be “a cautious one,” the race chief appeared to be genuinely agreeable on the rock and, surprisingly, attempted to take a few actions.
What’s more, very much like after Stage 4, Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Rent a Bicycle) referenced his height contrasted with Pogačar’s.
“Tadej, on the rock areas, was the most grounded. It favors him more than it favors me, particularly when it was all the more free, a person with my weight, and it’s not great. At the point when he got a little hole on me, it was most likely the most obviously terrible area, on account of the rock. It was free to such an extent that I was sliding near, frankly. It was truly difficult for me to control the bicycle.”
And keeping in mind that there’s been a lot of analysis around Vingegaard’s absence of hostility in his strategies, he likewise hasn’t lost time. “It was an extremely, distressing day. I’m only glad to endure securely,” said Vingegaard. The previous double cross Visit victor additionally said he went against the consideration of rock areas in the race.
After his bicycle experienced mechanical breakdowns, Jan Tratnik furnished his group chief with a significant help by giving Vingegaard his own bicycle to proceed with the race with just shy of 100 km to go. Vingegaard rode the whole rest of the stage on the acquired ride and, surprisingly, chilled off on it.
With 80 km to go, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) made an assault that pulled Vingegaard and Pogačar with him. This left Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) in a pursuit bunch behind. Yet, in a post-race interview, Evenepoel was frustrated that Vingegaard didn’t appear to be keen on working with the breakaway.
