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Tour de France 2020 Landa, Pogacar, Alaphilippe … the reactions of the protagonists after stage 4
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Egan bernal managed to be in the group of the first 15, which was led by Primoz Roglic, although the Colombian arrived at his field. Of course, the Colombian regretted having given the 10 seconds of the bonus to the Slovenian.
“It’s not good for another runner to take you out for a few seconds, but you have to be very patient and be aware that our goal is to reach the third week without having given up much income, to try after recovering it in the high mountains “said the Ineos runner.
Bernal was seventh at the finish line, the first up on the 2020 Tour, and is now sixth overall, 17 seconds behind the leader, Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe, and 10 behind Roglic. “The goal was to minimize wasted time and get as fresh as possible to the third week “, the Colombian insisted. “I think it was a good climb to see how are the runners who are candidates for the generalSo I’m happy to reach the goal with them because it has been very hard, “said Bernal.
the francs Julian Alaphilippe, who managed to keep the yellow jersey of the Tour de France on Tuesday after the first finish of the edition, assured that he feels similar sensations to those of last year and that they have legs to compete with the best.
“It’s hard to compare with last year. But I’m in yellow and I have the legs to follow the best. I can be satisfied.”assured the Deceuninck rider. “It would have been special to win a second stage, but there is still a lot of Tour and Although I do not set my goal to win the Tour, we will try to maintain the lead for as long as possible and look for other stage victories “, stamp.
Spanish Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren) considers that in the battle between Jumbo Visma and Ineos, the British squad “adopts the reading of not showing their cards yet”.
“There is marking between Jumbo and Ineos, today some more have dominated, but Bernal’s team has dominated the Tour since 2012 and the reading they have is not to show their cards now,” said Landa at the finish line. The Bahrain leader, who entered the Orcires goal with the main group, commented that Egan Bernal is “a runner who will give his level the last week, deeper and less explosive than Roglic and Pogacar”.
The Spanish value: “I am better from the discomfort in the ribs, I breathe better and we will see what happens in two days with another final climb that will be shorter.”
Slovenian Tadej pogacar (UAE Emirates), second classified on the stage after his compatriot Primoz Roglic and new leader of the youths, signaled at the goal of Orcires Merlette that “wearing the white jersey of the Tour is something very nice.”
“Wearing the white jersey on the Tour is a very nice moment for me. After crossing the line I wasn’t sure if I had made it or not. Wearing white in the Vuelta was special, but this is even more so “, he stated. The third classified in the 2019 Vuelta disputed the victory to Roglic, but the Jumbo leader was intractable.
“Today’s stage was not that hard, but the final part was full. Roglic was a bit faster than me in the end, but I’m happy with my result. The team is fine. De la Cruz is still recovering from her fall, but better. Motivation is very high in the group, “he stressed.
Spanish Marc Soler (Movistar) has not had a good start to the Tour between falls and lost time in the general classification, but he hopes to be “later in the final stage” of a race that for the moment “is showing Jumbo Visma as a clear dominator.”
“Both Enric Mas and Alejandro Valverde have finished today close to the best and little by little we are improving. Surely as the days go by we will go further forward. You have to think that there is a lot of Tour left, that this has only just begun, and when we see all we have, for example in the Alps … it will be very, very hard, “he said.
Although the Catalan cyclist lost 1.17 minutes at the top of Orcires Merlette with the winner, the Slovenian Primoz Roglic, stressed that he is recovering good feelings.
“It is true that it is difficult, but in the end I am a month ‘late’, since the initial idea of preparation was to go to the Giro and finally I have come to the Tour. I trust to be as far ahead as possible in the final stage of the Tour, both me and my peers. We trust Enric, he has already shown his quality and we believe that he can be ahead, especially when the race progresses, “he said.
On the stage, he commented on the speed of the group in the final ascent: “In the last port it went up to a thousand per hour … Jumbo-Visma has once again shown that they are the clear dominators, as we already saw in Dauphin, and we can only hope that in the last week they lose some steam and the situation changes “
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