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If in the Vuelta added three partial victories and finished third in his debut in a big one, in his debut on the Tour he has two victories and is second overall, 40 seconds behind Primoz Roglic, his compatriot. The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, 21, does not stop growing. At the Grand Colombier he simply “resisted”, but still outplayed the rest of the roosters: “It was a very hard day. The Jumbo set a very high rhythm, so the day became a survival exercise. Fortunately I came to the sprint with strength, and there I was able to get another success for the record. He always likes to win ”.
Despite his ambition and his eagerness to attack and cut differences, he also showed that he does not mind competing with the calculator and waiting for better opportunities: “There was no point at all speeding up, the Jumbo boys suffocated us with their tempo. In fact, they assassinated some of the favorites, such as Bernal or Quintana ”. Of course, not a comma of the speech delivered to date has changed: “The plan is to attack, attack and win the Tour. I don’t know if Primoz will be unbeatable or beatable, but I’ll try. At the moment he did not allow any margin for the rest of us to cut distances, except for the bonuses ”.
Pogacar expanded the explanations regarding the company he faces: “It will be an almost impossible mission. You have to dismount not only Roglic, but Dumoulin, Kuss, Bennett, Gesink … It is a disciplined and very fit army with a clear objective: to lead Primoz in yellow to Paris. Although my will will not tremble, we will see if my legs respond ”.
He UAE has three targets in this edition. Alexander Kristoff won in Nice on the opening stage and donned the yellow jersey: “We should celebrate a little for the two beautiful weeks of the squad. Maybe not riding too much on the rest day. ” AND at the Grand Colombier the classification of the best youngster was practically sentenced, except for a mishap. The bearer of the target was surprised by the crisis of Egan Bernal: “Many of us still considered him one of the top contenders for the title. Therefore, I expected more from Bernal and Ineos. Of course, his explosion inspires me a lot of confidence: anything can still happen between the Alps and the La Planche des Belles Filles chrono ”.
